Xray the Enforcer

I was shopping for a new addition to my bag of dicks last night!

More seriously, I'm wondering about this? Is he pulling this on you, on other dudes, or on the world in general (or a little of all of it)?

I totally thought I was reading the Bird thread and I was SO FUCKING CONFUSED.

Y'all got your wish: Oliver's book not only outsold Pence's, but it's the #1 seller at Amazon yesterday.

In case anyone has forgotten: Pence and his terrible policies enabled the worst HIV epidemic in the US in recent years. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/28/indiana-hiv-outbreak/26498117/ As such, while I'm glad that the Trevor Project is getting some much-needed visibility, I'm also really glad to see Oliver and his team acknowledge more of Pence's sins than just the homophobic bigotry.

Yep. It might be the tiniest of steps, but it's still a step forward.

I think it's unwise to take that data in a vacuum. If you subbed in "atheist" or "Jew" or "Muslim" in any of those questions, you'd see a similar jump in people willing to admit that they're retrograde dipshits. As such, while it's depressing, it's part of our dumpster-fire cultural zeitgeist, rather than growing animus against LGBTQ+ people in particular. And, yes, I do think that's an important distinction.

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more on topic -- I loved that column, Ormond. I have a very strong fondness for names like Mildred and Ethel and Henrietta.

a pox on editors.

(my own given name is definitely in the realm of Old Ladies these days hahaha)

really cool column this week Ormond. I know a number of Debs/Deborahs/Debras/Debbies -- interesting to see how generational it is!

Huh -- I wonder what the tie between the names of "not Ethiopia" Kush and the mountain range Hindi Kush is. But anyway, interesting column!

One of my dearest friends is named Judith. Thank you for the info!

Hey Ormond -- I'm curious. During these kinds of discussions, which ones piqued your curiosity and which ones gave you pause? And where was the most dissent?

Yes. The mods may decide to not take any action on the report, but at least we know there's an issue.

I'll test it at work and report back.

[mod] OK. As entertaining (from the outside) as this interlude has been, it's pretty much derailed the thread. Please take the derail elsewhere. A thread where people voluntarily post their work to be critiqued would not be amiss, although I would draw the line at ridiculing work that was not voluntarily posted for critique. And please cease with the personal insults as well. Thank you. [/mod]

Hey Kal -- that is a known problem. Which Android and browser version are you using? (FWIW, I have no problems logging into the forum with my Android phone using Chrome)

I too was wondering if I was losing my mind.

That's a really good question. I don't have that IRC link saved either....

I know this is unpopular, but I just don't rate Roth. YMMV, etc etc. Atwood, however, I do think is deserving. It'll never happen, but I wish it would.

Getting those PHP errors again. Ubuntu/FF

Continue discussion. [MOD NOTE] If you cannot discuss the Sansa storyline with maturity and compassion, then you will not be discussing the topic at all. Please note that this thread will be heavily moderated. Thank you. [/MOD]

Yep. On all pages. Persisted for 15 minutes, but now seems to be resolved.