Neil DeGrasse Tyson is a delight. There is something just thoroughly wonderful about him being so excited about science.

FFS, that dream scenario described in the quote is rarer than toddlers getting their hands on a gun and accidentally killing someone. And I guarantee that everyone who has ever been responsible for a toddler killing someone with a gun had previously thought, “No, I’m responsible, that will never happen to me.”

wow, sorry I have to ban you from Jezebel now.

It’s OK, guys, this is Texas, not one of those fruity “no gun zones.” As the NRA tells us again and again (and again and again and again), the myriad good guys with guns will dispatch the bad guy neatly and instantaneously, without harming a hair on a single bystander’s head. That’s just the way it works!

Ok guns are a sensitive issue but America, you have to make it harder to get guns. There’s also no valid reason why a civilian needs a semi-automatic.

I fucking dare the NRA assholes to say the problem is people in Texas don’t have free enough access to guns. I FUCKING DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU.

whispers Anne is my favorite /whispers

Dumb doesn’t even begin to describe Orlando. Try again.

Of all the things to be gleeful about, assaulting a minimum wage worker (I presume) has got to be the dumbest shit I’ve seen all week.

Hadid has the most vacant expression I’ve ever seen. Ryan Lochte has more thought going on than that.

All the Hadids look boring to me.

yeah I see why with Cindy Crawfords son, he looks just like her. Butt he Hadid kid? Why?

My husband, who hates most everything, saw the Karaoke in Cars and remarked “Those people make Jimmy Fallon look like a fucking idiot with his lip sync battles.” I don’t disagree.

Hey, I don’t know you and I’m sure you are the expert on your own situation, but I saw your comment and I had to say: remorse/sadness/mortification are commonly the reaction of an abuser. It’s actually fairly uncommon for there not to be an immediate change in the mood of the relationship. Tension building, abuse,…

That’s an interesting excuse for telling someone to commit suicide.

My partner hit me out of anger, and I know that my partner is punishing herself more that I or anyone else could ever inflict.

This smacks of self-aggrandizing, pointless posturing.

Glad that they did this, out of respect to the victim’s families... and to all victims of violence everywhere. I’m finding myself wondering if we need to take a seriously hard look at our conflation of violence as entertainment. Yes, I know that it’s an old argument and I know all of the rebuttals. But something can’t…

Life is complex. More than one issue can apply.

Thank you for the wonderful post. Remember though that this could have happened anywhere. Please have compassion for everyone