I too tried to care about star wars but Nothing. do not understand all the fuss. to the point of regretting the time spent watching various episodes.

Being persecuted for your faith is different that being persecuted for being an asshole. There’s a difference between persecution & justified pushback. So stop with the persecution complex & religious liberties bullshit. When evangelical Christians have to fight for the right to marry the person they love, then we’ll…

Depeche Mode would disagree.

Wow. It’s almost like abstinence-only education doesn’t actually work. Who knew?

I think ultimately that was why he gave up on us: it was our impossibility, and the incredible hardship both of us would have had to suffer. And most of that hardship would have been on me. I really do believe that he wanted to spare me years of being an outsider in a society that would oppress me and even now still…

Tom Cox, aka @mysadcat on Twitter, wrote several books about his cats, the first of which is great (I haven’t read the others, but I suspect they’re also great), and which is subtitled “Confessions of a Cat Man.” I don’t think the stigma is great, but cat men seem to feel it. I mean, according to many, to be a cat…

Also, GG say that women are too sensitive when they are doxxed and threatened with rape, but when they are mildly criticized by a TV show, it’s suddenly horrible? It’s pretty clear who are the wallowers in victimization.

This comment is everything wrong with America.

Rape is very very easy to avoid Meg

Because mental illness is not learned like hatred and racism, and unfortunately for those with mental illness, it cannot be unlearned - hatred and racism can be if the person is willing to open their mind. People with mental illnesses are far more likely to be the victim of crimes than the perpetrators. Labeling hate…

I just thought the other person wouldn’t care either.

Today’s Words Explained:

Nope. It’s not a better way. Tell them it’s over and that you don’t want to communicate anymore. That is fine. But to just disappear when someone thinks everything is sunshine and roses? Or at the very least okay? Not nice.

Yea totally if by “handling” you mean ignoring and avoiding. Then yea, you're correct!

Unless you’re truly afraid they’re going to be irrational (like, boiling a bunny or stalking irrational)? No. You’ve got to suck it up and say “I’m sorry but this is over.” It’s super hard and it makes the person breaking it off feel like shit, but at least the dumpee isn’t spending weeks wondering if he/she is crazy…

Actually, telling people why you’re removing them from your life is always kinder. Face those emotions, and tell them why you’re leaving, as adults. Then you’ll give those people, with whom you’ve probably shared hopes and dreams, closure. Ghosting is just horrific and a dangerously emotionally paralysing.

Better for whom? It’s not like the emotional fallout doesn’t happen, it’s just that you don’t have to witness it. Generally speaking, if you’re making a choice that leads to another person absorbing a greater share of misery in order that you might be able to absorb a lesser share, it’s not an ethical choice.

It means you need to grow the fuck up, be an adult, and learn how to handle the shit you get yourself into. Ignoring it doesn’t make it go away like you think it does.

take responsibility for your emotions and the affect you have on people - good or negative. if you enter into a relationship with someone you need to act like a responsible human being, no matter how much it makes you uncomfortable. it is deeply disrespectful to ghost someone just because you don’t want to “deal” with…

OMG, I absolutely CANNOT get with the thing between my toes. No, no, NO on any sandals that have the thing going between my toes! Do you know how much this limits my summer shoes choices? I leap at any shoe that doesn’t have that blasted thing.