I’m sorry that Lindsey won’t be able to achieve her goal of being pregnant. I’m not sorry that Lindsey’s adopted children will have a mom that isn’t distracted with maintaining a foreign uterus. I’m not sorry that Lindsey’s adopted children will not get to feel like they have to compete with mom’s only biological…

I hoped to present a more fully-rounded portrait of Mr. Holtzclaw than had appeared in the press. I hoped to explore the question of what had happened to this once-promising young man.

................. you’re not good at like, reading, or the internet, or whatever.

And that Hermione didn't end up with Ron..

oddly, i haven’t heard mention of anyone screaming about #dogslivesmatter more than the people here who seem to hate dogs and think their drinking lead poisoned water shouldn’t matter.

I’m getting pretty pissed off reading all of the “who cares, they’re not people” comments on here. For one, they’re living beings. Secondly, they have literally no control over where their water comes from, it’s not like they fill their own bowls and can make sure they’re drinking clean water like a human who is now…

i’m thinking the reasoning is also more along the lines of needing this is as proof, to possibly be later used at a court hearing. in addition to all the over evidence.

because, endangering/harming/neglecting animals is also ILLEGAL (in addition to also being amoral, and full of douchbaggery)

except, this quote comes to mind:

There was an article about Flint in Rolling Stone and this bit hit me the hardest:“The human damage is incalculable. Think of a mother waking in the middle of the night to make formula for her baby girl and unwittingly using liquid death as a mixer.”

I feel bad because I was so focused on the human aspect I didn’t even think of their pets, absolutely no one in that town had a chance.

Two cross-breed dogs in the Flint, Michigan area have tested positive for lead toxicity, the Detroit Free Press reported. One is a pet and the other is a stray.

JFC

It’s the laziest form of smug superiority.

Exactly. And, you know, I get “Hey, you know that thing that everyone else likes, I like it less” because that’s a pretty regular thing to say and, like you said, not everyone should like the same stuff.

Well, you did ask why the world won’t admit it is bad. As it isn’t bad, I do assume your world should, by rights, be ending.

THAT’S A SCORCHING HOT TAKE!

I am fully aware that teenagers (in the US at least) can be charged with distributing child pornography. I’ve worked with teenagers and have had that discussion more times than I can recall. But the conversation at hand is not about whether or not a 14 year old should be charged with child pornography; it’s about how…

Yes, the 14 year old who sent nudes should judiciously be charged just like the parents who beat her. Shut the fuck up.