He probably could’ve phrased it better, but I agree with the underlying sentiment 100%. It’s absurd that every male friendship gets distorted into a potential gay relationship, even when there’s no evidence beyond the relationship being just a male friendship. Happens with female friendships, too (see, e.g.,…

I’ve seen Kids exactly once, back when it first hit VHS and I was 14 of 15 years old. It was more effective than any anti-drug/drinking/sex PSA could have possibly been

I’ve seen Kids exactly once, back when it first hit VHS and I was 14 of 15 years old. It was more effective than any anti-drug/drinking/sex PSA could have possibly been, and it horrified me. The worst part of it, though, was that a large portion of my small town glorified it. So many underachieving white boys wanted…

As someone with East Asian ancestry, I can give you one reason: it appears that a lot of people don’t know what East Asian means. Chinese and Japanese people are considered East Asian.

And this is a surprise why?  They can’t even define “sOcIaLiSm!!1!”.

It’s a mix of conservative parent panic (like the panics they had over day-care and “satanic rituals” years ago) and conservative activists launching a counter-attack against Black Lives Matter and the rise of diversity and anti-racism training after the George Floyd protests. 

Same bullshit as always. It’s the fascists ginning up the lumpen over a manufactured “issue”. It’s their tried and true formula that unfortunately works over and over again. 

I’m That Person at parties and happy hours because I point out that it was Sinead O’Connor who publicly called out the Catholic Church for sex abuse long before the Boston Globe ever did. The following year, a real estate developer found mass graves from the Magdalene laundries.

Whoooooooa there! You expect me to believe that Walmart doesn’t actually care about gay people?! Mind boggling!

Honestly, Grohl’s erasure would be more forgivable. He’s been pretty open about Cobain not treating him like an equal member and shrugging off his attempted contributions.

Saying “Sleater-Kinney has seen drummers come and go” is a little like saying “Nirvana saw drummers come and go.” Yeah, there were others before, but only one matters, and they were a huge part of the band.

Listen, Bob - if the gay people in your life haven’t stopped you from leaving the house looking like a boxcar hobo who collapsed on a Walgreen’s 4th of July display, then they’re definitely not your friends.

Jesus Christ! Don’t get me started on all the stupid shit I said and did at 19! Some of it may even be spun as being racist when it was actually just utter ignorance and lack of thought. I think people forget how fucking hard of a transition time those last few years of being a teen are. Apparently, you’re capable of…

Oh man, you didn’t check in to see how this insane stretch of a nothing-burger was getting roasted over at The Root? Cause it’s getting no traction there, and it feels like their readership should know.

So she entered a pageant and/or attended some weird debutante event. Is there any indication that she was aware it had a racist history? It may be hard for some on here to believe, but googling the damn thing wasn’t an option in 1999.

You’re understating when you say that the way people express things online “sometimes sucks.” :)

I think most reasonable people look back on some of the things they said and believed earlier in life and do cringe. I guess my point is most people believe things passionately and single-mindedly at some point in their…

Exactly - THIS. ALL OF THIS.

I read through the comments below and maybe its my old age (35), but can we just let it go? God damn he admitted he wasn’t perfect and is trying to make it better but ya’ll just ready to tear his limbs off for the attempt. Either you all are very unfunny in real life, or have no idea what it takes to write a joke and…

Yeah, you hit the nail on the head, that’s a huge issue holding back the idea of legitimizing cannabis. Here in LA there will be some dispensaries that are more focused on either wellness for medical use or just trying to be more mature about it, yet they are stuck with those strain names. 

Or the dog, trust me on that one.