CHRIS BROWN

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/02/threatening-chris-brown-is-not-helpful/253541

This information isn't offered to make anyone more lenient on Chris Brown, or to excuse his actions. It's offered to point out that Brown's capacity for abusive violence didn't materialize out of thin air. And when threatening him with more abuse, it's worth thinking about how this all began. When you threaten Chris Brown you aren't fighting abusive violence. You are speaking his language.

I had heard about the CM Punk thing, but didn't hear how horrifyingly racist it was.

http://www.thefrisky.com/2012-02-24/the-soapbox-facts-about-rihanna-and-other-abused-women/

this is a good article, though a bit beginner's 101 wrt domestic abuse psychology and it's assumptive like everyone else is -- are we all just assuming they're back together romantically, now? no one knows that. but still, if they were, the article is helpful reading.

they're obviously making a lot of public gestures of spending time together and people around them seem pretty certain they're at least hooking up, so whether they're once again in a completely monogomous relationship is kind of a moot point (CB still has a girlfriend who is reportedly fine w/ an open relationship)

of course she is!

if only we all had sig others who were fine with having open relationships aka fucking our ex girlfriend rihanna

my wife never lets me even hang out with rihanna just to catch up on old times :(

if they're not actually together again the song is even more distasteful tbh cuz then it really is purely using the abuse narrative to get attention.

zach w/all due respect i think most people itt are v aware of domestic abuse psychology, victim-blaming and so on; rihanna of course has the right to make whatever decision she wants but going out of one's way to defend those (stupid, distasteful) decisions is a different thing. and finding her actions depressing isn't the same as blaming her, much less blaming her instead of CB and the music industry.

if you say so, mr. smarm

― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Friday, February 24, 2012 10:18 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dude you post like everything i say is completely straightfaced chillax bro

tbf you post like that as well

^^

I promise that if im calling someone "mr. smarm" i'm not thinking "man I just zinged him but good"

your style is hella jr. high school al

Oh good we haven't had one of these in awhile.

also another thing on rihanna - theoretically i am totally 100% against the idea that pop stars "should" behave like role models. but in practice her actions do have an effect!

In the days following Rihanna's 20/20 interview, calls to the National Domestic Violence Hotline rose by 59% – with the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline seeing a 73% increase.

i mean...that happened. we can handwave away her responsibility as much as we want and we probably shouldn't place any onus on her to behave in any way, but that happened, and as she acknowledged at the time she knew that would happen.

As long as al can still ital posts to imply smug condescension I'm not sure these will ever end

why do they keep returning to this abusive relationship

lol

CM Punk said he was straight edge in that clip, i wonder what sxe bands he likes?

obv Minor Threat

deej i'm obviously just trying to earn my own catchy and cutting nickname like "mr. smarm"

may i suggest "smuggy mcsmuggerson"?

smarm & hammer

lemme smarm it

so my takeaway from this is that if we pull [i] out of the available BBCode, these fights will stop

this is like when jblount would try to son me but didn't realize he didn't disagree w/ me

smarm und drang

the entire subtext of posting mr smarm was that it was obv a lame insult dude

the talented mr. smarm

mr. smarm

that post is a reference to mr. mom

haha i was just trying to figure out to do a mr. mom version of mr. smarm

Keaton's worst movie IMO

― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, February 24, 2012 11:19 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think djp already covered that though

xp

mr. mom is a great movie, though; does not compute

this is like when jblount would try to son me but didn't realize he didn't disagree w/ me

― D-40, Friday, February 24, 2012 3:07 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah this does remind me of how you're totally bulletproof and incapable of being critized or made fun of in your mind

killer deejs on the smarm

lol

mr. mom is a great movie, though; does not compute

I was imagining "Mr Smarm" to be its direct to video sequel

oh okay then

Keaton's worst movie IMO

― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, February 24, 2012 11:19 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, February 24, 2012 2:10 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OH DIP DUDE NOW WE FIGHT *karate chop*

I'M MAD HEATED RIGHT NOW

wait nevermind

i still want to know if more ppl are killed walking home drunk than driving home drunk but

~the world may never know~
/tootsie pop owl

i take back that karate chop dan i'm sorry

the smarm girl looks crazy

i heartily approve of intensely pro-mr. mom sentiment

joe's article on multiple regressions is good but it doesnt actually speak to the issue i was interested in here it just suggests that their attempts to apply statistical analysis could have other variables not taken into acct which i can totally understand, i.e. the diff between rural & city drinkers

but i had never really thought abt the deadly dangers of drunk walking & hit & runs are obv common in some areas based purely on the stats the present up front before even making their argument

did m@tt make a typo when saying DJP or did he use "OH DIP" as an exclamation

I choose to believe the latter

that was how i read it, too

yeah "Oh dip" like an exclamation! i don't take that part back