It's easy to get overwhelmed with ~dating as a young person in 2016~ but luckily your grandmother is always around to give you sage advice. Or a grandmother. Maybe your grandmothers aren't alive. Or maybe your family is estranged from your grandmother?! Oh God, um, sorry. Okay, this is awkward. To break this unbearable tension, why not watch this video in which comedians Tracy Soren and Jessie Jolles ask Soren's bubbie advice for using Tinder. Her number one rule: "Tattoos are a horror."

She knows what "Netflix and Chill" means, but her granddaughter doesn't. It's enough earned wisdom to make you forget that your own grandmother spontaneously combusted years ago.

Hey, every woman on the planet who has done everything from getting "the Rachel" to buying Living Proof shampoo in hopes of getting Jennifer Aniston's hair: give up. She thinks her hair sucks.

In a recent interview, the woman who launched a thousand hair layers told Yahoo that she laughs at all of our attempts to emulate her beauty.

"It's funny because my hair is, like, the bane of my life." she said. "I'm always thinking about how to tame it. I always think it's too dry, too frizzy, too kinky and it's, like, everyone loves it."

Ummm, f*ck you. Like seriously.

We know you need your team of hair stylists; we're not stupid. But not everyone with a team of stylists comes out looking like this:

Or this:

Or emerges from an ocean looking like a mermaid:

Or creates this luxurious hair waterfall while doing yoga:

Or how about this effing pic, where we are reminded that every single part of her body—including her hair—is perfect:

And finally, what about this pic Mayim Bialik posted? Long before Aniston had a team to perfect her coif, she still had these luscious layers:

We see you Aniston. Your hair is perfect. It always has been, and it always will be. But we still love you, and we will continue to love you next week, when you will probably complain that it's actually your stunning side-boobs that are ruining your life.

Tig Notaro and Amy Schumer—two comedians who worked together on Schumer's show and were once close enough to have lived in the same apartment—are apparently on rough terms, according to a new interview in The Guardian with Notaro. It certainly puts this sketch in a different light:

But what else can you make of this interview:

I tell her I was struck by something Amy Schumer once said to Vanity Fair about Notaro: “Looking masculine and being gay, the challenges of the road are 20 times harder for Tig than other female comedians. People fear what they don’t understand.” Has she found that to be true?

Anger sparks in Notaro’s normally calm eyes. “I don’t know what she was talking about. It sounds like offensive nonsense to me. I find that so offensive and weird,” she says, looking down, trying to control her very audible irritation. “If you knew me well, you would never say that.”

I thought the two of you were friends, I say, surprised. Schumer has spoken in the past about taking care of her “great friend Tig”.

“Ummm…” Notaro says, looking away. Did you just work with her? The atmosphere, previously relaxed, has palpably prickled.

“I’ve worked with her. I worked with her for the first season [of Inside Amy Schumer],” she replies curtly. Ironically, the episode in which Notaro appeared was about Schumer exaggerating their friendship and using Notaro’s cancer to look good in front of other people.

“Let’s leave it there,” Notaro says, closing down the subject.

Wow! Can you even imagine two women comedians who aren't bestfriends? Are we going to have to start appreciating female comedians for their work instead of fetishizing their friendships with other women?​ What would Tina and Amy say?!?!

Dads are not all that different from anyone else, childishly dreaming of fame, fortune, and following their dreams. But sometimes, even famous dads are eclipsed by their much more successful children. And while they’re certainly proud that their kids did so well, it's still got to sting a little. Here are some celebrities who turned out just a little bit more famous than their sort-of-famous parents.

1. Bryan Cranston’s dad, Joe Cranston.

Before he became one of the most awarded TV actors ever for Malcolm in the Middle and Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston was a gigging actor, happy to work for whoever would have him. He appeared in commercials, soap operas, Seinfeld, you name it. His father, Joe Cranston, was also a day player, but he never got the breakthrough his son did. His credits include guest spots on Betty White’s first sitcom Life With Elizabeth, as well as Dragnet, Highway Patrol, Father Knows Best, and My Three Sons.

2. Chris Pine’s dad, Robert Pine.

Robert Pine has worked in movies and TV consistently since 1964. Dozens of guest shots on TV dramas culminated in a six-season run on CHiPs as Sgt. Joseph Getraer. He even played Tom Selleck's father in a flashback on Magnum, P.I. (because he's so believable as the dad of a hunk).Recently, he was the voice of the bishop in Frozen. Here are the Pine boys together in Small Town Saturday Night.

