I mentioned it in a casual aside on GroupThink, but I finally managed to get a referral from my GP for an adult Autism assessment. Here’s hoping the next step won’t take too long...

I’m reading Origin right now and it’s saturated with “Boomer just now discovered the internet.” To quote Pearl Forrester, it sucks on toast.

I’m with you. It really messed me up. Like, to a shocking degree, actually. I am generally not emotional when I watch things. It’s pretty rare for something to make me teary even once. This thing just kept. wrenching. tears. out. of. me. Again and again. It smashed right through my every emotional barrier. It was oddly…

I am so very sorry. People don’t get that it is actually financially responsible for this country to provide universal healthcare to our country even if they don’t get that it is the decent, empathetic and responsible thing to do. it is not a fucking privilege people!! It should and must be a basic human right!!!

I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I

I feel bad for your son having MS so early in life. That’s not a diagnosis that you want to have at any time, but definitely not so young.

This is heartbreaking. I am sorry you and your son are going through this. We are morally failing as a society until we end this deplorable treatment and neglect of our fellow human beings.

Don’t worry, Trump has worked with the pharmaceutical companies to lower prices (LOLNOT!) and he will have the best healthcare replacement, you know the one that he touted during his campaign for President and was going to get it done in the first year, but keeps getting pushed back, but it is going to happen, you…

That’s fucking terrible, and shame on his employer! That said, healthcare should not be tied to employment.

I hated. Like gouge my ears out hated that song when it came out. Now I am oddly nostalgic about it. I still don’t enjoy it, but I kind of like it if that makes sense. (It doesn’t.)

Nothing is common, especially hidden meanings in songs that don’t actually work.

Is ‘Closing Time’ really a classic song?

As a survivor of sexual assault/rape myself (who got no justice--just hounded by my “community”) THANK YOU for your post. It helps to know that SOME people really do see these issues clearly

If I’m being honest, I have a hard time seeing the good. I don’t think I’ve looked at a picture of Kobe Bryant in the last 15 years without my first thought being “rapist.” Lots of men move on and forget. Women, particularly those who have been subjected to sexual violence at the hands of men, don’t necessarily just…

It’s frustrating because when someone dies of course u want to focus and remember the good. I have no problem with that, but let’s not gloss over the bad.  

Yes. This case is one of the best examples out there of a victim doing everything right in the aftermath of an assault and still getting totally chewed up by the system. She told a friend. She went to the hospital. She got an exam done. The exam documented evidence, including bruising around her throat (Bryant choked…

A least u mentioned the rape, but let’s not act like this was a she said he said case. There was a lot of damning evidence against Kobe. He clearly raped her and u can admit that and still talk about the good he did and the legacy of his career. People are complicated and we can be honest about the good and the bad. 

That is really too bad because terrible people are dirtying up small communities that are not into child trafficking or pedophilia or anything. Terrible people really are the worst.

Yup. Camille Cosby, Marion Zimmer Bradley...lots of women try to cover up/overcompensate/deny when it turns out the man they love is a demon. It’s horrific, but not unheard of.

Vent away! I’m often surprised that people won’t do the right thing, but it’s easier to pretend that “unpleasantness” doesn’t exist (even if it’s far beyond mere unpleasantness), and don’t want to rock the boat. It makes them uncomfortable.