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I’ve been saying this for years. The word bullying has ballooned to a ridiculous degree--it’s almost meaningless at this point. And I know the online book “community” is especially prone to waving it around like a flag. Google “Stop the Goodreads Bullies”--it’s enlightening. Basically to those people, any negative

The day she supposedly took her life was the day she told ME she was being committed for a month under the supervision of her psychiatrist. I was her editor. In August she had told me that she had been placed on a 72 hour hold while they adjusted her meds. At the beginning of September, she was leaving the book world

In my observation, these writers seem to classify anything other than slavish praise and five star reviews bullying.

And once again, the question “Gen X who?” is pondered

Those supporting for limited categories are pretty insulting to performers not in White Lotus. Same with those guest categories. Same with Succession in series...where’s the variety?

I laughed a lot this episode. I loved that it was a new challenge - almost like drag queen branding through interpretative dance, loved how I could see some of the dances actually going viral on Tiktok (especially Yvie’s, though Shea’s could be for high achievers), thought Jinkx making a sandwich was hilarious, loved

Oh christ, not this bullshit again. You don’t have to be a civil rights lawyer with a background in constitutional interpretation to know that that’s not what the right to free speech is, but as a civil rights lawyer with a background in constitutional interpretation, I can tell you that’s not what the right to free

Yeah, you keep thinking that - in a few decades, though, I think you’ll find yourself embarrassed by having thought so. In the meantime, if you want to invoke Carlin and the “essence of being a comedian,” though, even Carlin disagreed with punching down the way Chappelle is. The essence of comedy isn’t unfettered

Yeah, when you find someone that wants it to be federally illegal for Chappelle to do whatever horseshit he’s doing, you go ahead and dig this speech back up out of the trash. As it stands you know full well everyone just wants him to know he’s doing horseshit and wish he’d stop.

This is a very good commentary.

It’s not about the semantics, it’s about the underlying concept. People need to stop building identities around their interests.

Or at least, ‘fandom that’s inherently insular breeds toxicity the way that a physical community that’s inherently insular breeds xenophobia’.

I also feel like John told Lori not to tell Mare it was Billy because he knew Lori would tell Mare it was Billy.

I don’t know that John’s having an affair (this time). Lori told Mare that last time it happened she (Lori) knew, as there were all sorts of signs, but this time it just came right out of the blue. Also, John dodged the question with his dad: his explanation for why he’s moved out was ‘Lori thinks I’m having an

I’m going surprise myself and be Gene Siskel for a second and say that the scene with Drew in the bathtub felt like a cheap stunt to generate suspense with a child in danger. And wasn’t, in that brief moment, fair to Carrie, who we’ve seen work hard to remain good. I immediately thought it would undo all the work

I think Billy is a black-out drunk and John basically talked him into it because while Billy knows he had something to do with it he can’t exactly remember what happened. John has to convince him he did it to make him a scapegoat since their dad saw Billy bloody that night which would lead to questions.

I’m gonna hold out and say Billy is, at best, not the lone culprit and at worst, is being setup as a fallguy who only thinks he’s the killer.  I feel like there’s someone else behind this, and it seems like Billy is a lot more afraid of what could happen at that lake, than of actually going to prison for life.  

The guy’s name is Billy and it is fairly obvious that John is the actual killer (he is likely in the picture given to the Chief.

also, i got the distinct impression that John put the gun in the tackle box and Billy accidentally saw it? did i read that scene wrong?

I’m trying to wrap my head around the sight of Prince and Sinead O’Connor involved in a foot chase through L.A. in the middle of the night and NOT have “Yakety Sax” play in my head when I do.