3. Will Ferrell’s dad, Lee Ferrel, Jr.

Lee Ferrell, Jr. is a professional musician. He's played saxophone and keyboards, and for more than 20 years he was in the Righteous Brothers’ touring band. He was also a sideman for surf rock king Dick Dale. Ferrell tried a solo career, but as his son described on an episode of WTF With Marc Maron, the one album he recorded was for a label that had been a tax shelter. All of the copies of that album have been left in a warehouse to rot.

4. Ed Begley, Jr.’s dad (take a guess).

The younger Begley was the star of St. Elsewhere in the ‘80s, but these days he’s best known for being a rabid environmentalist (he drove an electric car back before it was sorta cool) and for being a goofy straight man on cool comedies like Lady Dynamite, Portlandia, and Arrested Development. A generation earlier, Ed Begley, Sr. was a star of radio, Broadway, TV, and film. He won a Tony Award in 1956 for Inherit the Wind,and an Oscar in 1962 for Sweet Bird of Youth. Here's a scene from an episode of The Fugitive he was in.

5. Jemima Kirke’s dad, Simon Kirke.

Most of the cast of Girls have super-famous dads. Zosia Mamet’s dad is playwright David Mamet. Allison Williams' father is newscaster and storyteller Brian Williams. Jemima Kirke’s dad is a little less well-known, but probably the coolest. He’s Simon Kirke, drummer for British classic rock bands that your dad loves, such as Free and Bad Company.

6. Zooey Deschanel’s dad, Caleb Deschanel.

Half of Zooey's adorkable genes came from Caleb Deschanel, a five-time Academy Award-nominated cinematographer. In addition to helping create Zooey and Emily Deschanel, he made a lot of classic films that are very pretty to look at, such as Being There, The Black Stallion, The Right Stuff, and Fly Away Home.

7. Jennifer Aniston’s dad, John Aniston.

Aniston’s parents split up when she was 9, and she lived with her mother. She was estranged from her father for years. That man is John Aniston, who has played Victor on The Days of Our Lives for more than 30 years.

8. Kate Hudson’s dad, Bill Hudson.

Along with his brothers, Bill Hudson was a member of a ‘60s and ‘70s pop rock band called the Hudson Brothers. They had a couple of minor hits, but their popularity peaked during the TV variety show era. In 1974 they had The Hudson Brothers Show in primetime and The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show on Saturday mornings. Briefly married to Goldie Hawn in the ‘70s, Bill Hudson is the birth father of Kate Hudson (and her brother, Rules of Engagement star Oliver Hudson), but he didn’t raise them. Kate considers Hawn’s longtime partner Kurt Russell her father.

9. Miley Cyrus’s dad, Billy Ray Cyrus.

Sorry Billy. It's Miley's time now.

As Game of Thrones enters the home stretch of the sixth season with "No One," its 8th episode, characters seem to be heading into the story arcs they'll likely have until the end of the series. Arya is Arya again, Brienne and Jaime's ships passed again in the night, Cersei is being screwed by a close relative, The Hound is reunited with Beric and Thoros on their way up North, and Pod seems unlikely to return to giving the sex workers of Westeros job satisfaction. Of course, there's way more than that, so check it all out in our Snapchat recap:

These days, every mass shooting (of which, tragically, there are many) is followed by a common cycle of grief: shock, anger, depression, and somber monologues from late night comedians. So on Monday night, all of the roughly one thousand late night hosts weighed in on the Orlando massacre. Here's how they used their platforms to spread a message of hope in this difficult time.

1. Samantha Bee

Samantha Bee acknowledged the sad routine, saying, “After a massacre, the standard operating procedure is you stand on stage and deliver some well-meaning words about how we will get through this together, how love wins, how love conquers hate. That is great, that is beautiful, but you know what? F*** it. … Love does not win unless we start loving each other enough to start fixing our f***ing problems.” Bee dived right in, explaining how inspirational rhetoric about "togetherness" is not enough when suspected extremists are legally allowed to buy assault rifles, and Congress refuses to prohibit them. It was certainly the most powerful mic drop, cementing her place as Jon Stewart's reigning heir.

2. Jimmy Fallon

Fallon can't drop his boyish semi-smile, even in this context. The host who seems at most out of place with sad news, and sadness in general, took a political turn. He discussed how differences are what America is built on, and mentioned his role as a new father as shaping his response. "Keep on loving each other...and keep on dancing," he concludes.

3. John Oliver

"This just hurts. And the worst thing is, this pain is so familiar."

Pointing out how the terrorists in Paris targeted places that symbolized the best of American society, he says, "I will happily embrace a Latin night at a gay club in the theme park capital of the world as the ultimate symbol of what is truly wonderful about America."

