The mom is intervening and trying to do something to keep her kids out of *detention*, where they will be incarcerated with other kids who have committed actual crimes, and the dad isn’t saying a thing...because this makes him happy.

Honestly, reading this transcript, it sounds like the father either paid her off or she’s sleeping with him. Why else would you take this guy’s life so personally? Defend his innate awesomeness in such a personal way? She shouldn’t even know this guy, except what she’s seen in court, yet she is talking like she’s…

He certainly had the power to *ask* that his children not be locked up like criminals because they don’t want to hang out with him. Politely requesting that the judge not do this to his kids would not see him held in contempt.

As the mother of a girl in that age range, I can definitely testify to the tween thirst factor at work here.

I think the commenter is drawing the parallel between the fantasies portrayed, not the realities of sex trafficking, working conditions, etc. I mean...there really is no comparison to be made between romance novels and pornographic films on that point. But there is a comparison to be made between freaking out over the…

I think everybody is going to be wishing they'd taken Chris Rock up on his offer to do two years.

I think she's talking about popular Hollywood aesthetics, which have for a long time required women with her body type to be malnourished and eat like birds. It is certainly possible for women, even extremely Hollywood-thin women, to not be malnourished, but this woman looks healthy at 160 lbs and has a large frame…

Honestly, either a prank or GG types pretending to give a shit because they’re pro-anything that’s anti-woman, which is still a prank, so.

I mean giant balls sure, but the shadow of the finger is not scaled up at all.

...giant?

Considering who’s holding the sign, I strongly suspect this is really about ethics in gaming journalism.

He’s not cheating on the LW. He’s cheating *with* the letter writer.

Lighten up, Francis.

“We can’t know all the facts until some triflin’ bit comes out that we can use to justify ignoring the surfeit of damning facts that have already come out. Say, anybody know if the five-year-old was wearing a hoodie?”

It’s worse than one time a guy wrote a 100+ page manifesto specifically about how he wanted to kill women, and when he failed at his goal because a sorority house remembered to lock its front door, every MRA on the planet insisted his actions had nothing to do with misogyny. I mean, at least that guy actually killed…

I see Ser Meryn continues to enjoy his work.

described homosexuality as a “birth defect”

You mean not expecting different behavior from their partners than they themselves display? Not wanting casual sex from us while also despising us if we have casual sex with them? No, I’d be pretty cool with that. I’m sure straight guys would have also sorts of evopsych reasons for not treating women like gay guys…

I think it’s possible Sansa and Theon are going to interrupt and Brienne will let Stannis live to help get Sansa to safety. They’d head for Castle Black, not knowing about Jon of course. Lbr the only option for Stannis other than death is to take the black.