All drinking does is remove inhibition, it doesn’t turn someone into a different person. If they assaulted you while drunk, they were thinking about doing it while sober but didn’t because with a clear head they understood there would be consequences.

I’d tell these dudes: if you drink so much that you’re “uncharacteristically” willing to sexually assault someone, then you need to stop drinking so much.

This is “actual sexual assault”. If you don’t think that physically forcing sexual contact with someone who’s repeatedly said “no” to your sexual advances and asked you to leave their home is “actual sexual assault” just because the sexual contact wasn’t penetration, you’re probably confusing sexual assault (a general…

It’s not a matter of opinion, it’s just a fact: assault, sexual or not, is still assault even when the attacker was drunk and/or feels they’ve made a mistake by assaulting someone.

Hell yes. Guys who actually like strong, intelligent women don’t go around announcing it like it makes them special and deserving of a cookie...

HThe irony is that there are plenty of women who would be into a dude with money regardless of what he looks like. McClure is either too lazy to find them or he gets off on foisting himself on unsuspecting women. (My guess is the latter.)

...and they’re just too stupid not to brag about it.

I don’t know whether to be thrilled that he is taking responsibility or facing the consequences of being a criminal (not just a creep) - or to wonder what even more horrible, repugnant piece of information has yet to emerge for which they are trying to preemptively control damage.

It would be a kindness to give the family more time to say goodbye, but when no amount of time will ever be enough, what then?

I of course don’t know, and his medical providers can’t say - but I think it’s reasonable to assume that is because doctors have to act in Chatlie’s best interests, not his parents. The poor guy has never really left the hospital - his parents’ house would be the strange new environment, not where he is now. Also, he…

Honestly, we treat our pets better than this...the kid has zero chance of any sort of life...he’s basically a vegetable...this is why doctor’s need to have the power to stop parents from spending limited resources on cases where we all know the outcome...it’s sad, indeed, but 1.7 million dollars could save thousands…

AMEN! I showed a lot of loyalty and dedication to my previous companies and I got squat. Many companies want undying loyalty but don’t want to do anything that comes with it, like give you benefits and treat you like a human.

Not gonna bother unless they come for your mate though?

Kamala Harris is the only Senator on the judiciary committee who’s an actual prosecutor. This seems to especially bother John McCain (who’s been sitting in and interrupting her despite NOT being a member of the committee).

Just like the word “shrill” is almost exclusively used against women.

To be fair, IKEA is sorta cheaply made stuff. And while I’m only average as a handy man, I’ve assembled IKEA before and a part is ALWAYS missing. Last time I did an IKEA desk I had to MacGyver it. And those picture-only instructions do not help.

Huh. Well, under-tightened does seem likely, then. Which baffles me — I mean, this stuff is not complicated to assemble. (I say that even as I know my mom struggles to assemble Ikea stuff. Maybe some of us are better at reading pictogram instructions than others?)

Confession: I have never been to an Ikea. And not because I don’t live near one or anything; there’s one less than an hour from me. I’m just...daunted by the thought of it. Ikea seems like an intense experience and like one of those places where people immediately become on edge once they pass through the doors. (Plus…

I, for one, am not the least bit scared of getting rid of an international threat who happens to be our president. I’m not down with the concern-trolling and learned helplessness.

I’m a cusp millennial (1982) who came up blue-collar & my best friend (same age) and I have this conversation all the time.