4. Seth Meyers

In place of a traditional monologue, Meyers opened with his "A Closer Look" segment. Meyers slammed Trump for (naturally) making the tragedy about himself, saying, "Appreciate the congrats? I don’t know who’s been congratulating Donald Trump, but you may want to redirect your congratulations to the first responders or those waiting in line to give blood. They’re the ones who deserve congrats, and they’re not asking for it. I have a feeling Donald Trump’s not giving blood, and if he did, no one would want it, because it probably looks like Ectoplasm."

5. Trevor Noah

Noah showed a clip of Obama's speech on Sunday, adding, "“I wonder if President Obama ever thought to himself that mass shooting speeches would be such a big part of his job. You know, at this point, he’s hosted 12 State Dinners, but has had to make 16 mass shooting addresses.” Noah referenced growing up in South Africa, adding, "Maybe it’s because I’m new, but it’s not normal. And it shouldn’t be normal. We shouldn’t allow this to be normal.” He adds a functional shoelaces metaphor, and in traditional Daily Show style, played a sobering clip of an Al-Qaeda spokesperson in 2011 saying how easy it is to legally acquire guns in America. Yup, an Al-Qaeda spokesperson gave America props.

6. Larry Wilmore

Like Meyers, Wilmore focused on Trump's reaction: “Yeah, Donald, you were really ahead of the curve on the whole, ‘terrorism is bad’ thing. I mean, honestly, who brags about this?!” He joked, “It’s like your doctor saying, ‘Yo, dude, I totally called it, you do have cancer.’ But he didn’t just tweet, he redirected the diarrhea from his Twitter account to his face-hole at a press conference,” jumping to Trump talking about Omar Mateen's Afghan parents.

"No," he responds, “He was born an American, but his parents emigrated to the United States. So you’re saying we shouldn’t allow immigrants into this country at all. Well, that eliminates two-thirds of your wives. You better give me a better reason, there.”

7. Conan O'Brien

"I am not a pundit, I am not an expert and always made it a policy to stick to my job, and keep my opinions to myself. I have really tried very hard over the years not to bore you with what I think," the comedian emphatically said, "However I am the father of two, and I like to believe I have a shred of common sense and I simply do not understand why anybody in this country is allowed to purchase and own a semi automatic assault rifle. These are weapons of war and they have no place in civilian life."

8. Stephen Colbert

“Naturally, we each ask ourselves what can you possible say in the face of this horror,” Colbert said. “Then sadly you realize you know what to say because it’s been said too many times before." He acknowledged our national complacency, the routine in place that composes the "national script" after a tragedy, and the fact that it never changes.

“I don’t know what to do,” Colbert explained, “But I do know that despair is a victory for hate. Hate wants us to be too weak to change anything. Now these people in Orlando were apparently targeted for who they love. And there have been outpourings of love throughout the country and around the world. Love in response to hate. Love does not despair. Love makes you strong. Love gives us the courage to act. Love gives us hope that change is possible. Love allows us to change the script. So love your country, love your family, love the families and the victims and the people of Orlando.”

James Corden picked up the rather well-known band Red Hot Chili Peppers for a casual Carpool Karaoke ride to work that involved wrestling and shirtless singing. But to get that far, you must suffer through Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, Josh Klinghoffer and Corden having a nice sing-along session to "Can't Stop."

Huh, RHCP have had a lot of good songs. And they're very good sports when it comes to hanging out with James Corden. Not everyone would be down to tackle Corden.

And an ever smaller selection of celebrities would willingly strip down in the car.

Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer were Debby Downers and didn't partake, but that's OK. Anthony Kiedis sharing stories about how Cher used to babysit him (go back to 12:18 right now if you didn't watch) more than makes up for their lack of participation.

While marriage is supposed to be forever, it doesn't often work out that way, as Hollywood celebrity couples have been reminding the world quite frequently this year. Sometimes with divorces, there's a slow, tortuous buildup to the end with enough drama and/or introspection to fill a few diaries cover to cover. Then there are those marriages where everything combusts in a moment, like it did in most of these 19 stories from variousRedditthreads.

Though these stories may threaten to dissolve your faith in love, remember couples like Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Warren Beatty and Annette Benning, who are still together, or other famous people whose personal lives you know nothing about. No news is usually good news when it comes to marriage.

1. Broiled was given lots of red flags.

Probably when I returned home and found all the furniture, food and my wife missing. Another hint was the empty bank account.

2. Then shouldn't cdc194 and his ex be going to hell for divorcing?

3. Buckaroo_Banzai_ just wanted a new shirt.

My wife put on 170 lbs over 10 years. I never said anything and supported her attempts at weight loss.

One day I was trying on an old Steelers jersey that didn't fit, because I had gained 15 lbs in 10 years. I said, "Well, i guess it's time to buy a bigger jersey." her response:

"We're not blowing money on a stupid jersey. You'll just have to lose weight."

