Robin Williams' Widow, Susan Williams, recently gave her first interview since her husband's death. In the interview and following statements, she has revealed a lot of new information to help the public understand and contextualize his suicide.

Perhaps the most important takeaway from this new information concerns the fact that Robin didn't commit suicide because of addiction or depression, as the public believed:

It was not depression that killed Robin. Depression was one of let's call it 50 symptoms and it was a small one.

According to Susan, it was Lewy Body Dementia that ultimately killed him. Robin was diagnosed with Parkinson's before his death, but during his autopsy, doctors found out that the Parkinson's-like symptoms were actually because of LBD, a disease that "shares characteristics of both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease."

LBD made everyday life for him incredibly difficult. Among a plethora of symptoms, he suffered from "anxiety, delusions and impaired movement" After an incident in which Robin couldn't remember how he got a bloody gash on his head, Susan recalled that his state of wellness took a turn for the worse.

He was supposed to start living in an inpatient treatment facility and would've been "lucky" if he lived more than three more years. This was a "pivotal moment" for Robin, who chose to end his life before being hospitalized.

There is currently no cure for the disease.

Flying in an airplane used to be a novelty, and also fancy. Now we are numb to the amazingness of flight, and everyone is a slob. Here are the worst of the worst. (A special thanks to Passenger Shaming, which collect and exposes deplorable in-flight behavior to the delight and consternation of the Internet.)

1. Keep your shirt on.

2. His dentist loves him, everyone else hates him.

3. A row of one's own.

4. A fine mess.

5. Why so sleepy, sleepyhead?

6. Did you bring enough for the whole plane?

7. Be prepared for your next flight.

8. Somehow this is worse than a condom.

9. Hair it is.

10. It's healthier to sleep on your stomach.

11. Stickin' together.

12. Baby on board.

13. Which do you prefer…

14. Or a stranger's feet…

Adele, singer and aspirational retro eyeliner wearer, is on the cover of this months' Rolling Stone, sans eyeliner or any other makeup. She has a lot to say, including that yes, she knows her new album is called 25 even though she's now 27 but it's because that's the age she was when she started it, so can we all please move on? She also revealed the struggles she faced after giving birth to her son, about whom she's so secretive that she wouldn't even let the reporter describe his appearance (other than writing: "He is, for the record, quite cute").

Adele says that after her baby was born, her "chemicals were just hitting the fucking roof":

The direct sonic influence is hard to find, but one of the chief inspirations for 25 was Madonna's Ray of Light. "You know what I found so amazing about that record?" Adele says. "That's the record Madonna wrote after having her first child, and for me, it's her best. I was so all over the place after having a child, just because my chemicals were just hitting the fucking roof and shit like that." She felt detached from her artistic self. "I was just drifting away, and I couldn't find that many examples for myself where I was like, 'Fuck, they truly came back to themselves,' until someone was like, 'Well, obviously, Ray of Light.'" Adele listened to it over and over, and was particularly captivated by "Frozen." "I took that song as 'I've gotten my confidence to come and do me again.' "

From Chrissy Teigen opening up about her fertility struggles to Kim Kardashian penning essays about how much she hates being pregnant, this is truly the age of female celebrities getting real about the stressful shit that can happen when you have a baby. Also, Madonna's influence is timeless.

This uncanny photo of a man and his doppelgänger dad was posted by Imgur user Jschu2711 with the caption, "My friend and his dad dressed up as each other for Halloween...."  

At first glance you can't tell who's the real father. Neither looks profoundly disappointed that their son didn't go to law school. (Luckily there are captions.) The image has been viewed over a million times, delighting and baffling users, whose responses range from WTF to WDMDLMTM (Why doesn't my Dad love me this much?):

dougthenyell:

"I had to look at this for a solid 3 minutes before noticing the text and finally figuring out that this is suuuuper trippy"

Copper brat:

"Why is this so hard to wrap my mind around?"

Favri:

"I could look at this for hours and still feel exactly as confused as I do now,"

duckingautocucumber:

"My brain... My brain hurts." 

raptorium:

"How do they look the same age! Vampires!?"

parkur:

"This gives me a severe headache."

wessyfbaby:

"I wish I knew what my dad looked like so I could dress up like him." 

One thing's for sure, with a resemblance this strong, we don't need Maury to tell us, "Halloween Dad, you ARE the father!"

Donald Trump recently lost his lead in the polls to Ben Carson, so now he's employing Carson's tactics to catch up. The human embodiment of Godwin's Law, Carson loves bringing up Nazis. He recently said that if the Jews in Europe had owned guns in the 30s, the Holocaust never would have happened. What an insightful historiography! Trump wanted in on the World War II reminiscing, so he retweeted a meme that represents the Bush family as Nazis. He then deleted it, because tweeting and deleting is kind of his thing.

