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Chad's grandfather was a tanuki. No pants can hold him.

I am sorry, I chuckled.   I am a bad man. 

Chad's grandfather was a tanuki. No pants can hold him.

"So," The Bear said, "You come to my cave for the secret of Ursine steel , do you?"
 
"Such is my quest," The human said earnestly, hope in his voice but it was a hope he dared not hold onto too tightly. The Bears had guarded their secrets closely from humans, and with good reason. None of them had forgiven the actions of the human King Colbert the First and that mad monarch's reign had tainted human bear relations to this day.
 
The bear scratched his chin, "Not far from here, you will find a greedy and selfish ranger! A woodland warrior who has ever vexed me."
 
The human nodded slowly. He had heard of this fellow, a man by the name of Smith, "I know of him. It would be easier to defeat him with ursine steel," He said hopefully.
 
The bear laughed, "No little human, I do not wish him killed. Bring me Smith's treasure, bring me, his picnic basket."
 
The human winced. This would be no easy achievement. The Bear was setting him to a task that the bear himself hadn't achieved. He should have known. Any animal with the secret to Ursine Steel had to be smarter than the average bear.

Flash is dark and gritty like brown sugar is dark and gritty.  Mostly, it's just sweet.

Flash is dark and gritty like brown sugar is dark and gritty.  Mostly, it's just sweet.

Flash is dark and gritty like brown sugar is dark and gritty.  Mostly, it's just sweet.

Flash is dark and gritty like brown sugar is dark and gritty.  Mostly, it's just sweet.

The chief of police, asked about the lack of violent response (sorry, "escalation of force") by the riot police, said "there were 13, 14, and 15 year-old kids out there, do you want us to shoot them?" He has a point. Also, escalation of force almost never leads to de-escalation of conflict. It feels reckless and unjust, but waiting it out was a smarter move. Doing what they did very likely saved lives and property and let tonight be a quiet night in my city. If the guys with the truncheons are not beating people, trust that they have good reason to do so. Truncheons love working, and it is hard to hold them at your side without finding something to hit with them.

The chief of police, asked about the lack of violent response (sorry, "escalation of force") by the riot police, said "there were 13, 14, and 15 year-old kids out there, do you want us to shoot them?" He has a point. Also, escalation of force almost never leads to de-escalation of conflict. It feels reckless and unjust, but waiting it out was a smarter move. Doing what they did very likely saved lives and property and let tonight be a quiet night in my city. If the guys with the truncheons are not beating people, trust that they have good reason to do so. Truncheons love working, and it is hard to hold them at your side without finding something to hit with them.

The chief of police, asked about the lack of violent response (sorry, "escalation of force") by the riot police, said "there were 13, 14, and 15 year-old kids out there, do you want us to shoot them?" He has a point. Also, escalation of force almost never leads to de-escalation of conflict. It feels reckless and unjust, but waiting it out was a smarter move. Doing what they did very likely saved lives and property and let tonight be a quiet night in my city. If the guys with the truncheons are not beating people, trust that they have good reason to do so. Truncheons love working, and it is hard to hold them at your side without finding something to hit with them.

The chief of police, asked about the lack of violent response (sorry, "escalation of force") by the riot police, said "there were 13, 14, and 15 year-old kids out there, do you want us to shoot them?" He has a point. Also, escalation of force almost never leads to de-escalation of conflict. It feels reckless and unjust, but waiting it out was a smarter move. Doing what they did very likely saved lives and property and let tonight be a quiet night in my city. If the guys with the truncheons are not beating people, trust that they have good reason to do so. Truncheons love working, and it is hard to hold them at your side without finding something to hit with them.

The chief of police, asked about the lack of violent response (sorry, "escalation of force") by the riot police, said "there were 13, 14, and 15 year-old kids out there, do you want us to shoot them?" He has a point. Also, escalation of force almost never leads to de-escalation of conflict. It feels reckless and unjust, but waiting it out was a smarter move. Doing what they did very likely saved lives and property and let tonight be a quiet night in my city. If the guys with the truncheons are not beating people, trust that they have good reason to do so. Truncheons love working, and it is hard to hold them at your side without finding something to hit with them.

If you think gang members are dishonest, you should see the baltimore PD. the gang members live here, and have an investment in a community that includes their families and their (illicit) businesses. They don't benefit from a broken city any more than the rest of us.

As a former prosecutor, I am utterly horrified.  The scope and willfullness of this injustice is greater than I could have ever considered realistically possible.  How many retrials will be necessary?  Amazing and awful.

