Good point.

Thing is, I think that the apologies don't discourage these idiots anyway. What discourages them is a real cost. Fake apologies let them weasel out of their shit.

The problem I have with this is that she never really considers how the veterans feel. Sure, she says in her opinion that this may be ignored by them. And that there are many other more important issues they face. But the problem is that she basically doesn't care how they really feel. She lacks empathy, and projects…

If you thought Alec Baldwin was already a pretty big asshole, he recently retweeted Melissa Harris-Perry and added “If I cry, will I be forgiven all of my transgressions?”

Also, I like her deflection of anyone being calm about calling her out and trying really hard to lump them into people sending rape threats and calling her the c word. This letter is incredibly embarrassing and I'm side eyeing the fuck out of jezebel for applauding it.

btw, NiamhSidhe, I actually know two different people with your names.

I agree with the premise that people shouldn't apologize when they aren't sorry, but I really don't think you can equate a joke thats punchline is "WWII vets are old" to a joke thats punchline is "faggots are not like the rest of us" or "rape is funny."

Here, too. I noticed there was still some sun at 3:30 and was practically giddy!

SAME. This might be sacrilege, but I feel super gross after eating holiday food (especially the way my family does it). Family is great, but they're also exhausting. Aside from holiday-specific stuff, while I hesitate to call it Seasonal Affective Disorder...leaving for work in the dark and getting home in the dark…

It's a review of the Kindle edition. Sometimes at the end of Kindle books you have an option to rate/review the book. Maybe it's possible she was reading on the Kindle, finished the book, followed the link to write a review and posted this little story.

Couldn't have said it better myself. New Years always gets me pumped to become a better version of myself.

Me too. I can stop blowing money, get my shit put back together from holiday chaos, and not go on any trips for a while.

I have an 8 year old girl. She literally HAS NO TIME for online reviews. She is too busy playing with her Goldieblox, ballet practice, homework (WHY DO 3rd GRADERS GET SO MUCH GOD DAMNED HOMEWORK?!?!?) and fighting with her brother...she loves to read too, but she doesn't even like to write book reports because if…

I feel a huge sense of relief the minute the New Year starts. I love resolutions, regardless of them sticking. I love the "hard start" of the new year as a jumping off point for things I really wanted to do in the previous year, but somehow never got around to. When I lived in an area where the weather was nasty…

I agree... more sun = more happy.

Totally.

I have 8yo twins and, sure, there are a few things they do online, but no, they're not searching Amazon and writing reviews for books, kids' or otherwise. This all seems extremely implausible to me.

i was 12. it was 1991. i had a prodigy account and a 20-year-old pal, lewis greblowski, who lamented that the women he dated didn't really like him, and who sent me pictures from bryan adams concerts and a WHOLE VHS TAPE OF ALL THE BRYAN ADAMS MTV VIDEOS. i was in love. he was concerned the next year that my bras were…

Almost a quarter of troubled seventh-graders send sexually suggestive texts or photos, with those sending explicit pictures especially likely to engage in sexual behavior

Winter? Wassat?