Excellent article. It reminds me of the uproar last year when Jennifer Lawrence DARED to tastefully go nude for a Vanity Fair cover story following the release of her stolen photos on Reddit. Soooo many male commenters couldn’t understand how she could speak out against the invasive nature of the hacked pictures and…

No, they’re really not too young. I have a kid that age and I would easily trust him to be fine 30-90 feet away from me, in eyesight.

the IRS isn’t dictating what is moral; they only care if you lie or misrepresent yourself to them, especially if you are applying to be a tax-exempt organization. The IRS is the ultimate BBHMM. they don’t give a shit unless you hide/keep money from them.

I’d like to ask a genuine question here, is everyone absolutely convinced that he was fully aware of what he was doing? From what I’ve read, he’s been diagnosed with schizophrenia and was experiencing psychosis . It’s so clear to me that this is someone with a profound mental illness, it doesn’t negate from he did, AT…

People get really upset by the way ER staff joke about the horrible things they see everyday, but it’s a coping mechanism. How else are you going to deal with seeing a teenagers brains on the floor or a bottle of Pantene up someones butt?

I just think people don’t understand what it is. There are thousands of “subreddits” or subgroups that host content on different subjects. They all fall under the banner of “Reddit”. A lot of those subreddits are awesome, no racism, no sexism, no horrific content. The only thing they share with reddit is the beginning…

Responding off the cuff, having not seen the video: it doesn’t matter what your job is, if you do it every day there comes a point when it’s just...commonplace. Doesn’t matter if you work for a women’s health clinic or a call center or as the President’s security detail, at some point the shine wears off and you can’t…

Okay, first of all, I get what this lady is saying but if I ever needed an abortion I would much prefer the tone of whoever is talking to me about it to be “casual”. It’s just a medical procedure, it doesn’t need to be a harrowing and incredibly serious discussion.
I get why she feels the need to apologize, but I don’t…

I think the whole Jezebel/Gawker/Deadspin family likes to pick out the small bad parts of reddit that are easily ignored. Similar to a village idiot. I think of it like how some people think all Muslims must be terrorists. They are flat out wrong, sure there are some but they do not represent the vast majority. There…

bad publicity over a small subset of threads/users on Reddit getting the lion’s share of the spotlight

I am so excited. The Brits were quite a bit more violent than their US counterparts, and the Pankhurst women were really interesting historical figures (even though they aren’t the focus of the film). Plus the line, “war is the only language men listen to”

You’re right about imagination and empathy. You have to be able to see yourself in someone else’s life in order to develop empathy.

Empathy is not the same thing as approval.

Empathy is essentially imagination. Imagining the circumstances of other people’s lives, and imagining how we might feel under those circumstances, imagining what their motivations are, and thus (hopefully) arriving at a deeper understanding of other people. And imagination is a skill that can be honed with practice.…

The older I get, the more I feel I could actually empath myself to death, if I’m not careful. I struggle so hard with what other people might think and be motivated by that I sometimes butt right up against what they’re actually thinking which is quite different from what I’ve assumed. I offend a lot of people that…

Honestly, not much. Lee is almost 90 years old and notoriously reclusive. She didn’t push to publish anything—anything—after To Kill a Mockingbird. It would take something like letters written years ago that express her intentions to publish this new book to convince me. Something from before 2007, when Lee had a…

The more I obsess over the weirdness of this book release, the more I am convinced that GSAW is truly just a draft of what became TKAM and wasn’t meant or ready to be published and it makes me anxious and rage-y.

I don't think anyone would say Jr races dirty, the issue here was that he was racing hard and took a compromised lane that gave him no other option than to either hit a car or turn up into the wall for a nasty solo crash. It just wasn't wise if he knew his brake were compromised. Still, Patrick should learn to keep…

Gee, it sounds like you have some serious issues with Danica. I can’t imagine why that might be.

“Earnhardt was struggling with his brakes all night...”