beautiful riposte

Most of the time I don’t even KNOW. I’m usually just friends with a couple people at work, so i don’t hear a lot of gossip. And if I do hear gossip, its usually awhile after the fact.

Can you recommend some of these podcasts?

I have an Italian cousin (born and raised in Italy) and when I was visiting his family he expressed his love for ketchup. Which I was surprised about because I thought Italians might have some strong biases on tomato based condiments. Then he apologized for the brand of ketchup they had at home - saying that Heinz is…

I thought all employees of Vice were tattooed hipsters who grifted in.

I’ve long suspected that a lot of dumbasses get elected because of all the extensive media coverage they get - this story is interesting because here’s a young, smart, female candidate and the media ignored her. What would happen if the media started covering more diverse and intelligent candidates?

I don’t think its a bandaid solution: once you have a safe and stable home you’re able to clean yourself, sleep properly, and cook meals which in turn gives a person the ability to have some dignity and function in society and work. Some people will never be able to function well due to mental or physical illness,…

I would like to read this book too - you should collect these stories and publish them for the rest of us.

Also, by phrasing it this way, she’s asking us to have sympathy for how young and vulnerable she was. But by that same token wouldn’t we have more sympathy for 8 year old JD?

Not to take away from your point because I agree entirely, but females are not immune to internet crazy - alt health, anti-vaxx moms are pretty deranged. They are dangerous because they collect online and normalize their stupid beliefs and behaviours.

Because people find child sexual abuse a lot more horrific than inappropriate behaviour amongst adults.

There’s a world of difference between hitting on adult students and raping children.

In my late teens and 20s I tried to read some self-help and found it pretty abusive. I think some of those authors are probably just narcissists and sociopaths who conned their way into celebrity.

I saw Fat Girl. Doesn’t surprise me at all.

Soon-Yi might’ve had all these great life experiences with Allen, as he claims, but she would’ve had a pretty good life as Farrow’s daughter anyways. She missed out on becoming an adult on her own terms and picking her romantic partners. What’s especially scary is that they adopted two girls. I don’t want to think the…

Omg, they even have the same smirk

And ghost busters haters

I didn’t think that Rome would need a boost in tourism.

I know a cool girl who is a scotch snob (which is basically scottish whisky?) and if anyone asks her about scotch and tries to mention a brand of scotch or whisky they may have heard of, she answers with total disdain “I only drink single malt”.

Yeah, there’s an actress/director, a singer, a comedian, and another singer. They’re not feminists. They might have some feminist leanings, but what they are really interested in doing is entertaining and making money.