Is it a tongue? Great whites don’t have those. They have a basihyal, which is stuck to the floor of the mouth and thus can’t be flicked flirtatiously, or in this case, like an airbag.

I take it by the lack of mentioning Sharknado that means Sharknado’s are real and we should be terrified of them.

tl;dr. Lost me at the beginning with “hashtag” written out. Lost me for good when she wrote “retarded”.

I learned a rule from a friend a while ago, and have come to believe in it 100%.

I’m not religious, but to go up to those who think you’re a liar and worse, and wish them grace? That is powerful stuff. I’m in awe of her.

I think many Jez commenters had the same experience, but I received more vitriolic responses when commenting on Cosby than on anything before or since. I can very easily see one of these steadfast Cosby defenders deadlocking a jury.

I also really like the idea of their petition to be for not giving her press tickets. They’re not trying to take away her freedom of speech, they’re not even petitioning that she be fired. It’s the best way to say, “We respect your right to write whatever, but we don’t have to subsidize it ourselves.”

I have a handful of friends from hs who are pretty involved in the theater community in Chicago, so I read the review of Pass Over a few days ago. She’s so effusive about the play in the first few paragraphs...

It’s not entirely clear he really did it. There is a reason the State Department tells Americas that it’s not safe to go to North Korea. This is not unexpected.

No one deserves this. On the other hand the people who wanted us to start a war over it are kind of obnoxious too. I’m not really prepared for anyone else to die when the State Department tells you not to go to North Korea because stuff like this happens.

Whether end up like this kid, or you’ve been there multiple times without incident, it doesn’t change the fact that going to the DPRK is an extremely bad idea and it’s mostly a matter of luck if you get back alive

He’s reportedly been in a coma since MARCH 2016, or about 5 minutes after he appeared in videos pleading for mercy, and was sentenced. 15 months in a coma, and they finally let him go today.

the same reason kids are hiking in Iran...... they don’t teach history or world politics anymore I guess

Yeah, exactly. If you’re an American, you immediately have a target on your back. I actually don’t think it matters if he tried to steal the poster. The riskiest move was entering the country at all, not stealing a poster. This poor guy. I feel so hard for him and his family.

It’s hard to imagine that N Korean prison policy includes allowing starvation, torture, and the right for prisoners to hold their own controlled substances.

Keep in mind, the rumors are that China is the one who pressured NK into trying to smooth things over the US.

The NK-official story is that he got botulism, took a sleeping pill, and went into a coma in March. Of 2016. There is absolutely no fucking way that’s what happened. I absolutely agree with the commenters who are saying that he was beaten and starved into that coma, that chances are virtually zero that he is even…

Oh, I’m sure they’ve held western people for made-up offenses.

I feel absolutely terrible about what happened to this kid. He did not deserve this for allegedly stealing a propaganda sign.

Even if he did steal it, that’s no reason to work him to death.