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Okay. I read these articles and every time I do, there's a current of utter disbelief in me and I have GOT to get it off my chest. It's not that I don't believe these ladies, it's that I have no comprehension on how people can do these things that are inappropriate at best, ranging all the way to utterly

I don't think it's necessarily religion, but the fact that people believe that to update religious views to current culture is heretical. There's a lot in religious texts that was ahead of its time in the context of the culture, but it's so ridiculously behind now and yet people continue to take it at its word

I used to stress about everything. I was real bad about it. Now I don't stress at all, mostly because I got very ill for a couple years and stress is on the top five list of things that trigger my disorder. So I don't stress over things - I've already done something very hard and got through it okay. I can get

Hahah, I'm sure there was plenty of that! But really, I think it was just the increase in attention overall. He said it was very odd to be given special notice simply because of his perceived gender. He'd never been paid attention to just because he was male, so it was like a whole new world being given special

That sounds amazing. I used to play Warhammer when I was a kid, started playing in fourth or fifth grade with my dad, and he'd take my brother and I to a gaming shop. It was a great place. Than we moved and he couldn't find a gaming shop he was comfortable bringing his his now-early-teens daughter to - and I

My brother once used that line on me. The first part of it, at least. So he decided to create a female character and let people believe he's a female behind the keyboard as well. One day I asked him why he no longer played this female character and he admitted that the comments he was getting freaked him out way

This brings back fond memories of my days playing World of Warcraft. There was one guy that drove one girl off the server, another got a restraining order against him, and then he turned to another girl and started claiming she was a whore and he had nude pics of her. Tried that shit on me and I refused to give him

I didn't like Little House on the Prairie. I tried, I really did. But I got bored and abandoned them to go read Dragonlance or Tigana or the likes instead. I also didn't watch TV. I played video games when I wasn't outside.

One of my friends has a hookah and burns flavored tobacco. That's as close to smoking as I've gotten. The e-cigs always seemed like an absolutely fantastic idea so I really don't understand what the huge fuss is about the. It eliminates most of the complaints about smoking - no litter, no second-hand smoke - so why

I would hope so. If nothing else, it'd help combat the victim-blaming attitude society has. I think it's a good social experiment to try.

That is adorable! I love kids. Other people's kids, please let me never have my own. I once had someone grab me while ice skating - just came up behind and grabbed my arm. I about freaked but when I looked, it was a younger kid and when I tried to talk to him it became apparent he was probably either autistic or

The campus police where I went to school were very active in teaching self-defense to women. They'd show up and teach us how to hurt a man and how to break free from holds. At the end of the class, they'd attack us one-on-one and attempt to pin us, and we had to try and break free. They told us to go for the eyes,

The model on the top looks like she's a victim of bad photoshopping. I can't help but look at her middle and think of a caterpillar. I would not be surprised in the least if they took the legs off one model and pasted them next to the torso of another, and then tried to fill in the gap with flesh tones and liberal

The last time I flew it went very well. I have a disorder that's triggered by stress, noise, and pressure changes so the trip was extremely hard on my health. I had to get a chest x-ray when I got home to see if I cracked a rib because my fits were so severe. But the TSA and other airline staff were extremely

That's a fantastic site, thank you! I've been narrowing down houses now and I'll see if my parents will go over the list with me this weekend.

Personally, if I were present, I would have at least yelled for him to get away from her. Just something to acknowledge that his actions have been noticed and she is not alone. Even if she was in control of the situation, other people standing up for her would help enforce a culture where this sort of thing is not

How do you tell if your neighborhood is gay friendly or not? I'm about to start house-hunting and need to find a realtor. This is one of the things I want to take into consideration.

HAHAH! That is awesome. I still think it's disturbing that no one stood up to help her. I really think society needs a big kick in the ass when it comes to looking out for others. I don't care what your gender, race, orientation, age, whatever is - you deserve to be protected. And if there aren't enough police to

I really dislike beards, especially large ones. These children will haunt my nightmares.

That would be awesome. What I find really interesting about this show is that even though it's got such strong female characters... it's really popular among the men. (my friends want to have a Winter Wrap-Up party when they take the Christmas tree down this year)