You may want to reconsider your love of the word “beta” if you ever want anyone to take you seriously, not that most of the words surrounding it help in that regard...

I’m partial to the ones with the Mooninites, but that one is definitely up there.

+1 frat alien

He is a meme that somehow achieved sentience.

He was fucking high school girls while Sharon was still alive.

I just read Life After Life and now I’m making my way through everything else - you’re right, she’s an underrated gem.

To be fair, she doesn’t really sell it as necessary:

Isn’t it though? And while it doesn’t detract from the severity of what she’s accused of doing, I think it should be taken into account that, as you say, she was likely Raniere’s first victim.

Yes, she is. I’m kind of reminded of what Joan Didion wrote about Patty Hearst:

The phrase “emotional abuse” would seem to suggest that there’s a little more to it than just him being awkward.

I see this type of problem EVERYWHERE - I recently read a book published by Simon and Schuster, and stopped counting when I came across the fifth typo/homophone...
I suspect it’s a losing battle at this point.

Existential, aesthetic, moral... the list goes on.

I legitimately feel sorry for your brain.

The first sentence you typed is absolutely correct. After that, however, it goes downhill quite rapidly.

That’s it EXACTLY. There was some truly feral energy in that confrontation...

I’m 48 and she terrifies me...

As always, I must quote Bette Midler in First Wives Club: “What’s in ‘em - wax??”

John Wesley Shipp can STILL get it. The man is like a textbook illustration for “silver fox”.

And what does this particular anecdote have to do with anything?
Actually, never mind - I’m not interested in whatever blighted thought process caused you to post that.

I don’t know, but I really hope it’s “Uncanny Valley”.