Oh, that's not a joke, Jess and I wouldn't claim it is. That's a comic attacking a heckler. Comics are VICIOUS to hecklers--you can find zillions of clips on youtube of comedians just eviscerating hecklers. They are very rarely funny.

I am going to go against the majority and say that rape can be used for humor

I assume that's the majority...elsewhere? I have been avoiding this discussion, as noted. I think what this guy did to this woman was pretty deliberately cruel, and I think the general discussion of "is there such a thing as a rape joke?" is almost useless, because there wasn't such a thing as modern funny blackface, until there was.

I just think that all jokes aren't always worth telling, to everyone. And this is so not a free speech issue, as I've seen claimed in my limited exposure. I hate when people say I shouldn't have a negative opinion on what they said, because free speech. Yer Constitution is in my pants, bucko.

I read the Tom Cruise piece. I can't stand him, so this is the kind of shit I will read.

I thought the "Free Katie" t-shirt suggestions 5 years ago were amusing. Not so amusing in retrospect.

I feel really badly for Nicole Kidman.

The ocean is always awesome.

Once I went swimming in Lake Michigan, and there were these swells so when I got far enough from the shore and was at the bottom of a swell, I couldn't see land at all.

I thought that was so cool--the feeling of being totally cut off from land and completely alone... until the lifeguard yelled at me that I was too far from shore. So I started swimming back. Then I got tired and started to wonder if I could make it. So I told myself the alternative was to die, which motivated me enough to make it back and not die.

So the moral of the story is, "Large bodies of water are awesome! Also, don't drown."

So the moral of the story is, "Large bodies of water are awesome! Also, don't drown."

I concur!

Ugh, you guys -- I am so excited to go home and watch tv! It is sad. But I haven't seen any of my shows this week! I still have the new Inspector Lewis waiting for me! Never mind So You Think You Can Dance.

So the moral of the story is, "Large bodies of water are awesome! Also, don't drown."

Agreed!

I love ocean and big lakes and forest. Less mountains and deserts not at all. Ironically that I live in a desert and I've moved to the mountains therein.

I think that LA is technically semi-desert, and the distinction is a big one for me, because as much as I liked Tucson, it made me edgy. This is as dry as I can get, but in Tucson I was side-eyeing fountains in a way I can almost let slide here (almost--in Arizona I also wanted to cover my glass of water so nature wouldn't steal it from me).

Basically I'd prefer the tropics, but I just don't love the Miami the way I like this city. And being this close to the ocean helps a fair amount too. Might not be drinking water, but at least it's fluid.

Why does the shortest distance to equality seem to involve a great deal of raped men?

Or that it would be awesomesauce to send Tosh to prison so he could be raped?

THE POINT. U R MISSING IT. (Commentors elseweb, not here.)

When we lived in Wyoming, I missed trees so much. And grass, and the general sense of lush foliage everywhere, I guess. Where I live now is very right for me, although I also feel right at home at the beach. I could live at the beach.