Yes, it’s heartbreaking. But this post has an outpouring of focus on sympathy and mind-reading for the mother with short shrift to how this child might have felt. You know, being sick and in the hospital, and then the person at the center of his world pulls a gun on him. (And possibly was part of the reason he was in…

I can’t even appreciate the good in this episode because of how badly they fucked up our folklore. I’m from Trinidad and THAT IS NOT WHAT A SOUCOUYANT DOES. They have nothing to do with japs at ALL. A soucouyant is a vampire demon who sucks your blood when you sleep. Literally a basic google search would tell you…

Imagine how her son felt.

Thank you for this post. I’m legitimately baffled that there are people on here who are pissed at commenters who don’t feel sympathetic to this mother. If she had murdered a non-disabled child because she was low-income or couldn’t “handle” raising him alone anymore, no one would be sympathetic. But he had cerebral…

I thought it was Krampus.

It’s alarming to me how many of you are saying things like, “that poor woman. It must have been very bad for her to make that choice.” C’mon y’all! This very clearly sounds like a tragic case of Munchausen by proxy. CPS most likely was investigating the family because of suspicions she was responsible for his…

A lot of disabled people have spoken out about this phenomenon. Needless to say, it’s pretty terrifying to see, especially when the child and the person have the same disability.

This woman murdered her five year old son. I’m sure she felt she was in a hopeless position but let’s not forget the fact that she made the decision to take her son’s life as well as her own.

Can we cut the sympathy “poor mom of a disabled kid” bullshit? I’m already seeing it in the comments. Killing your child is not okay. This mother is no more sympathetic than a mother (or father!) who kills her able bodied child because of stress or whatever other reason.

She doesn’t become foam in ocean but a “daughter of the air” on “a rosy cloud that floated through the aether” for 300 years before she can get to heaven; “the daughters of the air, although they do not possess an immortal soul, can, by their good deeds, procure one for themselves. We fly to warm countries, and cool…

Yes the most direct correlation for me, is to that of the entitled weird guys who blame society and the “norms” for their lack of female attention. “But I’m such a nice guy! Why don’t women understand how I deserve them!”

Toni Collette in “The Japanese Story” is a must see.

Fun fact: Hanson still tours and sells out venues. When they came to the theatre where I worked at least twenty fans camped out in our parking lot to be first in the door.

This is pretty much my reaction to hotel snack bar prices.

Has anyone ever (ACCIDENTALLY) had this happen with a relative (BY ACCIDENT) and never forgotten the shame and horror of turning your head at the wrong moment and kissing your gross uncle on the mouth (OH MY GOD IT WAS AN ACCIDENT).

RECORDER MAGIC. Every few months I remember this and also the MGM music on a recorder exists and my life is better for it.

I am really, really happy with my EcoTools brushes. When initially I began using brushes for everything (this was all new to me at the time), I bought them as a stopgap, figuring I’d shop around online and obtain some higher-quality ones if I liked the procedure and results. I do like the procedure and results, but…

In light of the topic of this article, here are some resources for anyone who needs help:

Santigold is part of my ‘ok brian it’s 3pm time to cram a full days worth of work into 1 1/2 hours’ playlist