"Lock arms and block cemeteries. Let's see how committed you are to this idea." -Bill Hicks

I think sometimes abusive parents have a tendency to believe the lies they've told themselves about how wonderful their children's childhoods were. Particularly if their children turned out to be decent adults.

It was basically either a hanger or auditioning for Dancing With The Stairs, wasn't it?

AKA the "Logic-Incapable Old White Guy Defense of Dominance Act."

Fuck everyone's easy forgetfulness. There are people still alive who remember what pre-Roe abortion was like. We need to hear from those people and we need to hear from them right now, and loudly.

The fucking sad thing is that unless parents actively work to counteract the influence of rape culture in their own homes (which clearly didn't happen in this young man's household, as his parents are STILL making excuses for him and for themselves), rape culture will do its work to teach kids like him that this…

"I will not live with the guilt of someone passing away."

I will scream this from the mountain tops for all my days. Comprehensive sex ed is as necessary as a math class. We should be talking about consent and bodily autonomy with kids from day one.

As the ACLU of Alabama's Executive Director Susan Watson points out, Alabama doesn't have a statewide public defender program, meaning fetuses can get a lawyer appointed with state money, but real live, already-born indigent human beings cannot.

"Who are you wearing?" "YOUR MOM."

oh god what if the kid got away with like

First and most importantly, as a former pizza delivery person fuck those cheap entitled assholes.

At last, evidence that you should always bring Spears to a knife fight.

Ladies and gentleman, I give you the tale of Saint Basil Fuckoff, the patron saint of waiters and bartenders.

Girls is the equivalent of Miley Cyrus; trying to get attention via "shock value" to the point where every "shocking" thing makes people yawn because it's so predictable. And yes, over-privileged white girls that are out of touch with reality.

I'm fine with the slowdown. Keep it up long enough and we can decrease revenues from ticketing poor people, trim the budget, and fire some cops. Start with any that have had excessive force complaints.

Those cats gave none of the available fucks.

Frankly, the Golden is way smarter than the rest of them. There are a number of huge sausages just lying there, and no little treat or bit of play with one's owner is ever going to make up for just running past them.

Jezebel Basic