He looks like a rough copy of Josh Duhamel.

Beautifully expressed with an understatement and grace from which we Americans could learn. The shooting in Canada should not have been reduced to a byte about the Queen’s birthday celebration. It was a horrifying tragedy, and sincere condolences from south of the border.

Feels insensitive to turn the largest mass shooting in Canadian history into a joke about the Queen’s Birthday, especially considering it’s the only mention of it on this website. I know Jez isn’t news, you have your own problems in the US, you’re desensitized to mass shootings, etc. But this shooting, in the midst of…

Carole’s husband was most likely involved in drug trafficking, an “industry” notorious for “disappearances” exactly like what happened to Carole’s husband. She couldn’t say as much because she knew exactly what was going on and didn’t want to be associated with knowing about that. Going to Costa Rica once a month…

It was not mentioned in the documentary, which is why he is being misgendered all over the place. [Another one of the reasons my overall beef with the series is how poorly it handled LGBTQ issues]

THIS is the key takeaway. Obviously she’s a suspect in his death (which is pretty much always true for a spouse), and they had a rocky marriage. His kids clearly think she’s at the very least a gold digger, but that’s common when an older, wealthy man gets married. But pretty much everyone on the internet is convinced…

There’s also the fact that the disappeared husband advised more than one person that he was getting ready to divorce her...

See I battle with the idea that the show did her wrong. I think the show portrayed her fine...but misogyny is so deeply ingrained in our culture that people walked away thinking she was worse than the rest. 

They definitely played up the guilt angle in the Netflix doc, whereas in the podcast they focus on Joe’s obsession with his belief in Carol’ s guilt. Two very different things.

I have no idea whether this lady killed her husband or not, but there is NO STANDARD OF GRIEF. No one has to act a certain way after their spouse dies, and no one in that state owes it to anyone to put on a show to prove they are or are not sad.

He’s been missing for almost 23 years, how long do you have to carry a torch for a manipulative asshole before you’re allowed to not cry at the mention of his name?

It's not expensive but it is expensive for something I can buy anywhere, you know? I actually like some of this, but I wouldn't pay that much for it.

A haiku:

What we really need to drag on, and discuss, is the ‘spine in’ piles of books in the fire place.

look into the story of Chloe Ayling. Also English. Also a very strange story that many people didn’t believe. But her captor was aprehended.

Even then, since it's so... vertical, by about a quarter through it, everyone's going to be elbow deep in it and getting it all over their nasty ass arms.

Agreed! I wouldn’t touch it. I bet it looks disgusting pretty quickly.

Anything over 20 people and that dip would be unhygienic. 

I am sadly of an age where he is forever the weird kid from About a Boy.