I didn't say anything about crap he's gotten. He probably has. I haven't tracked that. I was refuting someone who said Diablo Cody never got crap. You need to talk Diablo Cody, not me, about that.

I saw lots of crap that she got. That she had no talent, just a shocking past that she used to market herself, as you say. People didn't like that she admitted it so honestly and unapologetically. You may not have seen it, doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Hmm. You could argue that Wicked is Wizard of Oz fanfic, that Ten Things I Hate About You is Shakespeare fanfic, Star Wars is Biblical fanfic. Nothing is original.

There's no snark. She's a mom that can't handle finding someone the same age as her son hot. It just feels wrong. I totally get that. Like how I like it when Taylor Lautner takes off his shirt, but also hate myself at the same time.

Inigo was in my head, too!

If you have ever seen the show Merlin, you would see that the entire Arthurian legend is turned upside down. Guinevere is a servant, not a queen. Merlin is hiding as a servant to Arthur, who treats him like crap and doesn't even know about him. The ancient Celtic translation of an imaginary character's name is…

I have never read stuffwhitepeoplelike, actually. Everything I know about what white people like comes from being a white person myself.

It's always funny how people will say to calm down about a white actor in an Asian part, like the movie Last Airbebder, but put a black guy in the world of Thor or a black woman as Guinevere and they start complaining about accuracy.

Well, when Emma is getting her Tony award someday, and Ramine is getting an Emmy, I hope they thank each other in their speeches. Whole lotta talent going on here.

In 1991, during the first Iraq war, I had a Marine pen pal. We sent each other tons of letters. I was 16 but said I was 19, he was 25 but said he was 22. So we were paper catfishing. Life pre-Internet!

Yeah, I pulled that number out of my ear because I was late! Thanks for the correction. :)

There are 14,947 members of wedding website, and they are not engaged yet? Out of a US population of 700 million, that's not a big deal. I think the number of people *obsessed* with their weddings is being exaggerated so we can concern troll. How about all the people who plan to write novels but never try? Or imagine…

That's kind of THE most important quote.

I'll have to read that. It seems like a good Mormon boy would be susceptible to the safety of a girlfriend he never has physical contact with. He can have a relationship without breaking any rules.

Strippers- they are always falling in love with the customers. Risk of the job, I guess. ;)

Stupid leeches in guys brains.

I agree that neither one allows for women to express themselves. I think that it really shows how hard our culture works to control women's sexual expression. You are either supposed to stay chaste til marriage or do everything under the sun. I don't think it is a bad thing to have pop culture representing sexual…

I said this in a response to SeaAnemone, but I'll say it directly to you. I think culturally young women today are expected to be more sexually adventurous, and if you aren't, it is like there is something wrong with you. Rihanna talks about being into S & M, Katy Perry sings about 3 ways, guys expect you to keep your…

I think US culture is increasingly pressuring young women to present themselves as very sexually adventurous. The biggest pop stars sing about loving S & M, having no memories of a threesome last Friday night, stuff like that. Young men expect them to look like the porn they see (with waxing and all that). On the one…

There might be something going on with the kid that you don't know about. It may not be that SIL just decided to "keep" the kid in diapers. Some kids have a really hard time learning to potty train. She may be trying to potty train and it just isn't working and she's desperate. It happens quite a lot.