Fucking

Done

4. Metyuadem saw the demise of two relationships at once. What a show.

5. Nobody likes taking the bus, but this person's ex could've kept that thought to herself.

On my 6th birthday I got a dog named Ace, an absolutely beautiful golden retriever chow mix that was my only friend throughout a very lonely elementary-middle school life.

My parents called me one day in July of 2009 while I was at work (I was stationed in my hometown after a few tours) telling me they were taking him to be put down because he was having some terrible medical problems and in pain. I asked my Top if I could go and he threw me out of the office, on the way towards my folks house I called my wife at work (DQ) crying hysterically about it. I told her that she will have to either take the bus home or have her mother take her. The bus was a straight route and would take 15 minutes, and her mom lived between her work and our house so it would be no hassle anyway.

Cut the story short, she starts screaming at me for caring more about a "stupid fucking dog" than her having to take the bus home, I hung up and that was it. I never kissed or hugged her again.

6. If Raven2002 wasn't that hurt by his friend, he needs better friends.

I came home early from work because of a migraine. Found him in bed with my best friend.

Oddly, I was more hurt by her behavior than his. Broomed them both that day.

7. GoingBackToKPax takes things literally.

8. This person's ex was very upfront about their opinions/forcing them on other people.

When he said 'okay, I won't force you into converting anymore, but I'm going to pressure you a little bit and talk a lot about my religion to you so that you'll accept the truth eventually'.

10. Molunkusmol delivered a great comeback on such short notice.

11. _Blood_Fart_ is familiar with the adventures of the sea.

After having sex, her lover would wipe his "nut" on my pillow.

Came home from work and laid right in it 2 times. She claimed I drooled in my sleep.

I know the taste of seamen, she could not fool me.

12. It'd be interesting to know how often 1angrydad consumes this fruit now.

Bananas.

We were grocery shopping, and I pick up a bunch of bananas and she immediately started in with "Why are you getting bananas?! You're not going to eat them, put them back! Right now!" Literally yelling at me and berating me in public for bananas. When we got back to the house, I told her I was done. One too many crazy episodes for me.

13. Shakeyjake discovered the power of writing.

14. It's shocking that noisycat's husband was shocked.

My husband informed me he was moving the girl he had been having an affair with into our house. He wasn't divorcing me - he fully expected I'd be passive enough to accept it. According to his friends and family, he was "shocked" I left.

15. Zinere could've ended up without the dog, which would've been worse.

When she dropped me off on a major highway in Florida with no cell, no money, my dog and a bag of clothes that is when I made the choice this woman's getting a divorce.

16. Was_creative_once shouldn't be so modest about his math skills.

17. Emodius and his ex had different ideas about work.

18. DidymusNoble doesn't understand the importance of cat food.

My dad left a passive aggressive note about not leaving a can of cat food in the fridge. My Mom confronted him about the tone of the note. A fight ensued, Dad tried to escape to his man cave, Mom made the mistake of barging in to continue the fight while he was trying to calm down, Dad erupted in 25 years worth of pent up rage.

A can of cat food...

19. It's unclear what WHATS_WITH planned to do with the one breast implant.

The day she showed up with a boob job and new boyfriend. I wanted to sue for the right one, but my lawyer didn't like that idea. I wanted my half!

Presumably he intended to do nothing fruitful with the fake boob.

A popular Facebook page called "Garlic Bread Memes" usually brings together those who love Internet humor and oily seasoned bread, but ever since they put up one controversial meme, the page is being accused of transphobia. Since the controversy began, the story has been covered by huge publications like BuzzFeed and The Washington Post, and you now have to deal with the fact that a Facebook page about garlic bread is being covered by the same people who cover politics and news. Oh garlic bread, you really are a complex carb.

Earlier this month, the above picture of two delicious looking pieces of garlic bread was uploaded to the Facebook group, which currently has 280,000 likes, with the caption, "If i had a slice of garlic bread for every existing gender."

Garlic bread, a usual crowd-pleaser for the gluten tolerant, is now proving itself a pretty controversial subject.

Those who don't believe in the gender binary were not happy that garlic bread made a political statement about gender because gender is a construct, and garlic bread is... garlic bread.

Yep, an all out war over gender identity has broken out on the comments section of Garlic Bread Memes. Although both sides of the argument showed up to throw down, The Washington Post did note that one side was particularly aggressive in the comments section.

