I thought it was a joke about the priesthood of believers and not needing to undergo ritual confession with a priest interceding between you and God, so hey, confess to a robot, same difference. (IANA Lutheran.)

Damages! Even if Faith Dad found a lawyer willing to take the case, what damages would a court award, especially when the kid asked for treatment? One dollar?

I'm not experienced in this area of law, and I don't practice in Washington, but why didn't the hospital petition for temporary custody of the kid? I remember from Med Mal that hospitals will often do that with kids whose parents won't authorize medical treatment because of religion. At the very least, where did…

You *have* talked to your partner about all this, right? Like, especially if you're talking about in-sleep penetrative sex.

Plug a website, dude.

Many people are bad at distinguishing between their fears and reality. Others are just selfish fucks who don't want to experience discomfort in order to show respect for other people.

My gut feeling is that your girl has ADD, specifically the inattentive, "spacey" type. Have you thought about announcing that you were going to take an ADD test online?

Chris Carter said Mulder and Scully wouldn't get together, so I can't blame people for looking at the show more than creators' statements.

On the one hand, lower and lower middle class Boomers are screwed economically, because pensions were killed by a Greatest/Silent/Boomer coalition and retirement planning is boring. Add the fact that the housing bubble killed billions of dollars in wealth that should've been invested into 401ks instead of put into…

Good!

Congrats!

I'd like to get into ginger beers, but I have a family history of the 'beetus. Are there any no/low sugar ginger beers that aren't terrible?

I was hoping for a Crieff-esque character as an undecided voter obsessed with small plane regulations or something equally mundane and apathetic about everything else.

Hang on, aren't over half of black adults women, queer, and/or trans?

I'm rather hoping Strange just pulls out a gun and shoots Mads in the face.

"I am truly sorry for those who loved her."

The Schlafly Corollary to the Epimenides Paradox?

Yeah, SSRIs fuck some people up in the sex department. That being said, there are drugs which use different neuro pathways.

Your sister does know that dom/sub stuff is supposed to have rules, and safewords, and at least the possibility of breaks, right? Because I know there are folks who use "it's dom/sub" as a cover for abuse, and since you mentioned he's creepy…

I'm still mourning the lost opportunity of a "No man can stop me"/"I AM NO MAN"-style exchange between Mugatu and All, where Mugatu thinks he's covered all his bases: