I was horrified by what happened. Absolutely so. Distancing myself from it by making an off-color joke about zombies doesn't make me less empathetic, it's a coping mechanism. It's how some people deal with terrible things.

That's similar to my experience. I work in a social services capacity, frequently meeting with parents, teachers, counselors, employers, etc. and have 3 large tattoos on my arms which I never cover. Absolutely no one cares, and I get frequent compliments on them from co-workers. This may be just one of the perks of…

I'm not saying I'll save my tears for the victims because I'd run out of tears, I'm saying I specifically do not empathize with someone who knowingly chooses to physically assault someone else out of anger or a simple unwillingness to control themselves. And obviously I don't think tears stop violence. I also don't…

Not reward that behavior with friendship is a good first step. If they want to have friends, they'll learn to stop being violent. I recognize that this is not a perfect solution, but I'll save all of my tears for the people getting hit rather than the hitter.

My cat does that. We found a sprayable liquid form of catnip that she loves. She'll go to town licking whatever toy we spray it on.

Male privilege started because of how things went down in the past, but that shit isn't suddenly gone just because men don't control absolutely everything anymore. No one is saying "treat white men like crap." No one is saying that all white men are horrible. You're interjecting all of that crap yourself and it's…

Where I work, we're trying to get a vocational/life skills training center started for people on the spectrum. I'm a job coach, and it always amazes me how freaked out employers are about hiring folks with Autism/Asperger's. Broadly speaking, I haven't coached anyone yet who I felt was incapable of working. Most of…

In every epilepsy training I've ever been to I've been told not to put anything in the person's mouth while they're having a seizure, but I never thought about the biting-through-their-tongue possibility. Can anything be done for the person to prevent that?

I assume they just lay out on the beach all the time. Retired folks, mostly. I swear some of them smell tasty.

I live in south Florida. There are people here that look like they would taste like bacon.

"To define racism only through extreme groups and their extreme acts is akin to defining weather only through hurricanes. Hurricanes are certainly a type of weather pattern - a harsh and brutal type - but so too are mild rainfalls, light breezes, and sunny days. Likewise, racism is much broader than violence and…

What the ever-loving hell is that accent? Cut that out.

Now if only he'd cease and desist with the rape jokes already.

Why are horror films these days always made green in post-processing? Green isn't scary. Green is green!

Were people mad that Jennifer Lawrence is blonde? I thought it was because she was yet another white actress being cast as a character that is not described as white in the book.

My opinion is that her opinion is shitty.

Happy to oblige!

Samuel L. Jackson came to my town to campaign for Obama back in 2007. All my friends and I went just waiting with bated breath for him to say "I'm tired of these motherfuckin' white people in this motherfuckin' White House!"

I think you just landed yourself a job as a new Glee writer. Congratulations!

It is a risky gift. So many animals end up in shelters or abandoned because people don't THINK before they buy one. They just see the cuteness and give in. But I doubt rich people have that problem, they can hire doggy nannies and shit.