Gosh. That’s hard. I’m in deep-red America, so my views are probably skewed: kind of always on defense and with my ambassador face on. It isn’t the average person I fear, but more the occasional colleague at work who is hostile to me. Not the average person at the shops, but the person who reacts strongly. They're the…

I think it’s a VERY big deal that you can’t go use public facilities without worrying about your physical safety, let alone your mental health. That must be so debilitating and exhausting. Do you mind if I ask a few questions about how I, a cis woman, can better help trans people (esp. trans women) pee in peace?

Thank you for this. I’d love to say it isn’t a big deal, but it did bring me back to when I was assaulted in a bathroom about 18 months ago. A big part of me says it’s not a big deal, that stares and comments and confrontations just go hand-in-hand with something that is poorly understood by the general public. The…

1. You still read his tweets? I thought we all agreed to skim past them?

I’m so sorry you have to deal with this. I hope you’re OK after reading the article, it must have been really upsetting.

110% this. At first I thought, “yay, Ellen seems chill and fun, glad she has a show!” and then it descended into childish, mean-spirited crap like that. On the plus side, my fears are largely conceptual (infinite vacuum of space, oblivion, stuff like that), which is harder to prank someone with. I would almost want to…

Yes, Ellen can quit with her stupid prank bullshit any time now. I looked up the psychology of wanting to “scare” others and why people do it, and it’s not pretty.

I feel like we need some sort of easily-adjustable minimum wage tied to something relevant, maybe like market-rate housing?

Also, if she stopped while the backup track was still playing everyone would hear the rap-along backup vocal playing by itself, and I’m sure that’s something most 21st century pop performers are very self-conscious about. Her whole job is to sync to that track and sell it as a legit spontaneous performance.

Us here in Toledo too - we are unreasonably excited about the weed. Christmas spirit can be found anywhere I guess :)

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, who cosplays as a Democrat.

WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE SO OBSESSED WITH CHILDREN’S GENITALS is what I really want to know.

HOMES in West Virginia have MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BATHROOMS?????

Why is the school investigating this? Barricading a child in a bathroom and trying to force them to urinate in front of you seem like criminal issues, dude should be in jail.

Since I live in a country where mass shootings just happen, I’ll say this is the best possible outcome - shooter takes himself* out and no one else was injured.

Well, “Train in Vain” at least, sure. I mean, I could imagine Mikey recriminating Donnie from inside his cell over and over again: “Did you stand by me?/ No, not at all/Did you stand by me?/No way.”

Are “black church ladies with the college queers” some new minority supergroup I haven’t heard about?  Because I would like to subscribe to their newsletter.

I’ve found that it’s always better to leave your hands off the steering wheel, instead I set my feet at 5 and 7, leaving my hands free to eat sandwiches and dip chicken nuggets. Also the three accidents I have caused have really helped my yoga poses. /sarcasm

Oh my god. I couldn’t even finishing watching the video. I hope every last one of these officers dies a slow and agonizing death and spends eternity in the deepest depths of hell. What is wrong with our country?