Just look at any of the more than 2,000 comments that have been left on the macro: People on both sides — particularly the anti-trans side, who seem responsible for virtually all of the comments — are going absolutely berserk. They’re calling names; typing in all caps; launching into lengthy diatribes that misquote the scientific literature. Any commenter who questions the gender binary is promptly slapped with a hail of f-bombs and ad-hominems.

The Washington Post also states that the page is run by an Israeli high-schooler named Boaz, who knew that posting the image would be controversial, but was still surprised by the scale of the reaction. Being an 18-year-old, the complexities of gender identity and sexuality are pretty much lost on him, but like, wow, good job managing a page with so many followers. Maybe he should take some of his own advice and just remember:

We are all just garlic bread in the end.

There are a lot of things that are tearing us as a society apart. Don't let one of them be garlic bread, okay?

Meg Ireland is a mother of two and blogger at Shut Up Meg who gave birth to her youngest child over two-years-ago but has recently re-shared a photo of her pregnant self to inform mothers about porn. Writing on Instagram, Ireland wasn't talking about watching porn as a pregnant woman, but about how her picture was stolen and ended up on a preggophilia site, which is a thing you should probably not google. Unless you're on an incognito tab right now. Here's the picture that people are getting off on in a dark corner of the web.

Ireland wrote a kindly-worded diatribe to go with her photo, in which she explains how her pic and about 15 others came to be on a preggophilia site. As she describes, that's "a porn site for people who like pregnant women." Gag.

Ireland checked out the site (not for entertainment) and realized that the photos were coming from a variety of people.

When I was scrolling through this god awful site trying to find where this thread was, I saw some pretty fucked up shit. People who were uploading pictures of their wife to other users, brother in laws uploading pictures of their sister in laws and women uploading pictures of their work colleagues!!!

Those work colleagues are crossing so many personal boundaries.

Speaking against people who might blame Ireland, she pointed out that her Instagram was set to private at the time. But that wasn't even the issue for Ireland. "I didn't care that someone had screen shot my photo to show someone, it's was what they did with my photo that made me physically sick to my stomach." Yeah, this stuff is more nauseating than morning sickness.

Ireland was able to cheer up by the end of her post, saying, "Moral of the story, I totes want another bubba and a big Ol' belly like this again!"

A second moral of the story is that people get off to pregnant women. So many icky feelings. Why does the Internet do these things?

Jessie Maher of Canton, CT was just sitting in Target breastfeeding her baby on Monday when another customer became enraged that Maher dared use her breasts for their intended biological purpose in public. And in response, Maher did what everyone does during encounters like this nowadays—she pulled out her phone and started filming him, and posted it on Facebook.

According to Maher, the salty old man told her repeatedly that she was "f*cking disgusting" before she started recorded him. In the video, Maher tells the camear, "Because I'm feeding my baby, this man is going crazy. And I'm shaking." And later, "He wants a refund, because I'm breastfeeding my baby."

Dude was so upset that he demanded a full refund for whatever it was he bought (it definitely wasn't a bottle of chill pills).

The text accompanying her video reads:

Anybody know this asshole who verbally assaulted me in target this morning while I was breastfeeding my baby? (He's wearing an Avon shirt)
Before the video started rolling he looked at me and said (very angrily), "can't you do that somewhere else?... That's fucking disgusting.. You are nasty" (he said a few other things under his breath) I responded with, "I am feeding my baby, and I have the right to do it here...walk the fuck away..leave me the fuck alone" He responded with, (as he's walking closer and closer to me and getting louder) "you are fucking disgusting...you are fucking disgusting...you are fucking disgusting...you whore" he said a bunch more bullshit that I can not remember ....by this point EVERYONE came to my defense! Target staff and shoppers... Then I started rolling the camera....

Target's excellent breastfeeding policy has been praised by mom/breastfeeding advocates/nice humans before. According to Parenting, their employee handbook states:

Guests may openly breastfeed in our stores or ask where they can go to breastfeed their child. When this happens, remember these points:

Target's policy supports breastfeeding in any area of our stores, including our fitting rooms, even if others are waiting.

If you see a guest breastfeeding in our stores, do not approach her.

If she approaches and asks you for a location to breastfeed, offer the fitting room (do not offer the restroom as an option).

Remember, this is not a crime, nor is Maher being indecent in any way. In Connecticut (as in almost all of the United States), it is a woman's legal right to breastfeed her baby anywhere she is also allowed to be.

It's nice to see a bunch of young men actually being respectful towards a woman who is just trying to feed her dang child (sure, they're at work, so they HAVE to be, but still). Maybe some older men (AHEM) could learn something from that. Just kidding—that guy is not looking to learn anything.

