I remember drawing a big deep breath in 2008 and feeling so relieved I’d no longer have to feel embarrassed for being American when I was traveling, or with friends who were citizens of other countries. I could feel proud of my citizenship; proud of my President.

Listen, I felt like this was one of those picture comparison games. Spot the Differences! And I could not.

I am terrible at this, I had to look multiple times to see the differences they were so subtle to my eye. Still, good on her for not only noticing, but taking a stand against it in a positive way that acknowledges that it was a mistake to begin with

I saw a form someone had from a school that let parents opt out of a lot of stuff, don’t want to go to the bake sale or bake anything? cool give $20. Don’t want to help sell cookies and candy bars? cool give $35. so on and so forth there were about a half a dozen things you could opt out of during the school year. I…

Good for her. My aunt was given 4-5 months to live, unless she went on chemo which would—possibly—have extended her life for another year. But, the entire time would be spent in chemo, and mostly in a hospital. She told her oncologist ‘No, thanks. I’m going camping.’ And she did. And was happy. RIP Aunt Jean!

She may still be alive now, but if she truly has cancer in her brain and lungs and is in hospital, she probably won’t be for much longer. I don’t understand this weird obsession with “fighting” terminal illness all the way to the end. As soon as her cancer spread she had no chance. I hope she was able to focus on…

Well then big fucking whoop didoo.

The parents of trans girls don’t want their daughters to use the bathroom with young men who are going through their natural hormonal changes, either, especially since that poses far more of a risk to them than to a cis girl sharing a bathroom with a trans girl.

A “young woman” would not be using a shared bathroom with “young men” - a transgendered person would be using it with one (and only one) of those groups.

Me as well. I was in the Mara in Kenya and my guide kept stopping to pick up trash. He had filled three small trash bags in the four days we spent together.

In an area I used to hike frequently with some beautiful petroglyphs, some asshole rode through on a four-wheeler and shot them up with a paintball gun. Many could not be restored. Thousands of years of history ruined by some (probably) drunk asshole. Things like this make me so deeply sad.

Good. I was in Utah this summer looking at beautiful petroglyphs, and it was so infuriating to see these amazing depictions of a great hunt from hundreds of years ago right next to “Jim+Kelly 69 4eva”. Fuck these people.

This one actually angered me. You’re not eight. Respect the wilderness; we have such little left.

Thank you for contributing to the shit healthcare industry. At least you're honest - here.

I was 13-14 in the mid-70s, and I got a lot of attention from grown men. I was thrilled by it. Boys my age either ignored me, barked at me, or called me names. Adult men talked to me like I was a person, admired me, complemented me. At the time, it was bliss, and I felt it made me special. And thanks mainly to a lack…

Out of all the things he listed that Americans brought us... “creationism” made me laugh the loudest

“He was just the more effective asshole.”

I’m with Bill Murray on this one. He wasn’t at a public event or anything. He should be able to enjoy his dinner without people snapping photos WITH THEIR FLASHES ON or at all. This is rude and treating people like objects is always fucked. Plus, they’re going to get plenty of money because of their shitty behavior so…

And don’t take a picture of him while you’re doing it ;)

True, but that’s an enormous undertaking with its own set of hoops to jump through. Plus potentially emotionally traumatic. Also that option comes with giving birth, which is of course extremely arduous and 14x more dangerous a medical procedure than abortion.