Very much agreed. Even setting the Reddit thing aside, it's just creepy. I feel the same way about them carrying the Brandon Woodward NYP cover today. I don't have to click it, so I don't, but seriously Gawker— don't feel like you have to compete with Liveleaks or Rotten or whatever.

I love it!

About 8-10 years ago I was a waiter at a popular breakfast/brunch spot; I had to stop a child from trying to run BETWEEN MY LEGS while I was carrying a tray of hot coffee. As I grabbed the kid by the shoulder and said "Slow down buddy" the mother decided to howl "WHAT ARE YOU TOUCHING MY KID FOR" from across the…

I can only speak personally but... when I was a waiter like 8-10 years ago I always found it EXTREMELY easy to tell when a parent was engaged and aware that their kid was a little mess-factory. I'm sure in the last 15 months you've given that wordless, slightly chagrined "I see/hear/smell it too and I'm trying my…

People troll not necessarily for the reaction itself per se, but for the identity that this reaction gives them. I think a lot of internet trolls pride themselves on their ability to get a rise out of people (as if it's a difficult thing to do) and perceive that as a talent. Looking at the men who react this way to…

Right? That's definitely a big part of the identity, and I think creating an identity for oneself is what motivates trolls. People don't do anything to get a rise out of people per se, they do it because they want to see themselves as the person who is ABLE to get a rise out of people. So part of that identity has…

I almost got dragged in and replied to two of them. Then I remembered this comment and replied to it instead.

Yeah, especially with how Kinja weights a comment thread based on how many replies it gets. I see the most obvious butthurt MRA junk getting all these replies and smdh. So I'm going to reply to YOUR comment and weight it up so hopefully people will listen to good advice!

No (anti-)love for "all intensive purposes" here?

Yeah, I can't imagine we're too far from logging into Facebook and receiving a message that states "New Message from Broward County Sheriff's Office: Stay where you are and place your hands behind your head."

Yes, I'm a male reader and it's mostly because feminists are so dang awesome. Seriously, the caliber of the commentariat here is ridiculously high (despite Burner accounts' best efforts) and I usually get a laugh or a little nugget of someone's life experience that I'd never get otherwise. Plus, as someone who tries…

Yep, and I think that's related to the old phenomenon that girls can wear boys clothes but not vice versa— product for/about women is "beneath" boys, so while sis has to get dragged along to Cars 7 and Digipoke 200: Lazer-Mascots, bro wouldn't be caught dead watching the latest Tinkerbell installment. Marketers know…

I'm sorry you had a bad experience with it and I don't doubt it goes both ways. And even though I'd say my experience has been positive I've definitely not found "the total package;" but where I'm at in life it's not too uncomfortable to have one person I'm sexually compatible with, another who I'm socially…

It's a shame that these people felt the need to represent themselves as something that they are not, because in my personal experience, internet dating has actually been transformative in giving me a more positive body image. Maybe it's just the wider dating pool but I find there's plenty of men who are attracted to…

I say the same thing, all the time, about pretty much any performance talent. I think the reason the universe made me horrendously tone-deaf and rhythmless is to save everyone's time and patience...

So true about Fine Arts programs. Next time I get a band or orchestra fundraiser at my door, I'm going to buy DOUBLE the overpriced cookies/popcorn/bricabrac!

Thanks for your reply. I've had some intensely frustrating personal struggles with weight loss also and spent a good chunk of my early 20s trying to shape up and doing so "by the book;" i.e., logging calories in and estimating calorie usage from an activity log. Nothing really changed. Then it dawned on me: I was…

Your point is totally legit— the platitude is stupid. But isn't the stupid part of it that accurately measuring how much in vs. out is virtually impossible, and that the calorie expenditure of any given activity is so subjective that you cannot use it as a good benchmark?

I'm a total outsider to the music world, and especially to classical music, but I've really noticed this to be true in jazz. It's as if women can ONLY exist in the jazz world if they can sing; even those who are proficient instrumentalists (Diana Krall, Esperanza Spalding) tend to become known primarily for their…

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