The ever-articulate, mature, and composed Trump is campaigning for president like a cyberbully, taking down an opponent with some poorly constructed memes that evoke racial stereotypes, from Nazi to Mariachi. 

He claims not to have noticed the swastika before he retweeted, because the most famous symbol of evil and totalitarianism doesn't really grab the eye. 

While this is something like the 873,984th time Trump has sought to insult Hispanics, it is only the second time he tweeted something that involved Nazis. He once accidentally used a stock photo of the SS to represent American patriotism, a kind of Freudian slip about what his America is all about.

He really needs to be more careful about his tweets. And to stop running for president.

The truth is out, and your suspicious are confirmed. Science has confirmed that the bearded men are more likely to be bad boys, using their facial hair as a mask of hostile masculinity. Even during Movember, beards make men more likely to be awful (and not just because they're full of poop).

An Australian study surveyed "500 men aged between 18 and 72 from India and the US," and "studied men with nine facial hairstyles varying in length - from light stubble to a heavy beard." The subjects first identified their amount of facial hair, and then answered a variety of questions about gender roles.

In the study, men with beards were more likely to express a hostile sexism, which for the study meant openly negative beliefs about women. "Benevolent sexism," a wee bit of an oxymoron, meant dudes who had positive, but still damaging generalizations about women. 

Sexism takes many forms:

The study suggests that men aren't sexist because they grow beards, but grow beards because they are sexist: "Facial hair may appeal to hostile sexist males because it maximizes facial masculinity and augments perceived dominance." Similar conclusions have been made of men with muscular, hyper-masculine physiques.

Another part of the research said that men with facial hair are more likely to cheat, steal, or get into fights. 

Happy Movember everybody! If he's a lumberjack, he's likely not okay. 

Earlier this year, a photo of a professor holding a baby that a mom had to bring to class went viral. Everyone was celebrating the fact that a man who is also a teacher would trouble himself to help with a fussy toddler when he had important knowledge to impart. Recent graduate Kimmy Lopez was like, "That's cute, I guess, but check out this," and shared a story about how she was helped through school by some devoted teachers:

It reads:

Teachers are the real MVP. To the left a photo, that has gone viral, of a professor holding a students child because he began to cry in class. To the right is my old teacher Mr. Guy of the Re-engagement Program in Springfield MA holding my 10 month old son while I was in class. I had no daycare for my son. I thought it would stop me from finishing school but once I told the administrator's my issue they told me to bring him to school with me. They set up a play pen in their office, brought toys and snacks for my baby, [and] he even took my son to run errands with him, all so that I could come to school every day, study peacefully and focus on my books so that I graduate with my class. Some teachers go all out for their students, they will do just about anything to help you succeed! #hugateacher#loveateacher #therealmvp #MVP #share "Teachers are your second parents".

Kimmy seems really excited that her own story has gone viral and her favorite teacher, Mr. Guy, made it to the news:

Anyone can hold a baby for a couple minutes. Providing childcare so a young woman can finally get her H.S. degree while also teaching is a real juggling act. And maybe something that should be the job of the state? Like, universal childcare or something? Bah, these overworked teacher stories are cuter.

A guy with Crohn's disease took to Facebook to bring attention to "invisible illnesses" after someone doubted the authenticity of his disability. Steve "Ste" Walker was at a hospital shop in Yorkshire, England when someone questioned him as to why he was there, since he looked "totally fine." Steven went home and posted about his frustration when people say things like this to him; living with Crohn's disease is incredibly taxing, despite the fact that it might not appear to be on the surface.

