IT HAS LITERALLY BEEN ONE WEEK

I’m not against dunking on Bean Dad, because his story was ridiculous, and he deserved a proper dunking for acting like a clown. It’s the extent to which strangers on the internet sought to absolutely wreck him and anyone who dare associate with or defend him that is disturbing to me. The Bad Tweets of Yore this guy…

So, just for context, 2012 was the same year Gawker blasted a “leaked” (see: non-consensual) sex tape of Hulk Hogan out to the internet to laugh at because they thought it was funny. (Iirc, it was also posted on Jezebel, because Gawker posts were often cross-posted or linked on Jezebel.) They were willing to (and did)…

I don’t know if it was over the top for that era, honestly. The internet was a very different place then. This was the heyday of Louis C.K. and a particular brand of “I’m a contrary piece of shit and I say offensive things because I’m a dirtbag and also much smarter than you so if you take offense you’re just too dumb…

On scrambled eggs only, because smothering them in ketchup and cheese is the only way to make them edible. 

Yeah, at this point I’m not sure what Bean Dad could possibly even do to get the internet mob to leave him alone. People are accusing him for responding wrong when this blew up, but I don’t know how someone could respond much differently to having a stupid, exaggerated Twitter story go viral, having people call you a…

Honestly, given the time period of those tweets (2011 - 2012), it’s not outlandish for them to be hamfisted attempts at comedy? It’s only recently that Twitter has become a bastion for the ultra-left and the alt-right at the same time. In its early-2000s heyday, not only was comedy in this vein accepted as mainstream,…

This is honestly a very good apology. He expresses remorse, names what he did wrong, names the harm he caused, sincerely acknowledges and holds space for those he hurt, takes responsibility, and promises that he will try to do better.

I prefer sleeping with my husband; we have a guest bedroom where one of us will sleep if we’re sick or there’s some reason we might disrupt each other, like an early work day or something. It happens a few times a year, if that. We have a king-size bed and it’s great — we are far enough apart that we rarely even…

I’m pretty sure they just hate Joe Alwyn because he’s fairly strong evidence that not only is Taylor straight, but her taste in men tends toward indistinct, perfectly mediocre white dudes. You know, like if a John Mayer song became corporeal starting walking around. That seems to be her thing.

The Gaylor conspiracy theorists are intense and some of the Gaylor theory went mainstream after “folklore” dropped because her song “Betty” is sung by Taylor to a gal named Betty and women aren’t allowed to use lyrics for storytelling, only biography. (Even though it is sung from the male character in the album,…

I actually live in a rural era, but the majority of the houses were built in the 70s and don’t have walk-in pantries. 

Honestly, the real flex is a walk-in pantry. That’s the stuff champagne wishes and caviar dreams are made of. I accompanied a family member on a tour of a house they were thinking of buying and it had a big old butler’s pantry and I have never been so covetous in my entire life. Imagine a world where your cereal boxes…

This is the crux of the problem, though, right? “Defund the Police” is a slogan that is meant very literally by abolitionists and many BLM organizers & activists & the ACAB crowd.

I mean, I don’t believe she has ever really taken responsibility for her actions and demonstrated that she understands that she was at fault for what she did. I’ve read plenty of what she’s said over the years regarding her involvement in the murders of the LaBiancas. “It was Manson, it was acid, it was the drugs, I…

Just want to add, and of course this varies by neighborhood, but: People are much more invested in keeping a community nice when everyone owns. Because they are literally invested in the community. Someone with a 30-year mortgage is generally going to be a better neighbor than someone with a lease than lasts a year.

Do you have an example? I really legitimately cannot think of a single contestant who beefed it as hard as Hermine did who made it to the finals on the merits of past performance and I am a huge fan. It’s not like she just kinda messed up, a little tiny bit. She went in without a recipe and gave them something hideous…

But that’s not how the show works. That is not how it’s ever worked. Each week stands on its own. You do not get credit for previous good weeks. The judges weigh a baker’s performance in the showstopper more heavily than the other challenges. And at the end of the day, Hermine went into the showstopper challenge with…

The rich do this all the time and do not think it’s wrong: they find ways to transfer money to their kids without incurring tax liabilities so they can pass on their wealth without paying into the system that benefits them. It’s something Donald’s parents did, it’s something all very wealthy parents do, and most fly…

I am really unsure how “parents should not neglect their kids’ dire medical needs and allow them to suffer and die from cancer” is being translated into “medical bills do not exist.”