Oh, see, that’s different. Lots of anti-choice men love to pressure their sweeties on the side into getting an abortion. Look at that guy who’s resigning—Murphy, is it?—and Scott DesJarlais. And many anti-choice women also get abortions because “my case is different!”

I don’t know why republicans/conservatives/woman haters world wide even bother pretending anymore that this has anything to do with “saving lives”

I hope those who voted for him who have family or friends who are addicted see this as the slap in the face that it is. My brother in law (former, my sister eventually divorced him) is an opioid addict. The problem isn’t “just say no.” It’s “take this if you want to be able to get back to work after your…

I am an environmentalist and that angle is indeed very important to me, but that’s not what is being discussed here. We’re talking about the totally unnecessary torture and killing of animals in factory farms to make snacks and candies. It is not your opinion that is maddening to me, it’s knowing that these hog farms…

That’s a good one. Fuck Chris Hemsworth, marry Chris Evans, kill Chris Pratt.

This shit is why I’m a vegetarian and why some of my friends only eat halal or kosher.

He’s like, handsome in that very bland, generic way. Like one of those facial composites. It’s not bad, but it’s not striking. I think Jenny’s far more interesting and beguiling to look at. This is like when the popular jock boy at school dates the cool artsy girl and everyone’s secretly thinking that they thought…

Mine texted me (we were friends of friends and met a few times) to drive an hour to come pick her up for a quick fling. I had my 20 yes’s before even leaving the house, lol.

You’re so right! No has always meant no, but it was also kind of reserved for if things were REALLY REALLY BAD, not just uncomfortable or somewhat unwelcome. You saved that no for emergencies.

I know exactly what you’re saying. An active “yes” is very different from the absence of “no.” In my late teens/early 20s I would not have been able to make that clear distinction. Nobody talked about it like that (the 90s). I’m glad we’re talking about it now.

Oh, yeah. This guy was a slimy weasel. But I think it jibes with the whole “take a chance” narrative of the time and, “Let’s see where this goes.”

I think you are jumping to conclusions a little. When he says “I didn’t want to be one of those people,” I think it’s clear that what he means is that he never saw himself as someone who would commit assault, that there’s a “type” that does it: a fraternity guy, or a “bro”. Basically “them”. “They” do that type of…

that’s the problem. dude’s my age. we were told “no means no”, but not “yes means yes”, or anything about enthusiastic consent. god knows I was in situations I wasn’t enthusiastic about, but didn’t know how to negotiate.

I dunno. When I was growing up, it was just no means no. In the last, oh, 7 years or so is when I remember enthusiastic consent being talked about. And weird shit went down when I was in college and kind of everyone was OK with it or glossed so much of it over. I think not knowing about consent, but waiting for a no…

This is amazing. It really brings home to me how important comprehensive sex education is, especially the parts about CONSENT!

David Cross reminds me of when Liz Lemon goes to her high school reunion on 30 Rock. She doesn’t want to go because she was an awkward geek that nobody liked.

It’s insane how much good food even grocery stores toss! I live near a fancy store and see them tossing bags of fresh veggies and bread nightly. Sometimes my kids and I do dumpster diving. Last week we found 27 (!!!) perfectly fresh zucchinis, 8 loaves of bread, and literally a black garbage bag full of onions. Onions…

I mean... it would be weird if they even had to call though, a lot of church food banks will just take the food and are thankful to get it. and honestly, even if there was some perishable food, taking even a few meals out to a homeless shelter or something would have been simple and generated a TON of great publicly.

He might, that’s a pretty distinctive hat.

You know it’s possible to say things and not remember saying them because you grew up your entire life being able to say those things without repercussions or thinking about how your words/actions impact others. This is commonly known as privilege.