People are too quick to judge these days, just because I look normal and speak normal, that doesn't mean I don't have a major disability....to look at me I look like any normal guy my age, but that's because I want you to view me like that....look abit closer tho, or ask me questions, and you will soon realise that I have a major illness...
- I have a Hickman line, which is a line that comes out on my chest and rests in my heart. This is what is used to feed me on something called TPN as my stomach doesn't work correctly.
-I have a ryhlls tube down my nose and into my stomach to help drain it, because my stomach doesn't empty like a normal persons does.
-I have a scar that runs from the centre of my chest to the top of my pubic bone which is where I've been opened up 3 times in the last 2 years for major life saving surgeries.
-I have an ileostomy, or stoma as they are more commonly known, this is a section of small bowel that comes out of my abdomen which I then attach a stoma bag on to, to collect poo because inside my bowels it's full of chrohns disease, ulcers, strictures, fistulas, narrow sections, tumours etc.
-a normal person would have about 20foot of small bowel and 5foot of large bowel, due to all my surgeries I have 3foot of large bowel left and only 8foot of small bowel left. This cause major problems, short bowel syndrome (SBS) is one of them. This causes me to have a high output in my stoma which in turn dehydrates me, it also means I don't absorb nutrients from food (which is why I'm on TPN) and I don't absorb oral medications, liquids or tablets as all these are absorbed in the small bowel. 
-I have a section of bowel attached to my stomach because my duodenum is full of strictures and active disease so my stomach doesn't empty threw it. The loop of bowel I had joined to it (gastrojejunostomy) was meant to solve this problem but because my stomach hasn't worked in so long it won't start working again so that's why I use TPN.
-all my medication are IV and I give them threw my Hickman line, this means at least I can use medication to help me cope, but the downside to this is it has caused one of the arteries in my liver to clog up. My kidneys are also not in the best condition as I am dehydrated constantly.
-then there's the conditions that I have got because of crohns disease, things like osteoarthritis in my knees from prolonged steroid use, gastro-paresis from not using my stomach in so long, chronic pain syndrome, anxiety from spending all my time in hospital, these are to name but a few.
-it's not just these physical conditions I have to deal with and fight everyday, there is also a mental battle raging inside me all the time, not been able to eat a meal in 2 years, or only been at home for 4 weeks in the last 18months, been away from my family and friends, seeing what my illness does to them has a massive effect on my mental state of mind.

So the next time someone says to me "well you look perfectly fine, why are you using that disabled toilet, or parking in that disabled spot, your conning the system, your not disabled, you don't need that walking stick" just stop and think maybe I just want TO BE FINE or to feel normal, you don't no what I go threw on a daily basis and you have no right to judge me just on your perception of me that you can see because you don't no what goes on inside.....so stop and think before you speak, think about the struggle I've gone threw just to get out of bed and get dressed and tried to look 'normal'.....

Sorry for the super long post but I needed to rant

Among other things, Ste discusses the tubes, catheters, bags, and IVs he has to live with, as well as the multiple surgeries he's received. He also discusses the psychological effects such intensive medical treatment has on him, and the scars his treatments have left him with.

He then concludes the post with "Sorry for the super long post but I needed to rant." No need to apologize, Ste. Seriously. 

The story of Essena O'Neill, the social media star who has quit social media, struck a chord and generated a discussion about online personas and the very nature of happiness. Instagram-famous teenagers who have yet to denounce social media either felt personally insulted by Essena's assessment, or they just straight-up wanted the attention that comes with a reaction video to a viral story. With titles like "ESSENA O'NEILL Quitting Social Media Is A HOAX" and "ESSENA ONEILL IS FAKE," teens are waging a full-blown war.

The worst, most prominent video has to be from Los Angeles sisters Nina and Randa, who ranted for 15 minutes. It's a particularly obnoxious video, where Nina and Randa give Essena's video a kind of  Daily Show treatment in which they play clips and "fact-check" them like they're Fox News. 

They commented below their video:

Essena, this was mean what you did. You didn't just "quit" social media. You attacked other people by saying that they're fake and deceiving others. No YOU were fake and deceiving other people. It's not fair to say other people are doing that, and to use your trip to LA as evidence. You owe some apologies.

Nina and Randa's brother Willie didn't want to let this opportunity to get views go by, so he released his own video. He also has never heard of the apostrophe:

Anyone who watched or read about Essenas viral message about how and why she is 'quitting social media' has been duped and was LIED TO. Essena Oneill's 'movement' is not based on reality," he writes, "ESSENAS WHOLE MOVEMENT IS ABOUT NOT BEING FAKE BUT SHE IS BEING FAKE BECAUSE SHE IS LYING TO EVERYONE ABOUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WHILE SHE WAS HERE. PLEASE DO NOT BE DUPED BY ESSENAS LIES.

Essena jumped back in with a Vimeo video, inherently more dignified than YouTube, telling people to move on. But move on they do not.

The most philosophically informed response comes from British YouTuber Acacia Brinley. “This is what happens when you mix social media and creating a brand with your own life and your own personality. It’s hard to put yourself out there as a brand,” she explains, “You’re getting mixed up between modeling world and social media world... There's a right way to doing social media, and you weren't doing it right, and that's why you're unhappy."

Vegan YouTuber plvntstrong is skeptical of Essena's cleanse altogether: “She deleted a bunch of YouTube videos but she’s creating a website so she’s not really leaving social media, she’s just switching her platform and how she presents her information."

