I loooove pix of sleeping pets.

Here’s Angus who didn’t post in the last post:

Here is a very literary Angus and Josie happy Angus moved and she got to curl up in the sweet spot against mom.

One more. Diablo, my favourite of the whole gang.

When I was growing up we had a Brittany and a grey Manx who would put her paws on his chest, knead and then suck on his lips like she was nursing. I think they were more than friends but he had a vet-related impotence problem (he was neutered) so they couldn’t consummate it.

Here’s some chunky hot bulldog meat.

I always post pictures of my 2 cats so tonight, here’s something different.

Hey, me too. I was a lurker for years and years. But I love this community. I like seeing people that think the way I do, because in my real life they are so rare. So, it is so bad that we are SJW? I take it as a badge of pride. Someone fighting for social justice.... and people think that is bad?

Totally agree and I love this thread.

That’s terrible. Fuck those people. (I will also freely admit to being a smoking groupie—I generally don’t smoke myself, but I grew up with parents who smoked and I find the smell very comforting).

I’m with ya! I drink soda, and I get people telling me that I shouldn’t fairly often. Okaaaaay, I get it, it would probably be better for me not to drink soda, but I wasn’t wearing a shirt asking for opinions on the matter. Most of us have at least one vice, and IMHO it is usually best to ignore other people’s in…

Yep sometimes he’s reasonable and sometimes he’s not. I knew the comments on that story were going to be a shit show.

I’m with totally with you. I don’t have a ton of time to respond to threads during the week, and it is always exciting to see a response waiting when I log on later. When it is a jagbag response, it is such a downer. I am totally with you on the quick dismissal. They want a reaction, and dismissing them is the…

I’ve been using “dismiss” like never before. If I think there’s even a chance that someone is trolling, or responding in bad faith, they’re gone. Be better at making your intentions understood or risk a dismiss.

That was the one! I didn’t even get the super dickish response that a few posters did, but I was like, what the hell?!? Their screen name is Mansplainer or some such thing, and I thought to myself, “Apt.”

Seriously! I’ve been doing an okay job shaking those commenters off but some days I just fight and fight and fight. Those guys can get under my skin, and it’s just for those reasons you outline. They don’t need to be on Jezebel! They’re just here to argue with us. And that feels like: they’re here to take something…

Absolutely. A discussion is welcome but I’ve seen comments in which I think the person is asking something in earnest so I will engage. When it turns out it was some trap to lure me in. I legitimately do not understand the ppl who’s only point here is to talk about how stupid we all are. Things like hating BLM,…

It can be a bummer. Last week a new person took the time to respond to everyone in an entire thread with their opinion that we were all f-in idiots because they were raising their kids some other way. Not a big fan of brash, rude, shoutiness in general, and this election season has worn my tolerance down to nothing.…

Yeah, people still hold you to a high standard for how you phrase things—if you write something that comes off wrong, you’ll get torn apart and I like that—but usually for the right reasons. But the main draw of Jez for me is the echo chamber/good faith aspect. I deal with enough argumentative/I’m the smartest most…

You know what I’ve decided? That I like so called echo chambers, like Jez, and I’ll admit it. The reason I say this is that no one argues in good faith. I love hearing differing opinions and sharing mine but Jesus fucking Christ everything is a damn gotcha moment for people. Even when I go on the concourse I’m…