Nope, I enjoy hand washing for the same reason I love showers.

Yeah, Americans have found a vast cornucopia of ways to embarrass ourselves both internationally and domestically, but for me one of the most cringe-worthy is the strange need to describe some personal suffering as being akin to historical horrors. I can suffer without it being “like slavery” or “like Nazi Germany”,…

Not gonna lie, I originally had a small comment at the end that was like “maybe don’t call people crazy for mental issues” and then I edited it out because I was like ‘eh I know what he means and it doesn’t seem like that’s the intent and this is an article about tweets so I shouldn’t be an ass about it’ especially…

I will point out that the actual Nazis probably didn't have a regrettable tendency to equate anyone who disagrees with them to the Nazis, but besides that yeah I can see the resemblance pretty strongly.

“Doctor” Ablow is the worst garbage human pretending to be a doctor on this green earth, and this universe also contains a “doctor” Oz, so that’s really saying something. I’m incapable of directly wishing harm on anyone, but if he were to accidentally fall into an active volcano I wouldn’t exactly be clawing the…

Eh Lena Dunham has anxiety issues and lots of weird (I mean that like uncommon/unfounded) fears, so I wouldn’t be surprised if she was serious but I think she’s kidding.

FYI, you can flag and then dismiss and the powers that be (moderators? authors?) will still see the flag but no one else will see the post and they won’t be able to upvote it. I do it all the time. I also dismiss quite liberally; if someone is rude to you you can just dismiss it, you absolutely do not have to engage…

You didn’t say anything wrong. I don’t get it either.

That sounds totally amazing. I really wish our laws were more like that, we don’t protect animals as well as we should in America.

I would email the Gawker media support as that harassment is something Jez takes seriously, sorry that is happening to you. I would still point out that despite mental health and language stuff you can still have privilege in other areas!

I think that would be an awesome law, although I don’t know if Americans as a whole would ever go for it.

All my pets are/have been shelter animals too! My dog has some anxiety issues, but as a whole most of them have done okay.

I understand that is your experience and you and your SO can use whatever language to each other that works for you because it is your relationship however just because it works for you doesn’t mean everyone has the same reaction. I have mental health issues and with my closest friends we joke about me being ‘crazy’…

Not going to link them but a certain tech blogger has been spreading awful, mean posts about his death and the circumstances of it. I hope Sandberg doesn’t see them, this is a beautiful tribute and whilst Lean In feminism has had its (fair) critics they both seem lovely people.

NOW I FEEL EXTRA BAD, DAMMIT. I didn’t know English wasn’t your first language, but I didn’t need to be an ass so I apologize.

No. I’m neither that kind nor that patient. And I say that without any sarcasm whatsoever.

There’s nothing bad about it, and I don’t think anyone’s angry or offended. It just. . . your comment was based on a single relatively-inocuous remark, and you just, uh, read too much into it.

Even metaphorically, who the fuck that Lena Dunham knows is in any trouble in this world? Whitebread cashed up New Yorkers are not exactly targets of the Universal Fuckery Machine.

IF I LIVED IN CALIFORNIA AND HAD A HOUSE AND MY CAT DIDN’T HATE OTHER ANIMALS I WOULD BE FOSTERING SO MANY KITTENS RIGHT NOW.
Someone step in in my place and do it for me, I’m sad that I can’t. :(

(although not sad that I don’t live in California.)