Thanks for this. Reading about this all i could think about was how fucking scared she must have been. I can’t even imagine. And her fear of rape is real and justified given the bonkers circumstances. I’m pretty agnostic when it comes to the K’s, but here, all I feel is empathy for her. This is too much.

whatever, in the context of MRAs, and Trump supporters, and Mike fuckin Pence, I’ll take all the self-congratulatory male feminists I can get.

why can’t we just have an actual President Bartlet, an economics professor, instead of this fuckin tres commas asshole.

sorry, don’t you mean $1.1B? Not G?

He’s the Blockbuster Video of the 2010s-2020s I think. What once was a somewhat successful business model will rapidly become abandoned real estate. Hell it has already begun.

When my abusive mother would rage against me, I would later scrub the kitchen sink with a toothbrush to soother *her* anger. Does that count?

mr horseasaur is rather partial to the shower beer. I’ve never gotten into it, but I see the appeal. If I ever have a dedicated soaking tub (that I wouldn’t have to scrub before *and* after taking a bath) I would legit 100% be bringing wine and/or cocktails to that party.

EXACTLY. I had H1N1 immediately following having a cold and that shit was nowhere near comparable. Then I had a secondary sinus infection. jesus on the cross that was a terrible month.

I hear you. I’ve vomited from coughing. It is literally the worst. My comparison is more about “routine” illnesses, as opposed to all illnesses. I’ve seen youtube videos of babies with pertussis and that shit is nightmare inducing, it is so awful. I can’t even imagine being a parent of a child w/ pertussis. I’d…

I see what you did there.

counterpoint: cacao to cacao

same! This made me chafe as well. Christianity can be seen as a big part of internalized oppression, but often it isn’t. Besides the fact that pro-slavery folks used the Bible extensively to justify the bondage of black people. (abolitionists used the Bible too, to justify the opposite, as well, but the point…

There’s a group called Black Non-Believers based in Atlanta, I think. A lot of atheists feel alone in their non-belief. Seeking out a group such as that can help a lot. I listen to The Atheist Experience every week. Makes me feel a whole lot better. I’m not a POC, but my family is religious and it’s felt…

who among us hasn’t? I ask you.

do you watch Veep? One of my absolute favorite lines from that show is when Kent (who is basically Spock) says “thank non-existent Jesus”. My husband and I use that one frequently.

(atheist here) I delight in taking the lord’s name in vain and all other phrases such as that. “for christ’s sake” is a favorite as well as “y’all need jesus” when I think someone’s wrong. “thank god” is a figure of speech more than anything else and that annoyed me in the show that it was used as evidence of…

No jokes. I had H1N1 in 2009. I’ve gotten a flu shot every year like clockwork since that atrocity. Even though I have a mild allergy to an ingredient in vaccines and my arm is usually in a sling for a day or two. Still better than actual flu.

I totally get that. I’ve def felt so nauseous that I’m praying to vomit. HOwever, I’ve also had a couple of bouts of GI viruses where I vomit every 15 minutes for 8 or so hours where at a certain point I’m almost praying to die. Where you’re essentially just vomiting the residue of water you last rinsed your mouth…

WOW.

that’s interesting, I guess it really varies person to person. In terms of illnesses that are common, I am so traumatized by vomiting. Stomach bugs/food poisoning leave me feeling shell shocked and emotionally raw. I always say that I’d rather have a respiratory flu for a week than a GI flu for 12 hours. Hands…