Hey, everyone. I’m still here. I’m just taking a break. Sometimes I need to step back and clear my head of the usual manosphere nonsense for a few days. But I’ll be back soon.
In the meantime, here are some funny things from the Twitter? (And feel free to consider this an open thread.)
Enjoy your break; you deserve it!
And trawling through all the stuff you do for this blog; you no doubt need it.
“usual” manoaphere nonsense…?
Frankly, I find it to be… highly unusual….
So, I don’t watch reality TV, but a few weeks back Libby Anne shared some clips from The Bachelorette, and they’re a pretty perfect example of male entitlement mixed with religiosity. This guy has stalker written all over him.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2019/07/the-bachelorette-and-the-bible-thumper.html
David, thanks for all you do. Wishing you a restful break.
David, I hope you’re feeling well. Thanks for your devotion to spreading the news about awful people. We need to know.
I almost never comment, but I do read faithfully, and I appreciate all you do. I hope this break is good for your mind and body. I’m fostering a pair of ridiculously adorable puppies for a week. If a picture or two would further your recovery, just say so.
The TikTok is wonderful. I just showed it to my boyfriend, and we laughed and laughed. We have an orange cat, and orange cats are famously, shall we say, spirited.
Half an hour ago, I told him to put his paw down. That’s the cat, not my boyfriend. Often when I speak to him he’s got his paw up, just a little bit, to let me know that he’ll kill me if he has to. I told him to put his paw down and he did. His previous kitty dad told us that this cat was a very smart boy. I went in the other room to tell my boyfriend what the cat had done, but I whispered it so the cat wouldn’t know I was talking about him. But maybe he also has supersonic hearing.
@zonuts
Rx: Many, many studies have shown that the photos of pups would help David tremendously.
When I was a kid we had three(!) marmalade cats of various shades and behaviours. The youngest one was the smartest one, though. My mum went into the living room one morning to investigate some unusual noises. There was Nicky – misbehaving as expected. She spoke sharply to him to stop it. And he went into that crouching, bottom up, Ima gonna pounce on something right now posture with a bit of a nasty gleam in his eye. She knew him, she said “Don’t you dare bite me.”
So he bit the leg of the piano stool instead.
She had to go and sit down in the kitchen she was laughing so hard.
@Jurgan
Yeep, tried to watch the clips, was too painful. Read the transcript instead. Go Hannah!
@zonuts
Kat is correct. 97% of scientists have reached a consensus on the issue, pups have a beneficial impact on David’s health and well-being.
@mildlymagnificent
That story was too funny.
Our cat threatens to bite me or scratch me all the time. When we first got him, he did it a lot. Thank goodness he pulled his punches, but it still hurt.
He still threatens me but it’s mostly symbolic. Not completely, though. Ouch.
I don’t know about David, but I’m having a sort of rough week, so I’d appreciate pups!
I’m hoping the rough week passes though. I’ve just gotten all the angry callers at work the past two days for some reason. Otherwise, things are going well. I’ve officially gone from contractor to real employee as of Tuesday and the benefits are at least seemingly good. You never know about insurance until you have to actually use it though. Plus, I got a raise. So that’s always nice!
Hope you get better
@weirwoodtreehugger: chief manatee
Glad to hear you got a raise!
EDIT:
Tired of this new home already. Why do I even bother?
Rest up!
We fellow Chicagoans have already joined you in resting up!
Weather is horrid. For those who can’t experience this – it’s been hotter than hell + 90% humidity. 100% today. Like a sauna out there.
Which will sap the energy right out of you. The air is like *soup*.
Fans, cool air, rest.
Congrats on the NYT citation also! 🙂
Hugs, Oogly. I’m sorry you’re not getting the support you need.
@Z&T
Northern Illinois expatriate. I know of what you speak. The Midwest is hell in summer. Chicago doubly so.
Enjoy your break. I give you My permission to make it as long as you need.
I’m a bit in awe of people, like you and many others, who spend the day looking at the worst things on the internet. You must have very thick skin. I have to avoid certain media if I want to keep a minimum of inner peace.
Take a brain-bleach vacay as often as you need. The Internet just lost Melissa McEwan of Shakesville due to how much stress, strain, and outright trauma her job caused her. (She is alive and well, healing, in fact from her daily grind as writer and editor of all things SJW at her site, Shakesville.)
Dealing with shitheads of all kinds, including our current so-called president, no doubt takes its toll. Be well, hug kitties, feed kitties, play with kitties, get away with as much as the kitties will allow in order to feel back up to your whole self.
Wishing you rest, recovery, a mental pillow-fort and plenty of cats to re-charge your reserves of fortitude and cattitude, David. Thank you for everything you do here.
Have a wonderful break!
Some days, you just need to sit and do nothing. Preferably with a kitty sitting on you.
Echoing all the others who want you to take care of yourself. The shit you deal with is toxic and soul-destroying.
Speaking for myself, the brain bleach of puppies, kitties, etc., is always appreciated.
For legal buffs; Court of Appeal has today upheld local authorities’ right to impose Public Spaces Protection Orders near abortion providers.
That’s a mechanism that stops people approaching people using the facilities; and any form of protest or picketing.
https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/dulgheriu-and-another-v-london-borough-of-ealing/
Self-care is important. I can relate: yesterday, I suddenly came down with dizziness and body aches and an ever so slight stuffy nose. I suspect it’s yet another summer cold (I had one in July), but this feels different than my usual cold symptoms. For me, colds always start in the throat and end in the nose, occasionally with the body aches, but this was immediate body aches that just left me feeling warped and loopy.
Ugh, and with the boss on vacation, I’m in charge, so no chance of time off.
Ah well, at least it’s relatively quiet.
Bella and Brownie, our foster puppies, at the link:
Hey, everyone, I’m here to shill my WHTM Quote Helper again, now on version 1.4.3:
What
A userscript (or bookmarklet) that adds a “Quote” button to the bottom of every comment that pastes a timestamped and linked copy of the comment you’re quoting into the Reply box. Gracefully handles formatting, links, emoji, images, YouTube embeds, and nested blockquotes. Beat the blockquote mammoth!
Also adds a Search icon next to everyone’s username that searches this site for that username using Google’s site: option. Useful for confirming the bona fides of posters.
Also adds a strikeout button to the formatting toolbar.
I see no problem with this!Where
On Greasyfork as a Userscript: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/377808-whtm-quote-helper
(You’ll have to create a Greasyfork account to install it, because it’s a script for a site with “adult content”. C’est la vie.)
On Pastebin (Oh yes, it’s useful for more than doxxing!) as a Bookmarklet: https://pastebin.com/raw/UKfSjDSf
Known Bugs
Do not quote your own posts when the edit timer is still ticking down. The script enters an infinite loop.
Changelog
v1.0
Initial Release
v1.1
Change to code to handle <p> tags more gracefully
v1.2
Improved the handling of <br> tags and newlines
v1.3
Added strikeout button to formatting bar
v1.4.3
Added Search button next to usernames