I see what you’re saying. I’m not too worried about it. Not that it’s without merit, but that’s one of those fears that seems to pop up again and again through history. An important, perception shattering discovery is made, debated and accepted as true in a small circle, and then there’s always a concern about if and…

I think you’re ascribing to it the power of agency, like sarcasm and met-snark are shaping society, and I see it more as a reaction by those of us who are (or feel) relatively powerless to change those circumstances.

I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.

It took me a good minute to remember that this was Tortoise and not Mogwai, whose 2011 album is similarly titled Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will.

Also the title of Chicago post-rock outfit Tortoise’s 2nd album!

I’m nowhere near mega-rich, but I’ve got an okay cushion so I don’t mind regularly picking up the tab for friends who might not be there yet. I do, however, start to feel resentful when they’re happy to go to town on my dime as a matter of course. I’m happy to pick up the tab at the place that serves diamond-crusted…

Couple things. Is that upper six figures annually, or total?

Are you just bragging about your penis?

I’ve been broken up with by someone in this way. And he was legitimately a good guy, and he and I still are friends, all these years later, but the breakup and the way it happened still hurt. The minute he told he we should stop seeing each other, I wanted to walk away, go back to my own apartment, and just deal with…

I would like to add to your response to MILF that his saying ‘I worry that she has spent her whole life relying on her looks to gain validation from men’ is a patronising and sexist assumption.

I note that DQ didn’t explicitly state she wanted to provide sloppy deepthroats, just watch the porn.

Yeah, I just know that I’d have Vernon kind of person who would want to be “understood” just a few years ago. It’s maddening. It’s like, “please see where I’m coming from” will make it easier to move on, but I know it’s not. It’s an emotional response that’s been drilled into me, and it takes a lot to resist giving…

Lead pipe in the conservatory

Just once I’d like to see the woman go after the dude with a candlestick.

Most guys who fall into the nice category are just not used to causing pain and anguish. They’re the mediators in their friends’ and families’ disputes, thoughtful towards others, a lot of good things. So being responsible for this kind of heartbreak is uncharted territory and they foolishly want to be sure the woman…

Usually the dumper is asked for more of an explanation, subjected to more anger and screaming, and has to do hours upon hours of talking just to get out of there.

I think what really gets ya is that no one is starring your comments. Again, bye. I’m not mad, you’re just trying to justify something in yourself. Have a good weekend!

I think a lot of Aziz’s defenders are assuming that the pro-Grace side is presenting her story as an assault. She never accused him of assaulting her, and her supporters aren’t making that claim either. The issue Grace raises is that soooooooo many women have had similar experiences of men making them feel awful…

This article felt very true to me. Regardless of how any individual woman feels about/during sex, it’s bizarre how much of our lives revolve around this act that many women often feel ambivalent about. I wish we could live in a society where men didn’t act like sex was the endgame 100% of the time, and that’s really…

Yeah, that old joke about how sex is like pizza in that even bad sex is good?