Because they still have a caste system in this day and age? Because they are one of the more populated and dense countries in the world? Because much like the Republicans view abortion, it is traditional?

Yes, because NOTHING is “buoyant” while keeping most of it underwater.

I’m sure they have given the barnacle report. But just in case, I know a guy...

Oh please, there is no country that Jezebel commenters condemn more broadly and universally than the U.S. If someone kicked a cat and it got reported on Jezebel, there would be universal condemnation of America. Also, this is the Internet, the land of generalizations.

I'm asking seriously, is the caste system condoned or condemned by the government?

We don’t have unelected groups of men in rural areas sentencing children to rape. Signed an American.

I’ve seen barnacles on washed up debri on the beach. Stuff like drift wood and fishing nets tend to have them. Someone please tell me what’s so strange about this?

No that’s not what I’m defending. I’m mad about how when anything negative happens in India, everybody starts ranting about how the culture is blah blah and how the people are blah blah. I still remember some Jez regulars calling all Indians savages. That is really insane.

it’s natural to want to defend your country but publicly sanctioned punishment rapes might not be the best hill to die on...

Being found on a beach indicates it was buoyant enough to float onto the beach, which means it should have been too buoyant to be suspended underwater for any period of time. The most likely scenario is that it was trapped at depth: possibly it was wedged into an underwater crevice or attached to something less…

if jeans could have a period this is what it would look like

I feel like everyone saying “Chipotle sucks” lives in California or something. Not all of us have mission burritos, you assholes.