The Stanford Swimmer rape case has opened a discussion on sexual assault and entitlement across the nation, and many different voices involved in the case are coming forward. After Judge Aaron Persky's notoriously lenient sentence, one of the jurors who convicted Turner of 3 felonies wrote an open letter to him, which was published by Palo Alto Weekly.

Although they maintained his anonymity, Weekly confirmed the identity of the juror, and that he was present at the trial. Maintaining that Turner is guilty without a doubt, he described how he had hoped the trial would stand as a deterrent for potential assailants in the future and make a statement about rape on campus. Instead, he insists that the mere slap on the wrist given to Turner might discourage future victims from reporting the crimes.

He opens:

To Judge Aaron Persky:

I was a juror in the Brock Turner trial. I have to be honest and say that I was not happy that I was selected for the jury given my work responsibilities, but once I was in the box, I took my civic responsibility very seriously.

Personally I have absolutely no doubt that Mr. Turner is guilty as charged and as convicted on all three counts. The predominantly male jury reached consensus of guilt on all three counts within two days of deliberation. In light of that quick and decisive finding, I was absolutely shocked and appalled when I heard on June 2 about the minimal sentence you announced that Mr. Turner would serve for this crime. After the guilty verdict I expected that this case would serve as a very strong deterrent to on-campus assaults but with the ridiculously lenient sentence that Brock Turner received, I am afraid that it makes a mockery of the whole trial and the ability of the justice system to protect victims of assault and rape. Clearly there are few to no consequences for a rapist even if they are caught in the act of assaulting a defenseless, unconscious person.

The juror explains how this was his first experience serving on a jury, and how he has quickly become disillusioned with the American criminal justice system.

I recently became an American citizen after being in the country for over 30 years. This was my first experience as a juror and frankly I am disappointed.

Although I wasn't in the court for the sentencing, you were reported as having said:

"A prison sentence would have a severe impact on him ... I think he will not be a danger to others."

Isn't that the point ... a sentence should have a severe impact on Mr. Turner just as the event for which he has never expressed sorrow or regret has had on Ms. Doe. Also, given Mr. Turner's complete lack of credibility, I certainly would not assume that he will not be of danger to others. Witnesses describe his predatory behavior both the evening of the assault and on at least one other previous occasion, which is evidence of a pattern of dangerous behavior.

He then calls out Judge Persky on his alleged bias.

It was also reported that you acknowledged the difficulty of trying to balance the jury's guilty verdict with your belief in the events as Mr. Turner described them. A jury of 12 people found Mr. Turner guilty of three charges, but you, despite the information that came to light during the trial and the subsequent sentencing memos filed by both sides, chose to disregard the jury's findings and other evidence and believe the defendant's self-serving version of events. And you disregarded the findings that he had lied about prior alcohol and drug use in high school. You chose to find the defendant credible on the basis of irrelevant character witness testimony; I find that impossible to understand.

During the sentencing, you said, "The trial is a search for the truth. It's an imperfect process. But after the trial all sides should accept the jury's findings." It seems to me that you really did not accept the jury's findings. We were unanimous in our finding of the defendant's guilt and our verdicts were marginalized based on your own personal opinion.

The juror reinforces to Judge Persky that crimes like Turner's occur every day, and he threw away an opportunity to help other victims beyond just Emily Doe.

You had to justify that there were "unusual circumstances" to give Mr. Turner less than the two year minimum sentence for his crime. But the unfortunate fact is, these circumstances are not unusual. Women like Ms. Doe suffer daily from similar crimes and I fear your sentence will make these victims less willing to report their attacks.

He concludes by reiterating what the prosecutor said on the day of sentencing: "The punishment does not fit the crime."

This punishment does not fit the crime. Mr. Turner, convicted of 3 felony counts of sexual assault, will serve 3 months in county jail since he is scheduled to be released on September 2. And Mr. Turner is going to appeal the verdict, which not only is a complete waste of tax payers' money but could mean, if he gets off, that he will not even have to register as a sex offender. How unjust would that outcome be, the slate wiped clean for a 3-count convicted sex offender?!

Justice has not been served in this case. The jury's verdict of guilt on all three felony counts of sexual assault was completely disregarded in an effort to spare the perpetrator a 'hardship'. What message does this send to Emily Doe, and indeed all victims of sexual assault and rape, especially those on college campuses? Your concern was for the impact on the assailant. I vehemently disagree, our concern should be for the victim.

Shame on you.

A Concerned Juror

Mic dropped.

In the wake of the Orlando gay nightclub shooting, hospitals issued an urgent request for blood donations for the victims. A Muslim man by the name of MahmoudElAwadi posted a picture on Facebook of himself donating blood on Sunday and the picture has since been shared over 175,000 times by Tuesday morning. The picture is just a photo of ElAwadi's arm during the blood-giving process, squeezing a rubber ball (no leeches). But the text is what's capturing people's attention.

