Damn girl, you are on FIRE today! Watching you smack down MRAs brings me so much joy in life. You will never know.

Congrats on COTD! Keep bring the funny and I'll keep reading.

So glad you're back!!!!

Spot on. I hate it when people qualify their support of a womans right to choose with "oh but I personally would never.." so? TOTALLY IRRELEVANT.

Yep.

Honestly, I love smoking. I know that I shouldn't and I know it doesn't make me look "cool." Whenever I see young children in the street I try and hide my cigarette from them so they don't think it makes you look older. It's just so damn satisfying. I have a theory that I smoke because I have problems that are out of my hands (being broke, living in a box, etc.) When I smoke I create a problem (the nicotine craving) and can immediately solve it. Plus, how can you watch an entire episode of Mad Men cigarette free?

Thanks so much for belittling my dissenting opinions with accusations of "God, that is so condescending". Which, ironically, is condescending in itself. But that was your intention, I'm sure.
Thanks! Love having a different opinion than you! You make it so fun!

Ugh, I don't like where this Susie Bright stuff is going. I was SO freakin' excited to find Harpyness this week!! I will be reading every day!

RE: The "Fire Down Under" Thread

I realise that you probably don't care for my riposte. But here it is anyway - I cut and pasted it from the thread:

"No. Bad save. Some people managed to make a similar point without being an arsehole about it. You chose to respond the way you did. The 'facts' didn't command you to."

I don't know why I let your EXPLANATIONS and accusations of bellyaching (and something being 'wrong with me') bother me. But I did, and they did. Even after I explained why I was bothered, you continued on in the same insensitive fashion. You may want to display a little more sensitivity the way you go about things. Maybe. Like I said, you can make the same points, with some semblance of tact. And those points would still be as valid. Hell, other commenters did!

Sorry for "getting all emo" about the whole white/black thing. I guess I should have just told you to fuck off? So here you go, FUCK OFF

Today I realized how much Jez has taken over my life. I was at the grocery store, perusing the beers. And I was like, "Hey! That beer is named after a commenter." False.

But if you squint, the N and the A look sort of like an M. Sigh. Check out your (non)namesake:

[syracusechiefs.mlblogs.com]

Honey, you are one of the amazing women I look forward to reading on Jezebel each day. I am sending you nothing but loving good thoughts to life your spirits. It's true that the world has a lot of assholes in it, and there is a special karma for insensitive jerkoffs like the ones you've encountered who cannot keep their uncouth mouths shut. But there are many here who absolutely treasure you. Truth.

Are you doing okay? I don't think I've ever seen you slam yourself so much on Jez. It breaks my heart a little bit, considering how great you are.

Hey there glad there's someone else that sees danger in the collective belief in the irrational. People hold such beliefs with such certainty that it can be hard to step up.

I was referring to Susan Jacoby's fantastic book in the comment.

I love that we're heartless bitches because we think believing in ghosts is ridiculous.

I just saw your post about my boyfriend's ex refusing his breakup request. I know! What happened was that they had a three-hour breakup talk, both in tears by the end, and then he was getting up to leave, thinking they were broken up, and she was like, no, we need to talk about it some more.

It was one of those relationships that should have ended long before it did... if nothing else I think I provided the impetus for him to finally do it and not take no for an answer.It was such a boneheaded move for him to tell my all this on our anniversary, though! He was right, though... if he'd told me the truth at the time I probably would have lost interest because I had just gotten out of a relationship with a total selfish shithead and would have assumed he was the same.

Indeed he was! I loved a comment that I saw about how Jesus was a community organizer and Pontius Pilate was a governor. It was great.

As you will! I suffer neither fear nor doubt!

It's funny because it's true.

It got heated in the VP thread. Thanks for your support. I was honestly flabbergasted at some of the other's responses. I never thought I'd have to say 'a fetus is not a baby' so many times on Jez. Oh, wells.