wow. how dare anyone who was assaulted come out about it! how dare they!

...why on earth should he get to spend the holidays with his family while the other child rots in the ground...

What you endured is not the same as other people so stop trying to claim it is.

Thanks for pointing that out. It shows how these folks are like peeling at a never ending onion of shitbaggery.

Fuck yes. Own every room you walk into, fuck the haters.

I do not envy judges in cases like this. Light on punishment, you might increase bullying on this kid. Send them to juvenile detention, they might end up bullied there?

The affluenza teen got that very sentence and he killed 4 people while driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

The thing that pisses me off is that they still feel entitled to judge or hurl insults from the SIDELINE like bitch I’m out here running for my life, trying to do better while you sit and watch. Fuck you dude, what more do you want from meeeeee? **Tyrese voice***

This is off topic, but why is “The Root” the last entity on the banner of these pages? “The .AV. Club” is alphabetized under A. “The Root” always falls to the far right It is not in the correct order for “Root” or even “The Root” where it would fall before “The Takeout”. Being on the far right, it falls off the page…

I’m a 29 year old guy who works in an office of about 80% women. Every boss I’ve ever had has been a woman. And my office runs quite well, without most of the bullshit that I hear about in other workplaces (there’s still bullshit, of course, but it’s much lower pressure bullshit and is always deployed very nicely).

Oh yeah I don’t mean to imply it doesn’t happen elsewhere. Sorry if my comment seems like that.

Yeah, people seem to be like, hand-wringing and surprised every single time and I’m like, I’m not surprised. The number of times I and other women have been harassed or groped or assaulted means there are a LOT of perpetrators out there, and power just makes them able to do it longer.

Sweden has a Feminist party that basically runs the government. They push hard for equality between men and women and it makes me want to pick up and move.

Is Franken a predator? I don’t think he is. A person does a few inappropriate things does not make someone a predator IMO. Now if he was constantly doing it then yes he would be. If he doesn’t want to step down and 2/3rds of the Senate doesn’t fire him then its up to the voters to make that choice if they still want…

it’s why i conveyed my shock and held back on the disdain. ignorance can be remarkable but if trying to correct it...get at it?

Do whatever you want; just don’t complain about the results you helped create.

This is perfect. I moved to Detroit 18 years ago...not to gentrify it...but to be a part of the community that already existed. I’ve tried to explain that to the guy behind the counter of the new organic beard wax store...but he just stares blankly and looks back down at his phone. I fucking hate all these…

Austin is trying super, super hard to be a cross between late-60s Berkeley and mid-70s Silicon Valley, but when they trademark their “keep it weird” catchphase and ruthlesslessly merchandise it to financially exploit it...

The last time it was any sort of weird must have been the mid 90's. By the early 2000's, it was already being heavily gentrified. It always amazes me that the “hippest” city in Texas also, coincidentally *wink wink nudge nudge*, happens to be the least diverse city in the entire state. Every other city and town in…

Let’s be honest: the coffee shop is a service for people who are already there. The things that bring in gentry are basic amenities like fresh produce and shooting-free schools.