but... she was still gracious.

Are you implying that we’re not getting the real story? Cause I'm implying it :)

Thank you for the kind answer. You sound like a very understanding daughter or son.

Indeed, I respect people with depresion and a hundred other mental illnesses. I was ignorant of the fact hat hypochondria was a recognized mental disorder until today. Kind of shocking to me too, but I thought his was an unbearable character trait.

It’s what a tiny Alaskan language group called “Palinian” sounds with British accent. Lovely, really.

There is a difference between “why not?” and “why not, so let’s get scientists to figure out if there is anything to this hypothesis.” For now, there is no evidence at all in support of that hypothesis.

It seems the issue you linked to was about a sauna, not about a bathroom.

That site seems legit.

Asshole question: do you find it hard to respect him? These descriptions of hypochondriacs are making me realize I may have some prejudices I wasn’t aware of, such as contempt for hypochondriacs.

He is very smart. I know he’s not the kind of smart to keep his seedy side private, but I bet talking to him is fun, because the man is very, very smart.

I just realized that I am stalking you to star everything you write :-)

Yes, it a “birth-control” pill — you see, anti-women folks think women could avoid pregnancies simply by not fucking.

So, 73 people identified so far, who operated in a city square smaller than half a football field, in a single night, is a “small number” and those who complain are provoking “hysteria”?

This scandal is due to the failure of German women to keep these guys “at arm’s length.”

Also, she dropped her pun/alliteration/“jokes” ratio in her writing to under 80%. I’m disappointed.

Not just conservative. I’m a leftie liberal, but grew up in a communist country, and I despise Che worship.

Your comment is a bit weird. The issue is not that people are “repulsed by the disfigured,” it’s that many don’t want to raise a profoundly disabled child if they can help it, for a thousand reasons beyond repulsion.

Congratulations on the pregnancy. Don't go to PR in May.

I know — why he isn’t pilloried by every writer here is a mystery.

The requirement for sharing something like this is that it be cute somehow. This is not cute. Being an attractive person is not sufficient to make this story cute.