“...Tracy responded with a certified letter asking him to prove the child ever existed.”

Calling stuff “tofurkey,” “burgers,” and “quiche” just pisses people off because they’re expecting something that tastes like turkey, hamburger or quiche but they never do.. However, grain and mushroom patties and savory tofu pie can actually be quite tasty when prepared well and calling them that doesn’t piss people…

Wow. Someone managed to combine two of my least favorite foods. Well done. Next up: olives stuffed with pickle relish.

I grew up in a town that got its name changed from something generic but pretty to something kind of weird. It pisses me off that I had to list that as my address for many years but these people see nothing wrong with White fucking Settlement. White Fucking Settlement, TX would actually be better.

I got no further than “White Settlement.” White Settlement? Seriously? You can change town names if you really want to.

I was actually just thinking “you know, tomorrow might be a good night for watching Love, Actually while getting blackout drunk.”

I claim to like it, but the last two times I watched it, I drank so much I wasn’t conscious for the ending.

Hope it works better than their option to report abuse. “Dear Facebook: This guy just called a black man a gorilla.” “Dear Facebook User: Doesn’t violate community standards! See ya!”

My comment was a half-assed expression of a bad feeling I got some years ago while watching gymnastics on TV, probably not long after I’d watched S1 of In Treatment. I’m sorry it’s being read into as anything bigger than that.

Ugh, I made a typo that renders my comment non-sensical and now I can’t edit. I meant “...how an alleged criminal usually ends up in federal court.”

I could only find the indictment but of the two statues listed that fall under the “hate crime acts” (18 USC 249), the first applies to race as well as religion.

Yeah, getting charged with a federal offense is how an alleged criminal usually ends up in criminal court. I didn’t notice before that the feds wanted first crack at him.

I found that a very bizarre list of charges and intend to now find them in the US Code.

And apparently he didn’t put on much of a defense either - his attorney called no witnesses.

I didn’t realize he was being tried in federal court. According to NPR, he still faces state charges for murder.

I’m sure you’re right, but I just always got this vibe that girls in gymnastics made especially “good” victims. Again, don’t know why. Maybe my weird mind is conflating the prevalence of eating disorders among both gymnasts and sex abuse victims.

As an educator of adults, I can’t stress it enough: DON’T FUCK YOUR STUDENTS. Even when it’s legal, it’s a horrible, terrible, bad idea. I think this extends to anyone in a teacher-student like relationship.

I’ve never had anything to do with gymnastics and I’m still not surprised. I’m not sure why I felt this way, but it occurred to me a long time ago that youth gymnastics was probably a pedophile’s field day.

I’ve never heard anyone complain about a cake not being shiny enough.

They pissed me off enough to close my account, then KEPT fucking with me. I waited the prescribed amount of time to go to payroll to pick up the check that BofA claimed would result after direct deposit was rejected. No check. After pursuing every other line of inquiry, I consulted BofA online banking. They not only…