I’m sad, too. And I don’t think you feel sad for “some reason,” I think you feel sad because you feel empathy, sympathy, or both.

Agreed. I think zoos are very fun in general-but you look into a Gorilla’s eyes and know that not only do they see you/recognize that you’re like them but they understand that you’re outside while they’re caged. I totally get that it’s a complicated issue-they’re endangered and I know most zoos (at least in all the…

SO. This is my cat watching a cat cartoon.

At first I thought HOW CUTE. THE GORILLA LIKES CELL PHONE PICS LIKE HE’S A PEOPLE!

A pretender at being Chinese,

My brother died of a heroin overdose in June. It was his first hit after 3 years of sobriety. My family has been very open about his cause of death for just this reason, but it can be HARD to be honest about it for a few reasons...

My cousin was a police officer and had a lovely family he left behind. He just spiraled out of control. His daughters just love him even now.

One of my cousins was addicted to prescription pills, and died of an overdose. His wife had been about to divorce him because he couldn’t get himself clean, and she had herself and her little kids to think about. They plan to never tell the kids what happened - they’ll say he died of a heart attack if they ever ask…

Pretty sure it’s related to the huge increase in opioid addiction, courtesy of Oxycontin’s emergence on the scene, among other things. Pills are EXPENSIVE, so people move onto heroin, which offers a much bigger bang for your buck.

Hell yes its ok to shame her. Bing cheap is fine, stealing shit is not. Stealing from a god damn library is really really far from ok.

Question for readers: My sister and her husband, who quit their baller engineering jobs to travel and housesit, budget that they have enough to do this easily for 5-7 years. They are honestly quite wealthy. But, they are so cheap that they steal maps out of library books, saying “someone else would anyway.” Is it OK…

you decide it is a good idea to venmo people for the rounds you bought them

Yes, but they are Christians, which means they are victims and anyone who doesn’t agree with them is a bully who is persecuting them.

the not knowing how to stop the rape (I don’t know if that’s the right way to say exactly) because of growing up with sexual abuse from such a young age is really tough. I started being abused at a slightly younger age than Cho, but similarly I didn’t know it was even abuse until much, much later. And it was sort of a…

I like him a whole lot. Mostly because I love actors who hit their peaks after, like, 40.

So tired of shit like this.

Unless I’m mistaken, I don’t think the professors at my university get paid parental leave. You either have to plan it (or be lucky enough) so the baby arrives at the beginning of the summer, or you have to take a huge pay cut to take leave. It’s kind of surprising, but at the same time not in the least bit…

Well, what we’re seeing right now, we’re seeing Bible-believing Christians being persecuted for living according to their faith

Totally. Plus it has sky-high rates of serial offending.