Thank you. It adds an extra layer of confusion to puberty that nobody needs. What really annoys me though, is that it stays with you to adulthood. So much therapy is required if you want to live an honest, sincere life. 

The most depraved people are hardcore, gay-hating evangelicals. They hate themselves, they hate their humanity, they hate women’s sexuality. I have stories that I wish I didn’t know. The women are always punished severely for any indiscretion, the men are slapped on the wrist and told to pray more.

Thank you. I’d like to think the whole experience has made me more empathetic and more accepting. Which is pretty much the opposite of their intention.

Agreed. That’s why I put “scriptural teachings” in quotes. Regurgitating puritanical bullshit and teaching it as a curriculum is damaging. I am living-proof of that, as are many of the kids I grew up with.

Oh yes. Guilt by association is heavily emphasized. Even if you are raped by a stranger it is still somehow your fault. These people tell the outside world they want to preserve their children’s innocence when it is they themselves that take it away.

I was subject to this trope for years. To say it has warped my psyche and held me back in self-development is an understatement. None of these “scriptural teachings” they drown you in are arguable to them, so if you don’t conform or agree to all of them, you are a devil-worshiping whore who is going straight to hell.…

Lol. No one was going to be able to protect Lyle Alzado from himself. He would have been the first person to admit that. That excuse is some patriarchal bullshit.

Wasn’t it for some hillbilly gender reveal party? (Rolls eyes onto the floor) 

He feigned ignorance of understanding working business plans, so yeah, the details don’t really help him. He listened to the wrong people, blah, blah. So much for personal responsibility. 

Calling for a whole group of people to continue to be the bigger person and expect civility from them in the face of constant assholery is bullshit. You know, no matter how stupid you are, if you unleash a racial slur on anyone, let alone an NFL player, you have signed your pale ass over and you deserve no mercy. 

I am in the grays, that’s fine. The comment that accuses people who choose to remain childless as selfish, set my brain on fire. Your reply was perfect. You don’t always know why someone chooses to not have kids. I am childless by choice because my family struggles with a history of mental illness and other health…

He contributed the bias.

Meh-lite then.

Mac Lowdermilk should get drafted for his amazing hair. 

The same terrible GMs are also recycled thru the league. See Ryan Grigson, architect of the Trent Richardson trade. He’s a personnel executive with the Browns now. Which makes me curious about collusion with the Browns. Not that cheating on any level will ever help them. 

Thanks for the clarification!

I was so ashamed. I was 15. I agreed to be in his car with him. I lied to my parents about where I was. I was afraid that my parents would think I was a slut. I was afraid they wouldn’t love me anymore.  

I moved to the coast from the midwest and started eating more seafood than I had before. I really liked clams and suffered no ill effects until I ate at one restaurant. There was no vomiting, I had a slight temp and severe abdominal cramping, it felt like my intestines were on fire. I thought I maybe got a bad batch.…

Sigh. I saw he ran as a Republican for Governor and I figured he was one of those “Fuck you, I got mine,” type of guys, but your experience is telling about his character. People who are mistreat folks in the service industry are terrible people. That is something I know to be true.

Yale. He got in because he was a legacy and received gentleman’s Cs throughout his stay there. Then pops bought him a baseball team to reward him for kicking his coke habit and the rest is history.