Thank you so much Sam! We really appreciate you taking time out of your days, which I'm sure are very crazy right now, to update us. Much love to you, your brother and your entire family.
You misunderstand, or more likely I didn't phrase it right. It's extra horrible because so many people have bought into a culture that views women as objects for men to use as they see fit (although they are generally oblivious to this, because of that little problem of privilege that I know you...
Stephen, live in Minneapolis, MN. I don't think I've ever met anyone from the forum in RL but I'm always open to it and I never turn down an opportunity to grab a beer and nerd it up.
Yeah, it really is. For so many reasons. Some of them being that people think it isn't. That says a lot about the culture we take in and find acceptable.
I wouldn't call it trolling, I think it's people blind to the realization that the person they are addressing as a object for their own...
Ditto! Although I don't get paid until Wednesday or Thursday but I will definitely donate. Thanks for doing that Wasabi! Such a positive way to help handle this, I love it!
Holy shit. That's horrible.
I read a thread on Facebook about how Obama was a secret Muslim and he's supporting ISIS to support his secret Muslim agenda.
GUYS. PEOPLE HONESLY ARE SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT. ON A SOCIAL NETWORK. WITH THEIR REAL NAMES.
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
Honestly I'm so tired of seeing male gamers talk in that manner I can barely engage with any community about video games anymore. It's just so gross and horrible. I want to assume it's a small minority but it sure feels like it's a far bigger group than that.
I heard a speech on NPR awhile back, and I came a little late to it so I didn't know who it was talking but I was like, damn, this guy is a conservative/Republican but he's talking about social issues and reaching across the aisle in a way that impresses me, he must be really hated by everyone...
A lot of that is going to be city/county based and would take to long to actually put together a list of every cities resources but I'll (or anyone else who wants to help) try to find a master resource that directs people to their city/county resources.
It really IS daunting to try and get help of so many reasons, finances being one of those reasons. Something to note, a lot of therapists are like my wife, where they do sliding scale stuff for people if you pay cash or credit but don't use insurance and she always takes on a certain amount of...