I’m black but thanks for playing.

Do you have evidence on that? Based on my brief search after that reply, there has been a significant increase in shootings in the last 10 years (I deliberately chose that time period rather than, say, the last year). I’d love to see the stats if you have ones that contradict what I read.

I assumed that the silence was because she is so irrelevant that 90% of the crowd probably didn’t get the joke? You have to know that she’s been saying dumb shit to even get that he’s trolling. Somehow I don’t think most of the people in that room keep up with what Dionne is saying on Fox News.

Oh. If the whole thing was a sarcastic attempt at that, then I change my opinion.

My response was to your initial comment that “people of other ethnicities should speak up then!” but the sentiment stands.

I’m black and I think that’s a really absurd way of thinking about the push for diversity. It’s incredibly limiting to think that each person should only fight for the success of and draw attention to the struggles of the group they belong to.

That’s fair. But I actually think there has been a significant increase in the number of unarmed men and women shot by police in the last 5 years. I could be wrong on that, but I think it’s more than just reporting.

Every white person in that crowd had the same thoughts running through their head “Is it OK to laugh at this joke? Oh God, what if the camera cuts to me when I’m laughing at a joke I’m not supposed to laugh at?!”

Missed opportunity: “Emily Blunt and African American oscar winner Charlize Theron”

I know. But given that having your period adds an extra layer of prohibitive touching, it seemed like a particularly obnoxious act of retribution.

Right chest, just above the armpit. My friend had it on his forehead though, so I pretty much stopped complaining about mine after that.

Because I was in my 20s, petulant and stubborn, and deeply offended by the fact that while I was working with their wives to combat the sexual abuse of their children, in their communities, the men wouldn’t take a piece of paper from my hand on the off chance that we would brush against each other. I grew up…

It’s less rooted in adultery than the fact that shomer negiahs believe touch may lead to sexual transgressions. It’s about women being a temptation and men unable to resist it. If it was only about adultery and respect for their wives, the rule would not apply to unmarried men.

I used to work in an Orthodox community with victims of child abuse. None of the men would ever touch me because God, so whenever I had my period I would go out of my way to make accidental contact with them, just to spite.

haha the “don’t fight me” was to the masses who attacked you in the past, not you.

Don’t worry Jia, it’s a natural evolution. You can’t fight Darwin.

hahahahahhahahahahahahaha. I know, I’ve been in that argument here, too. But fuck those people. Yes obviously globally they are not the worst bug thing possible (let’s play the insect-misery olympics!) but as an urban American living in 2016, they are and I will fight anyone on that.

I know. I’m conscious of the fact that there are worse things (I’ve had malaria and dengue and a botfly (twinsies!) so I have a long and storied history with bug born diseases). But I also remember throwing out the entire contents of my home during college because for some reason whatever was living in our house was…

Couldn’t have said it better myself. No, seriously. I usually peter out after the “seems a little” and can’t even get as far as the “you know?”

I feel like anyone who says “bed bugs aren’t the worst fate in the world” is a person who has never had bed bugs. Yes, you could argue it’s just a person with perspective, but I’m sticking with the former.