In all honesty I *did* think it was an actual net. Like something that dropped down on the driver. Sometimes I'm not that bright. :(

Huh...I never thought about nail biting as being a compulsive thing. I've always chewed my nails, usually to the point of pain/blood. If there's even a sliver of white on the edge of the nail I have to chew it off. Weird that I never thought of it as being an issue, though.

I can spend a good hour squeezing crud out of the pores of my nose with one of those metal blackhead removal tools. It actually sort of upsets me that I rarely get pimples...they're just so satisfying to pop! As a vet tech I loved popping abscesses and felt compelled to remove the built-up sheaths from cat nails. …

As someone who is both a caregiver of someone with mental illness and a person with depression, not all people are equipped to handle such issues in their lovers...and that's okay. No one should feel forced to date someone with depression (or physical ailments...or chronic illness....etc) because it's the 'right'…

Granted, tumlbr is a cesspool, but that's where younger people are most likely to first hear the term. But the same 'pan is more inclusive than bisexuality' refrain appears in many other places. Here's a quote from a livescience article:

Then perhaps the writer should have removed all ambiguity by stating that bisexuality does not exclude such attraction. Because the truth is that pansexuality often IS defined as being more inclusive than bisexuality (and 'better' because of it), typically by self-proclaimed pansexuals. And perhaps the writer should…

Elliot Rodger was also determined by police not to be a threat in the weeks prior to his shooting spree. Police can be wrong. Moreover, things can change. Just because he was not a threat in the past doesn't mean he is not one *now*. The police at this point have only taken reports and have not questioned or…

So if the research doesn't show that:

I'm aware of the research, thank you. None of which indicates that teens are unaware that murder is wrong, that death is permanent, or that other people suffer when harmed. There are billions of teens who *don't* violently harm others...even teens who fall in with bad crowds or feel rage after being rejected. What…

If they're culpable for the crime, it means they could have chosen *not* to do it. If they were capable of choosing not to, then their brain development is adequate enough to charge them for the crime. The death penalty has nothing to do with the ability of the person to be rehabilitated, and frankly whether they're…

If they shouldn't be executed because their brain wasn't mature enough to understand that murdering someone is wrong, than why are they culpable for the crime at all?

So we return to the original question. Why is it permissible to make jokes about violence but not about rape? You've yet to give any strong case for why this should be. Consider too that many rape victims are *also* victims of violence, and so may be triggered by both sets of jokes. And, as we've discussed,…

This is actually the opposite of cute. Cats carry a bacteria in their saliva and on their claws that is deadly to birds. Many avian victims of cat attacks that survive and are brought to wildlife rehab die from infection, even when they only suffered minor scratches. Cats and birds should *not* be allowed to…

So...it's okay to trigger one group because you perceive that society treats that group better? Do you think that has much of a bearing on how it feels to be triggered in the moment? Do you think a PTSD sufferer is unlikely to be triggered if society 'supports' them?

No, that's not at all what you've argued. Your entire argument is that rape jokes are bad because PTSD, but jokes about murder are fine because the loved ones of murder victims can't experience PTSD. That's the only way your argument even works...otherwise you have to admit that society at large *doesn't* show more…

You absolutely are erasing the fact that the loved ones of murder victims can *also* experience full blown PTSD, complete with reliving the experience of seeing their loved one killed. I have no idea why you think you get to determine what segment of the population is 'allowed' to have PTSD, but it's entirely…

Yes, that amazing support system for vets. It's not at all like veterans are at a very high risk of suicide and often struggle to find any help whatsoever for their mental health.

You can *absolutely* get PTSD from having a loved one murdered. Are you seriously arguing that those who have violently lost loved ones can't suffer from it?

Poor, poor cat. He must have been so scared. :(

My cat just had two fatty lumps removed from her hind leg, so she's stuck in an e-collar. It's been three days of *constant* licking of the e-collar and scratching at it. ALL NIGHT LONG. She is absolutely getting her revenge.