My thoughts exactly! If the whole point of their schtick is to own the libs, they won’t have any fun on Parler and the like. But I would enjoy their going away somewhere they can be ignored more easily.

Point of order: What you describe is indeed textbook abuse, and the fact that you are a man and your abusive partner was a woman does not negate the fact. I did read it in a woman's voice. It sounded so similar to a relationship I was in a long time ago that I read it in my own voice. On the chance you're anything…

It seems people were not considering these kinds of things back when I was the offspring. I guess I just assumed my mom's ex didn't give me a second thought, but I've thought about him a lot over the years.

You know, if a woman is having intercourse with a man, kicking him in the balls is literally not possible.

Wow, this is like the Wiki Wormhole version of Tiger King! He even ran for governor in a three-way race! 

I feel like Dan really missed the opportunity to tell the LW that her boyfriend’s therapist might just be terrible and that he should consider firing her. I literally cannot think of any real justification for a therapist to tell a client they are just bad at sex. Even if it were a legitimate thing to say, how the hell…

Plastic Surgery Office sounds too much like a show Ryan Murphy would actually do. They’d make us watch gross surgeries. Then sex scenes inspired by Crash (the real one, from 1996). He could really play around with that if he wanted to.

Username/comment synergy!

Well, that would be a good use of your money, no question!

Celebrity crushes do it for me!

The only time I have ever smelled my husband's beard was when I was wearing his respirator face mask. It was an unpleasant smell, but it has no bearing on our romantic life.

Well, certainly that would be seen as controlling. And for myself, I would refuse a request to grow my bush. If it's important to you, and important to them, you just might not be a good fit.

Please understand that your therapist works for you, and that if they make you uncomfortable or even just don’t seem to be listening to you or helping you, you can and should fire them. Just cancel any appointments you have on the books and find a new therapist. You don’t have to give an explanation, you don’t owe…

I bet some folks would take that job for no pay!

I agree with you on principle, but I suspect that selling dildos is relatively fun.

This is a great read, Alex! I had no idea this show was still on the air, am shocked that anyone watches it voluntarily. I guess if Reader’s Digest was a TV show, it would be this one.

I saw it the first time as a kid. The spectacle was so overwhelming that I didn’t notice until much later that the thing I’d just watched had no plot. I don’t think anyone even made a pretense of saying there was a coherent plot. The songs are catchy as hell, and seeing actors dressed in hot, furry costumes dancing…

Me too, but then I had to watch the trailer myself just to be sure it was really that bad. Then I saw that the director was going on about how they were going to fix the special effects, as if that were the problem. But I’m just really fascinated by such awful filmmaking decisions as these, so it's catnip to me.

Better that you feel asleep during the show than at the wheel on the way home!

I hope Nathan Rabin sees it too so we can get his take.