This makes me sad and angry on your behalf. That it happened at all is dredful, that it happens all the time is nothing short of tragic. I'm apalled by how thoroughly 12-step has infiltrated recovery. I was unable to find any sort of in-patient program that offered any other option. It was so demoralizing and after…

My father was sober for 15 years before he died because of AA, it really worked for him. That being said, I personally believe that when history looks back on addiction treatment, the 12 step programs will not be viewed kindly. They've really hijacked the whole conversation and methodology around recovery to the point…

Hey Owl, I'm sorry to hear that you're faced with something so big. You're such a kind and bright soul. I hope you're surrounded by love and support, because you are obviously a generous human who deserves to have that reflected back. Thanks for making Gawker a more gentle and witty place.

I think they came so close. It made me so sad to get what they were going for and watch the world turn away.

That picture was specifically taking a shot at Sophia Schliemann, who paraded about wearing "Priam's treasure" after her husband destroyed much of the site of Troy and smuggling the treasure back to Europe. They both showed a shocking lack of judgement and respect.

There are at least a gazillion fanfics out there I'm sure.

I hope they at least find out the gender during an autopsy. I want to know!

Oh poor kitty!

Well now that's a terrifying thought.

I hear you on that! I recently started rewatching WW from the beginning and had to stop. The sexism was making me all punchy. I will always love the show that got me through the Bush years and I want to preserve the memories.

We are all allowed our own interpretations, that's what makes the English language so fun!

I really wasn't. The original commenter had thought the experiment had saved lives (in what I inferred to be WWII) thus I wanted to inform him/her that sadly this was not the case. Given the chaos of the end of the war and months following I would never blame anyone for not making the connection to call those guys…

Belsen was liberated by the Brittish in April '45. I didn't mean to indicate some failure, only that they had some data and it's sad that it wasn't available to the people trying to keep all of these desperate people alive. Ultimately they were able to figure out a diet based on experiences with a famine in India.

I unabashedly adored Dune. I had never seen anything like it visually and I guess I just got pulled into the vision.

Too harsh?

Unfortunately the information didn't make it to the right people. Thousands died at Belsen because they couldn't figure out how to feed them without killing the most emaciated survivors. There are stories from soldiers who felt awful for inadvertently killing survivors with c-rations.

And way more food. And no hard labor. Or German shepherds.

Yeah, it's bland and like a newly divorced dad trying to get back in the scene. "Oh! Doc Martens, that's hip, right?" he says to his totally over it 12-year old daughter.

But we were talking about the '70s and early '80s, so I'm not sure why crime rates of the '60s have to do with this?

Damn you iPhone!