-Yes my name is Mahmoud a proud Muslim American .
-Yes I donated blood even though I can't eat or drink anything cause I'm fasting in our holy month Ramadan just like hundreds of other Muslims who donated today here in Orlando .
-Yes I'm angry for what happened last night and all the innocent lives we lost .
-Yes I'm sad , frustrated and mad that a crazy guy claim to be a Muslim did that shameful act.
-Yes I witnessed the greatness of this country watching thousands of people standing in 92 degree sun waiting on their turn to donate blood even after they were told that the wait time is 5-7 hours .
-Yes this is the greatest nation on earth watching people from different a ages including kids volunteering to give water , juice , food , umbrellas , sun block. Also watching our old veterans coming to donate And next to them Muslim women in hijab carrying food and water to donors standing in line .
-Yes together we will stand against hate , terrorism , extremism and racism .
-Yes our blood all look the same so get out there and donate blood cause our fellow American citizens are injured and need our blood .

Yes our community in central Florida is heart broken but let's put our colors , religions , ethnicity , sexual orientation , political views all aside so we can UNITE against those who are trying to hurt us.

The massacre took place at gay club Pulse, on Latin night, during Orlando's Pride week. The gunman was a Muslim American who reportedly pledged allegiance to ISIS during a call to 911. In the wake of the shooting, people of all races and religions are coming together to help try to heal a devastated community (although gay men who've had sex with another man within the last 12 months are still prohibited from giving blood in Orlando).

The comments on ElAwadi's picture were mostly positive and full of love and respect.

Reddit user DrOttoDO isn't getting married anytime soon, but she still has something to celebrate—she's close to getting her medical degree. So she sent out this Save the Date to her friends and family instead:

A cute way to celebrate the completion of a lot of hard work, right? Not according to Reddit, where many of the commenters saw her as oh no a woman doctor!!!!"smug." Here's a sampling of some of the responses:

Based on this post, I predict you may be one of those residents who posts very inside-baseball humblebrags about your residency life. Stuff that is legitimately hard it ultimately makes you look pretty douchey to your non-Doctor friends ("omg I've been up for 25 hours and I still have 3 spinal taps left!" "OMG ICU consults at 4:57pm with only an MS-III with me?"). Don't be that resident. Really - don't.

That's neat. It's self aggrandizing in the guise of self deprecating.

I always feel that people who do this are completely desperate and emotionally destroyed. Or they think it's legitimately funny. Not sure which is worse.

And her 17 cats

I don't think you have to worry about anyone trying to marry you anytime soon.

Not a fan. I think most people would see this as horribly arrogant. Humility is important as a doctor

The future doctor replied:

It's a big accomplishment and I can be proud of it I think. People send out wedding save the dates all the time because they're excited about something in their lives. Because my excitement stems from getting a professional degree instead of marriage to a person, I can't celebrate publicly? Plus, it's meant to be a light-hearted joke in the first place (I mean seriously, I'm smiling at and kissing a picture frame on a Walmart save the date template....this is not meant to be serious.)

She added:

I figured the population that made Internet cats mainstream would appreciate the humor. Instead they just get offended and call you fat. Lesson learned.

Congratulations, Megan, on your graduation next year. Maybe you can put your medical knowledge to the test by surgically removing your critics' heads from their own asses.

On Monday, thousands of people joined Lady Gaga outside Los Angeles’ City Hall to pay their respects to the victims of the horrific Orlando shooting this weekend. Gaga, who is a long time supporter of the LGBTQ+ community, struggled to hold back tears as she delivered an emotional speech honoring the lives of those who were killed.

She finished her speech by saying, "Tomorrow I hope that we all race thoughtfully and loudly towards solutions. But tonight, and right now, Orlando, we are united with you. And we are here to remember." She then went on to read the names of some of the victims who lost their lives Sunday morning at a gay nightclub in Orlando.

"I hope you know that myself and so many are your allies. Not only me, but everyone here. We represent the compassion and the loyalty of millions of people around the world that believe in you," Gaga declared through her tears Monday evening. "You are not alone, you are not alone."

An epic standoff took place Saturday in Redford Township, Michican, and neither party had the fortitude to end it. On one side stood armed police and the Livonia special response team, ready to confront a man they believed had barricaded himself inside his home.

On the other side stood a house, completely empty and lacking any sentient capacity. But the cops didn't know that.

Despite the latter's clear advantage of being inanimate, police engaged in this ridiculous battle of wills for a full eleven hours.Click On Detroit reports that the authorities blocked off several nearby streets to prevent locals from becoming sucked into the fray. If anyone had the credentials to go up against a completely uninhabited house, it would be the professionals.