Back when I was dating, I made sure to date in public, on neutral territory.  Not because I wanted my date to feel safe, but because I didn't know if I was dating a psycho either.  It also prevented me from having to endure a long and very boring date (which happened on occasion.  Pretty girl, empty head.)
 
I think our "rape culture" is slowly turning into a "terrified of being raped culture".  It is certainly worth avoiding, but the odds remain very low given a few reasonable precautions.  By "very low" I mean really ridiculously f-ing low.  And yes, reasonable precautions include dating on neutral territory for as long as reasonably necessary, not getting blasted at frat parties, and going out with the buddy system.  Hell and damnation, men go out with the buddy system so we don't get our asses kicked!  This isn't hard or unreasonable, it's just part of living in a society where a given unidentifiable portion of the population is likely to hurt you.
 
And if someone is in a car accident and wasn't wearing their safety belt (certainly a reasonable precaution) I actually do blame them for their injuries.  Do stupid, get stupid.  Cut through an alley and get mugged?  Yes, that was stupid, and so of course while I have sympathy, I also blame the victim for being stupid.  Of course.  We all do.  That's not specific to rape.
 
I'd like better law enforcement.  I'd like better rape prosecution.  I'd like less raping.  I'd like people to not think that being responsible for their own safety is an undue burden.  No one actually has the privilege of being totally safe, which sucks, but expecting it is childish.
 
The hypothetical dude in the comic was being a douche, but it's better to find that out before dating him anyway.  She could have called the comic "not dating a douche."
 
I sympathize with her anxiety, I truly do, I have plenty of my own.  I think her anxiety is more of a hazard to her happiness than the risk of getting raped.  Anxiety about being liked by the douche, anxiety about dating someone predatory, anxiety about explaining to him why he's such a douche.  I wish she could rest easy in her awesomeness and find a non-douche to date in some nice public place they can both agree on.

Once upon a time on these boards, I posted about combat biologists on war rhinos.  Behold: Ms. Kinessa Johnson, who is not a biologist, but is an Afghanistan veteran and anti-poaching advisor with VETPAW.org, a nonprofit that seeks to discourage poaching.
 

A couple of months ago, news came out that they are going to pull down the dorm I lived in for three years, starting forty years ago this September. Winter quarters being my enormous load term, I had to wait until today to go back and retake pictures of the environs taken while I lived there but were lost when my subsequent dwelling burned in 1983. Dorm life seems like a silly thing to wax nostalgic for, but three years was as long as I had lived anywhere at a stretch at that time.
 
Weather was warm and sunny, so I took lots, even of places and pathways that are outwardly nondescript but where various memorable events occurred, like lofting water balloons with a three-man slingshot at random targets late at night. Things have changed, of course, as big campuses are wont to do. But most of the old familiar paths were still there, except for the one I most wanted, that went back forty years in time.

Sue and win, because the law states that you can't discriminate against people based on their orientation.

Silverman's satire missed its mark. The rape prevention tips that colleges hand out to the women who are their students look just like this, and they are ridiculous and should be ridiculed. They put the onus entirely on women to not be raped, which is a bit lol giving deer tips on how not to be hunted. The trouble is that being a victim, or better yet a martyr, has become such a perceived position of privilege that everybody gets all butt-hurt about misandry and misses her point entirely.

https://well.wvu.edu/articles/tips_for_preventing_sexual_assault
 
Honestly, it's pretty sound advice, but combined with an apparent absence of prosecution or even arrest for rape on campus, I can see why it would be infuriating.  It's the combination that's the kicker, here.  The college isn't going to do anything, even after the fact, including keeping reporting statistics for future use, so the onus is literally entirely on the prospective victims.
 
It's good advice.  Everyone, frankly, especially every girl and woman, should heed this advice.  But the social contract should include some sheepdog to guard against the wolves, rather than expecting the sheep to look after themselves.

Silverman's satire missed its mark. The rape prevention tips that colleges hand out to the women who are their students look just like this, and they are ridiculous and should be ridiculed. They put the onus entirely on women to not be raped, which is a bit lol giving deer tips on how not to be hunted. The trouble is that being a victim, or better yet a martyr, has become such a perceived position of privilege that everybody gets all butt-hurt about misandry and misses her point entirely.

Why the hell does the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control have the power to forcibly arrest people who aren't selling or distributing alcohol?

In the US, houses that look like that are always haunted or inhabited by folks who are creepier than ghosts.
 
I want one desperately.