I have taught middle school for 15 years. Stories like this make me angry. I don't give a shit if he's academically ready for college. He isn't ready for college in far more ways that actually matter.

This stuff kind of weirds me out. Education has a big “develop socially with people who are more or less your social peers” component, and, at least based on this story... I guess I wonder where this kids gets to hang out with people his age.

He chose Cornell and we’re calling him a genius?

I knew a dude like this too back in the day. I remember watching him eat two whole watermelons while sitting in the grass in his shorty shorts. Then he spent about 5 hours in the privy, which smelled like rotten fruit forever after.

So from what I’ve understood of this, many fruitarians do it for ethical reasons. At some point they figured out that a vegetarian diet in the name of sanctity of life is a little... flawed... as a concept, in that vegetables are alive too and you kill them when you eat them. So the tension between refusal to kill…

I have met a real life fruitarian (although I’m pretty sure he pronounced it “fruitatarian” and dude was NUTS. He’d walk around in little short shorts with no shirt on and often shoeless, big wild crazy hair (very new age/hippy vibes) and would go on and on about how amazing his diet is and how much fruit he eats. I’m…

Victorville is a shithole. Was there for work last week and had to cut short filling my gas tank because I felt my personal safety was at risk at the station. It’s in the high desert where there’s lots of land and space to do whatever the fuck you want without people knowing. I know situations like this exist but it…

Cleansing with fire is also acceptable.

I finally watched Trainwreck the other day and it started out kinda funny and then just nose dived into something very stupid. Like, I could've watched an extended trailer and gotten the gist of it.

Her and Lea Michele. You don’t have to be a shrink to spot narcissism that obvious, and that oblivious.

She’s projecting her insecurity onto him.

That’s not a valid comparison. The drug overdoser served themselves. The comparison here would be a person selling someone a keg of beer to take home, and then being held responsible when the buyer drinks it all and gets alcohol poisoning.

I’M A FUCKING QWEEEEEEN!!

It reminds me very much of the “Well I’m personally just fine with it, therefore it isn’t a problem for anyone” blanket statements. It’s pretty myopic at best.

FYI there’s a troll on Jez and the offshoot sites from Jez spamming with lots of pictures of dismembered animals. I’d advise caution towards the “show pending” button and also as a reminder if the trolls respond directly to you (as they have done to me) you can click on those 3 little dots on the right of the star on…

I don’t think people see it as incestuous; it’s transgressive IN THIS CULTURE to act out sexually in front of your kids, even if your kids aren’t participants.

Dennis Hastert, rapist.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Yeah, speaking as a person who always comes up with the great comeback about two hours post-incident, I would like some of those skills, please.