The man police were looking for had gotten into a domestic dispute with his wife of only six weeks, who had apparently just asked for a divorce. Police learned the argument got out of control and the couple went through a plate glass door. Police did not learn, however, that the husband had already left the house before they arrived. So outside they stood, sending in canister after canister of tear gas.

The house, of course, remained unresponsive, because it has no tear ducts or brain. This went on for eleven hours before police entered the home to find that no one was there.

Call it a wrap, boys. This house isn't gonna fold.

Your beach body is, by all accounts, the same body you'll have when summer ends. Unless you're a shape-shifting river monster, in which case you're probably comfortable at the beach regardless of your belly fat. So forget about all that—but don't go swimming anyway. There's stuff lurking in the water, and it wants to crawl up inside you.

1. Before you jump in the lake, make sure it's not full of leeches. This woman's vagina can attest.

My wife and I love to backpack and camp in the outdoors.

On this trip we found an isolated lake with a beautiful camp site in the Adirondaks. No one was around and we went for a swim. Then we decided to take our clothes off and swim some more..

We were in 5-6ft deep water swimming around naked when my wife suddenly shrieked. She felt a fish near her waist and got scared. I told her not to freak out - its not a shark.

Then she felt the fish again, this time it was closer to her 'private' area.

Then, all hell broke loose. Her eyes got as wide as saucers. She looked at me and said "GET IT OUT! GET IT OUT!"

I had no idea what the fuck to do..

She reached down and pulled out of her vagina whatever had swam in there. It broke apart in her vagina so when she brought her hand out of the water, there was blood and a brown piece of what looked like a fish. What kind of fish swims into vaginas???

We exited the water, put our clothes back on and tried to move on from the lake incident.

The next morning I went down to the water's edge and was just sitting there. Then I saw a few creatures swimming that looked like the fish -- there were leeches. Lots of leeches.

I didn't tell my wife about seeing the leeches until we got home and she could do a thorough cleaning.. Now we tell the story to select friends. It always brings good laughs.

2. Once you've assured yourself the water's leech-free, check for dinosaurs.

Who are the Gator Boys and why are the Gator Boys so flippant around alligators?

3. Getting high will not alleviate any of your swimming anxiety. From an unfortunate Reddit user:

Some friends and I were sitting at home - getting kinda stoned - when suddenly my friend comes up with the idea that we go to an indoor swimming pool. It's really weird since it's not something any of us have tried for ages, but what the heck, it's nearby, so here we go. We get there and start changing clothes. My three other friends get done and go to the pool, but I'm kinda slow, so I didn't get that far. I started changing, but felt a sudden urge to pee before i go in. I go to pee and when I'm done it feels like I've been gone forever, so I'm eager go there, and I look around for my friends. I stand there for a few seconds, looking at hordes of families and kids, but I finally spot them and start walking towards them. So when I got over there I go up on the diving board and look at my friends who are all laughing hysterically while looking at me. I don't know what the hell is going on until the lifeguard yells to me from the other side of the swimming pool. "HEY MAN - You have to wear swimming trunks". I look down at my little guy like: "what's up", then out at the swimming pool and approximately 50 random people checking me out (won't specify, but too many kids... way too many). So i cover my junk and start running out of there when I see the lifeguard pointing at the "no running" sign, ignoring him completely until i'm back in the mens room. I didn't go back in...

TL:DR Went naked in a swimming pool with lots of families and kids looking at me.

4. This could be faked, but British paper The Mirrorran this headline: "Angler claims to catch fish with his PENIS after swimming naked in the river."

Warning: the black censor bar can't quite keep up with his butt. Also, there's a fish stuck to his penis. So that's good enough to keep you out of the water for a few months.

5. A skinny dipper named ohmally shares a shameful tale that's just between her and her mom (and now everybody):

6. Lest the guys feel left out, here's a testicle-biting fish a father and son found in the insipid waters of New Jersey.

During the summer of 2015, a father-son duo caught a pacu fish in Swedes Lake, South Jersey. In South America, they apparently call this fish the "Nutcracker." Guess why! The NY Post speculates that someone let it into the Jersey waters after they grew tired of looking at in their aquarium. Or it bit off their testicles and they didn't want to kill it. Hard to say.

7. Also good to remember: the water is dangerous for non-testicle reasons. From Fremenking:

8. Erehgafsua knows it's especially dangerous for pooping reasons.

9. And here's a story from mjd312 that has everything to do with bodies and bikinis, but nothing to do with beach bodies.

So forget your body image anxiety. Life is all about the fear of much worse humiliation and bodily harm.