This is the sweetest reply, bless you. I am sending you e-hugs for it, thank you. (Just turned 31 last month, so I figure if this is supposed to be a better decade than the one prior — and all my older friends have always insisted on that, so I’ll choose to take their word for it — I’ve still got plenty of it left to…

I feel you. Though I’ve never really dated anyone, or had any sort of “normal” relationship (as I’ve mentioned on other posts here and there, I seem to be undatable, and have always been thus, even now going into my 30s), I’ve still run into similar problems in my own relationships. Particularly this:

I had a fun evening last night! A solo one, as pretty much nearly all my evenings are, but whatever, about time to get used to it, I’m in my 30s now and nothing is changing. But it was just starting to move toward perfect fall weather (favorite!), and I had the time and the wiggle room, so I just went for it.

I’ve never been anything other than, ultimately, ghosted by men when attempting online dating (and this is an issue that crosses platforms). Which, yeah, is basically why I gave up. What the hell is the point?

What a sweet sentiment. I concur!

Men are pretty much never interested in me (again, apparently I intimidate most of them, which is pretty ridiculous, but whatever), so I’m not the best one to ask for advice. They seem fine being friends with me, here and there, but if any of them have the slightest interest in more, they certainly never communicate…

Just sending hugs, because I worry about the same things already. :(

This is the first time I’ve felt any interest in this show, so thanks for the write-up! If it can capture anything of the perfect mood, as it pertains to law enforcement, investigation, and the criminology of the era as Zodiac did, then it really does have potential to be great. Also:

I’ve reached a no-fucks-given stage at this point where, when being hassled or harassed in public (typically walking along Hollywood Blvd., though there have certainly been other areas), I’ll just literally fucking scream at a dude. I don’t care who hears or sees or how crazy it makes me seem. They always seem…

This is so horrible to read and watch happening. Being a native Southern Californian, this was the stuff of my nightmares as a kid, which I’m sure must be partly regional: I was always terrified of our house burning down. I can’t imagine what grappling with the reality would be like.

I don’t have much of a problem getting a date

Nah, even just thinking about dating at this point exhausts me. I’m pretty introverted, and apparently weirdly picky about men, but in that way you can’t really control (i.e. you can’t do much about who/what you’re attracted to). I’ve tried OKC (NIGHTMARE) and Tinder, but they’ve both yielded exactly 0 worthwhile…

That sounds about right. No idea how I’m going to handle inevitably hitting a full calendar year, but I’m sure at this point it’s coming. Trying not to think about it!

...Do you honestly believe that men who behave this way were somehow better toward women, or held better beliefs and attitudes, but simply “broke” because they... What, got too old? (Did you miss the part where the woman who says he groped her is speaking to an incident from decades ago? How old do these dudes have to…

I’m at 9+, and with no end in sight. How many millions does that feel like by now? I can’t count that high.

I had honestly not thought of this way as yet (I was too busy being pissed at what a terrible GM Doc has been, probably), but that is a very good take!

That depends. The traditional wet-mount rape exam has positions on it (often referred to as the “clock”) that indicate forced sexual penetration. This isn’t always the case, of course (and men often will claim a woman wanted rough sex, the signs of which can be difficult to distinguish from signs of rape), and it’s…

The Clippers are gonna run so much, and dunk so much, and have such a good time.

Brave was a huge letdown to me, I’ll admit, though Inside Out was a good return to form! (That was also, I’ll admit, the last Pixar film I saw. I no longer feel the need to see their new stuff like I once did. Weirdly, it often seems like either Pixar or Disney will be putting out great films, but they can’t manage to…

It’s interesting how my fondness for certain Ghibli titles only grows as I age — particularly Kiki, which speaks very deeply to the struggling artist in me, and Kiki and Castle in the Sky — and others I tend to feel generally about the same that I always have. (I honestly do love them all, though. Especially as Pixar…