We definitely need more of these imaginary conversations.

This is what I love about Gawker. There was a murder and we’re going to focus on the tool that was used, not the murderer.

No kidding, Sherlock. The point is that many folks respond to emotion before they look at data and draw an objective conclusion. If you lived in a rural community and there was a lot of lawlessness around, and eight people were executed down the street from your house, I’ll bet you would show this cartoon around to…

Never let a good opportunity to politicize murders go to waste.

Here - let data tell the story. It isn’t guns/knives/poison/cars - it is the willingness to take another human life.

I 100% don’t get the snark. Life can be lonely AF and not all of us like being glued to our Laptops commenting on Jezebel all day eating cheese and intermitenly checking out cats on Neko Atsume. Community living is great but hard to carry out in cities, as long as the price is reasonable this is a fab alternative

While this isn’t for me, the less-snarky aspect is that it is encouraging community in a society that is ever-more less-communal. As a young adult after college I moved to the other side of the country, lived alone, and had no community. This is one positive side of housing like this.

She went after the husband. That’s a line too far, especially when you add in, “I’m far from the only person who feels this way.” In my experience that person- the, “Everyone else is thinking it, I’m just brave enough to say it!” person- is self-absorbed and toxic. There’s the slightest whiff of passive agressive “Him…

It’s neurotypical privilege to think that some actions count as related to mental illness while others don’t.

You wrote, “They never ARE truly responsible ...”

No. Your friends are not the people to help you out of a disease. Professionals are. I can’t help you figure out your insulin or your psych meds or your rehab or your chemo. Once you decide that you’re going to get professional help, I, as a friend, can support you. That’s a valuable role. But if you are in denial…

Who the fuck wants to be around someone that is never responsible for their actions? This is some high level bullshit you are trying to pass off here.

Mental illness is an illness. And you have peaks and valleys. And there are times when your behavior isn't the person you'd like to be. But as a person who has a mood disorder, I both resent and reject your position. Having a mental illness does not preclude being rejected for friendship any more than alcoholism does.…

But why would you want someone in your life who says horrible things they don’t mean? And not just to you, but to the other people you love? I’m all for being supportive but there comes a point where a person’s actions, no matter where those actions stem from, are just unacceptable. Mental illness isn’t an excuse to…

Is anyone gonna say anything about how y’all just lost to Hulk Hogan?
Because the New York Times, The Daily Beast, Huffington Post, Buzzfeed and a whole metric fuckton of websites are talking about it.

I get you’re probably not supposed to, but it looks weird.
Super weird.

Things that go with the atmosphere may include dancers, yes, but can the dancers wear proper clothes? Is that allowed?

There should have been no dancers, period.

You gotta see this in the proper context, which is women are relatively rare in the gaming industry and are routinely harrassed by male gamers, and when you DO see women they often sexualized.

I think the issue is that the video games industry (and the tech industry at large) has a long history of both marginalizing and objectifying members of the fairer sex. So when you host a forum that’s literally about discussing this issue, then go right back to objectifying that sex, that’s kinda hypocritical.

It's crazy that it's necessary to explain why sexualized dancers aren't appropriate at a netWORKing event