I am mentally ill. Being mentally ill does not excuse being a manipulative abuser. As others have noted, it can help explain it, but as soon as your actions are leading to someone else being hurt - and in this case, worse - there’s no more “excuse” involved. She completely understood what she was doing.

You personally not being offended by something does not mean that the Hispanic people who are offended by it don’t exist, are secretly white, or are expressing offense intentionally to cause trouble. If something is intended to deride your race, it’s okay and pretty natural to be upset about it. If you aren’t, that’s…

Not everything offensive will be obvious to you. If someone of (x group) is offended by something that seems to be reflecting upon or imitating (x group), it makes sense that you as a member of (y group) would not be able to understand why they are offended. The key is in your reaction. You should not turn to that…

The meme does not imply that all men are capable of killing a woman, its only purpose is to inspire understanding and empathy: men just fear being rejected. Women fear being killed, because it's not unusual for women to be killed for rejecting a man. (If you look around, there are a lot of stories like this!) You're…

Except the word “underage” combined with “child” is strongly implicative of minor, regardless of literal meaning. It makes more sense to say she’s his daughter not yet of drinking age, unless you’re trying to make the situation sound more extreme. Then of course you can say “underage child” and dig your heels in when…

No, not semantics. An 18 year old is not an underage child no matter how you might want to spin it, they are an adult that happens to not yet be of drinking age. Sharing drinks with your adult child is not as Twilight Zone as you want it to be; my parents let me have champagne and beer starting at 17. Being out in the…

There is a difference between “underage child” and “adult daughter not yet of drinking age.” 18 is not “underage” it’s just under drinking age in the US. You seem to be choosing your words to make the situation seem more extreme and shocking than it really is. Are you gunning for a gig as a Jez writer or something?

If she’s telling him about meeting up with her fans that is hardly “behind his back.”

Will this company ever produce a statue with a face sculpt that isn't horribly lackluster? Lord.

I don’t see much here that indicates the author is whining for the sake of whining. They present logical criticism and supply reasoning for it, and aren’t simply blustering about how things have changed since they were a kid. In the comments there are people who saw Elmo as an annoying presence in the show when they…

I’m only talking about this particular article. I don’t see anything wrong with being critical of attention being given to a character to the detriment of the show’s teaching moments. Sesame Street has often been used as a jumping off point for educational conversations between parent and child - if Elmo takes that…

I disagree, I think the article has valid points. And as easy as it is to say “your kids shouldn’t get (insert whatever) from television! Shitty parenting alert!” most adults will acknowledge that TV shows taught them things as children. I watched Sesame Street as a kid and it did help shape me. Does that mean my…

I love FF but I also dislike needing to be connected to the internet for my RPGs, am tired of the silent hero trope, and enjoy being able to actually finish a game’s plot and feel satisfied. So somehow I feel like FFXIV still isn't for me.

I’m going to be a negative nancy and just come out and say it: I hate these statues. This company has a bad sculptor and it kills me. If you look at them, pretty much ALL of them have bad faces. The poses are usually pretty awkward too. Not saying I could do better, because I couldn’t and that’s why I don’t work as a…

You forget that back then, Blockbuster was still alive - and thriving! Renting was one way I experienced a lot of games, but I also had the luck that my dad was into RPGs. A good chunk of my collection was handed down to me by him. So nope - Final Fantasy, Breath of Fire, Chrono Trigger, Legend of Zelda... I…

You are taking a hardline stance on something that is an opinion and phrasing it in a way that invalidates other LGBT people and their opinions. If you want to present criticism of the term, understand that a large portion of the gay community has accepted queer as non-offensive when used appropriately, and I say this…

I’m an artist too. Drawing ugly people is hard and it’s something that is very common for artists of all skill levels to struggle with, or simply not think to do. If you’re drawing someone else’s character, and the character is supposed to be sexy and provocative, but you draw them dumpy and ugly, you have done a poor…

Forum trolls are going to use the bottom line no matter what. A forum troll will happily use your “NO” to be a forum troll.

This is so silly. Of course I would describe a game with words. I don’t know anyone who actually cites game reviews and would say “X game got a score 5 points higher than Y game so I’m going to play that!” - most people pick games based on genre, not on review score. Review scores are just a handy point of reference…

Oh thank god, I’m not alone. I was stunned by how terrible the opening image was, and it only got worse from there. I think people are confusing the colors for the art - the colors look nice, beautiful even! The art is downright amateur, though I know “amateurs” that do webcomics on a schedule for no pay at all that…