In my opinion- saying that people change over time isn’t ageist, it’s a fact (says the middle-aged lady). You know what’s ageist? When people pile on someone like Madonna for “not dressing her age” or “trying too hard: sad” for wearing the same kind of concert and gala gear as starlets. My response is along the lines…

AGREED. People can change a lot in 30 or so years of adult life. It’s not ageist to point that out. And if absolutely everyone loved the ink that their younger selves acquired, then tattoo removal clinics wouldn’t be booming.

Adorable. No.

As a 50 year old who regrets every single stupid tattoo she got in the ‘80s and ‘90s... I agree. And I’m sorry you’ve had to go through all that horror.

yes. the masters also fell prey to this man and his cult, even though they were participatory

Remarkable coincidence, isn’t it? All the deities and aliens and any other object of worship— they all seem to require that their followers create a harem of sex-slaves.

And absolutely nobody has to heed my advice. My feelings are based in MY reality. My kid has two full sleeves of tats he got in the military. He certainly didn’t listen when he was 20. That was his choice.

I’m 55, and unless you’re over 50,

This reminds me of that episode of Kimmy Schmidt where a female character decided to start her own doomsday cult and she put a bunch of young men in a bunker and got super annoyed with them because they couldn’t take care of themselves at all and she still had to do everything for them like she was their mother.

I’m guessing with the sex and starvation diets for chosen women, dude has a type.

No, and I made clear that the technology for tattoo removal is now very advanced. But having endured more skin grafting and painful skin restoration, I am in a position to say think very carefully before getting tattoos or branding.

oh for SURE but you know that’s not how they sold this. it’s a badass bitch camp..duh!

I don’t blame them... but damn, I’ll admit that the second someone pitched a group where “see, I’m the master and you’re my slaves! It’s tons of fun!” Id have noped right out of there like my pants were on fire.

I’ve never experienced any thing near what you’ve been through, however *spoiler*

This.

Sadly there are a lot of lost, confused, abused, hopeless people who lack their own core strength and contentment. Humans need love, support, purpose, self fulfillment etc, but many people don’t get those things at critical development stages, so they constantly seek it out and overlook the danger because they’re…

I’m not even kidding, when I read that the first thing I thought was “that’s definitely gotta be some white women bullshit right there.”

I am a burn survivor (I have discussed aspects of my story in Gawker/Jez over the past decade from time to time). I was burned, third degree over 75% of my body in a housefire/ explosion in 2000. I spent the next ten years undergoing over 120 surgeries (countless reconstructions, grafts, neurological reconstructions,…

you mean, “how do men get such a warped sense of power and entitlement to start a group like this, i’ll never understand” right? surely you don’t mean “man these women are stupid for joining / staying in this group”.

ban. all. men.