This is the most depressing and true statement I’ve heard in all of this.

Women are cast as the moral backbone of the society, so they become the custodians of sex. It’s men’s to take and women’s to keep. A woman’s worth is tied to how fiercely she guards it, so boys are conditioned to think ‘good girls’ say no and they are the ones worth pursuing. Her worth increases the more they have to…

My dad is pretty much glued to CNN and cable news all day and when I talked to him about it yesterday (after reading about it mostly on DS) he only had a cursory knowledge of the situation. When I told him everything his response was, “how is this not on the top of every single news channel?” It’s shocking how little…

seconding this notion. my sister in law was a national level gymnast into college, and my wife follows the sport pretty closely. she was genuinely stunned when i asked her reaction to these stories — she hadn’t seen them or heard anything about them.

 someone who I broadly disagreed with on another article made one very fine point: often the assholes who take the time to learn to groom and manipulate children do the same to adults. I suspect that was at play.

My guess is the last one. It probably wasn’t just a liability aspect, but just the nightmare of having to deal with a situation like that, in general. Humans have an amazingly high tolerance for things they know are awful just because they “don’t want to have to deal with this.”

Given the response from these organizations it seems more likely (IMO), that Larry is one among many predators within these organizations. Fear of liability may have been one among many considerations not to exclude the real possibility that he is just one of several other scumbags preying on these young women. I say…

I just want to thank Deadspin and Jezebel for giving this the frontline attention it needs and deserves. Other outlets are giving it so little attention relative to its importance it is very disheartening.  I listen to the radio in the morning on the way to work and you would have little idea this was happening if…

Fake news! According to the article, 45* didn’t make her watch Shark Tank - it was actually three hours worth of Shark Week. Move along, folks. No depravity!

I’d like to see Trump eat a Tide Pod!

What the fuck people.

It just amazes me that we’ve taken the “if I don’t have attention I don’t exist” part of our psyches and turned it up to eleven.

I disagree about boredom. I think people are so desperate for attention. But yes, it really speaks volumes about where we are. I think I need to hibernate. All this ridiculous incoming information is making me have chronic headaches and crankiness.

Adults voted in Trump and that’s incredibly more stupid than eating tide pods.

People have been doing dumb stuff for attention for all of history.

I disagree. He’s a loathsome individual but a justice system built on vengeance is no justice system at all.

As a victim of abuse, I can tell you it is taxing every day of my life. It is hell. If he wants sympathy, let the devil provide it when he lands in hell. This monster should have to hear the victim impact audio on loop replay in his cell every minute of every day for the rest of his life.

I know it’s the same company now, but it’s still very unprofessional to post stuff from The Onion without proper attribution.

I just checked to be sure, and found I have no sympathy or empathy for Dr. Nassar.