She really pushed that angle into it like a square peg in a round hole.

First, this is a really great thread. Thanks for it.

If they did, they were lying.

Right? I mean, even if you are a racist, how could you not know that blackface will get you in trouble?

Coonske, do you have anything on the correlation between having just eaten and needing to use the restroom?

Exactly. A cynic might say that Miley being the focus of the night was preordained because both MTV and Cyrus' PR in the weeks leading up to the event, and that the question was only a matter of how every outlet would cover her. Someone very cynical might say that entertainment outlets and blogs had no other choice…

Ahhh, that's what's going on here...Amanda Palmer is a great artist, but her fans can be like a feminist version of Joe Rogan's fans. Lot's of taking down other artists as inferior, whether or not the person has even heard that 2nd artist's music.

The comments on this article are like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.

That's what makes it a bit unavoidable. Those scenes have to be there to ground the story. But the viewer also gets that the main character isn't going to stop either. So those scenes become the part viewers get aggravated about in between things they tune in to watch.

There's sexism at play because the anti-heroes are usually male, but it's hard to determine whether misogyny is why people hate Skyler so much.

My first thought was "did Kim Kardashian visit Obama 9 months ago?"

Great post, Lizz. While I agree with Erin's side, I thought her arguments were pretty far off.

I agree with your logic but not conclusion. "I feel" is used both as a qualifier in expressing an opinion, and to minimize the reaction to an opinion. If I'm just saying what I feel, how can I be wrong?

I owe you an apology. I didn't give you the last word. You totally sucked me back in!

Hunting, sport shooting, and possible defensive uses.

Sorry, but you can either say the only reason to own a gun is to compensate for a small penis, or you can complain about people saying you were excessively negative in your stereotyping. You can't have both.

Nope, it would be easy. But since you decided that the studies you posted were proof about whether there are any valid reasons to own a gun, I'll let you finish up the legwork by including some control groups. Enjoy!

And yet those statistics are absolutely overwhelmed by even the lowest numbers of defensive uses shown in studies. Since you are good at looking things up, I'll let you do it.

He's got the best personality. Just awesome.

If it's not a gossip blog, why is it part of the Gawker empire that calls identifies its blogs as gossip?