Shades, perhaps, but if I remember correctly, the most relevant part of the Lanza situation was that he actually took his mother’s guns. Since ease of access is one of the major issues here, that would make Nancy Lanza’s “contribution” more worth noting than that of Harper-Mercer’s mother.

Context, yo. We’re on a feminist site that deals with stories about thicko dudes on the regular. Grumping about someone not specifying exactly which men are dumb when it’s extremely unlikely she’s talking about every single one seems more detrimental than helpful. I’ve seen some commenters say “women are etc.”,…

Yeah, this definitely seems like a line to not be taken with full literalness. “Men”, here, has an implication of “those douchebag men”, not “all men”. I think.

Yeah. Of course, the worse version is when it happens because of the guy you’re talking to face to face. I told one phenomenal asshole that the worst part about talking to him was that pained me to know people grouped us based on anything at all.

This has to be the best gif combination I’ve seen, if not ever, then in a very long time.

I’d be concerned about someone who goes overboard because at some point it becomes hard to take them seriously. Even people who agree with the points you’re making can see the downside when it sounds like you’re speaking with a mouthful of Kool-Aid.

To everyone emailing their reps: Don’t. Call or send an actual, physical letter. Email is too easy; they’re likely to be inundated by it on a normal day, so you can guess what their inboxes are like right now. Phone calls mean staffers hear what you say, and at the very least they notice if the voices in their ears…

Can’t lie, the gifs got me to click this article.

Alternative:

It has to be because the stories are about fucking in the restaurant, right? Everyone’s already fucking and employees usually don’t work that far away, so why take the chance?

Except you steer clear of one lunatic and bump into nine quieter guys who heard him.

It’s a good mindset, although “Marriage is like being on a perpetual fast” is an unfortunate line to use in any context.

Anti-choice because it will get you elected is still anti-choice. There’s a world of difference between lying to the marginal voters who swing an election your way and lying to your support base.

Well, shit, I’m in grad school and I still get that dream every once in a while. It freaks me right the fuck out because I start thinking I signed up for a whole other class that I completely forgot about.

The thing about racial integration is that it forced pro sports leagues to accept athletes who were just as good as the ones playing in the major leagues. That’s not really an issue gender-wise in the major sports; women have been given opportunities to work with big-league men’s teams. Manon Rheaume played for the…

This is the same sort of thing that kept women’s MMA stuck at three three-minute rounds for a while, even in championship fights. But they ramped it up two or three years ago so they fight five-minute rounds, and five rounds for title fights, just like the guys. But MMA’s new enough that a lot of things are still…

Pretty much every woman has this kind of story... and yet, that chart shows an awful lot of twenty-something guys think 40+ women are the most attractive. I know a ton of that is cougar-fantasy stuff, and driven in large part by porn, but even so, it’s apparently created some sort of actual interest. So does that mean…

One of my best friends is 37 and she’s still getting bombarded on OKC. I can’t promise any of the guys you’ll find will be worth half a shit, but you’ll still have them to choose from.

Make a TMI-only Kinja!

Let’s just agree that it is.