We'll see what becomes of Essena's site, Let's Be Game Changers, but in the meantime, the cultural commentator by the name of plvntstrong might just have a point. 

A guy named George Lawlor wrote an essay about how disgusted and insulted he was by the concept of "consent classes," which are designed to teach both men and women about what consent means as a way to prevent sexual violence. That essay went viral, in large part because George had the terrible idea that he should illustrate his nonsense with a picture of himself holding a sign that read: "This is not what a rapist looks like." The Internet had a field day with him:

In a follow-up withThe Tab, he talked about what being one of the world's most famous non-rapists has been like:

I didn’t expect a backlash on that scale. I expected a bit of negativity but only ad hominem in the comments section. Not the entire internet.

I think the picture was the thing that was most misunderstood. And, of course, you can recognize me from the picture.

It’s put my entire life on hold really – I’ve had to pause work and uni to deal with all of this. I’m trying to get back into my normal routine again but I still receive the odd message now and then.

Some people won’t talk to me anymore, others no longer want to be associated with me and going onto campus isn’t really a pleasant experience because people just go quiet as I walk past.

The problem is now, if you Google my name, it’s going to forever be linked with the word “rape” – regardless of whether or not you agree with me. It’s about perception. If I’m perceived to be something I’m not, that’s going to have a negative impact on my entire life.

This is all true. If you don't want to be the face of rape culture, don't put your face on a terrible message that is wrong on its very face. Rapists don't all look like cartoon Neanderthals (and to be fair to George, looking like a huge douche doesn't necessarily mean he is one). The Internet is written in ink. Some people, like George Lawlor, write their histories there by choice, but many do not. If you're embarking on a career as an inflammatory op-ed writer, consider his case.

An Indian woman posted about what it's like to wear a sari in 2015, and it's going viral. Preyansi Mani is a young woman living in India. She went out to the Hard Rock Café one night wearing a sari, and she received a lot of surprised reactions. People thought she had to be either be married or going out to a formal event. She was just wearing it because she likes it, though, and took to social media to tell people that wearing a sari isn't that big of a deal:

I was at Hard Rock Cafe yesterday wearing a saree and I was next to be peeled off from stares of males and females alike. Wonder if I committed a crime or what it was.  So I noticed this pic for a different reason... Gosh! How my generation has given up sarees!!! In my Mom's generation sarees were everywhere. From cycling to everyday chores to work to parties to colleges. It wasn't a biggie!

Now that I wear saree almost every day, often there is a remark- 'Are you going somewhere', 'Is there anything special today?', 'Is there any event'? 'Are you an Air-Hostess?' I get stared at from females and males in equal breadth.

The second one is even more funny- ' Oh so now you are married, that's why. 'You are as Indian as you can be.' Whatever that means as if Saree is a post-marriage phenomenon.

And then comes the bemoaning- 'Its so cumbersome', 'It's so time-consuming',' 'How do you manage it so well? ' 

All I want to say- wearing saree does not make one traditional, does not make one Indian, does not make one cool or uncool, does not make one married or unmarried. It is a graceful, sensual, comfortable piece of clothing that makes me feel beautiful, empowered and free and I am glad I am in love with it.

It is all about choice! ‪#‎Sari‬

Sorry that people were hating on your sari. 

Last week, Halle Berry and French actor Olivier Martinez announced that they are separating after two years of marriage. Considering Martinez's apparent anger problem and Berry's previously tumultuous love life, no one was surprised. And no one wanted to make a public spectacle out of it—except for two of Berry's previous ex-husbands. That's exactly what they wanted to do.

On Monday, Berry's first husband, MLB star David Justice, unloaded on the 49-year-old actress with an epic Twitter rant. Aimed principally at dismissing rumors that he abused her physically, Justice went way beyond that by insinuating that Berry's PR team deliberately smears the reputation of all of her exes, and that her physical injuries were caused by another celebrity she was involved with. He also strongly implied that person was Wesley Snipes. The whole rant was a real mess, and doesn't bear repeating. Here it is:

Just when everyone thought this dirty laundry couldn't get any dirtier, it got turned inside-out and thrown right back on. Berry's second husband, R&B singer Eric Benet, joined in to lend his support to Justice's ravings.

What does it mean? Is Halle Berry really this Machiavellian? Does she just have terrible taste in men? Or both? It's very difficult to decide whose side to take in this story. Isn't it a relief that it's not your problem? Go enjoy a smoothie or something.

This squirrel leaps off a high rise building in Toronto, Canada, and totally lives and walks away. What a badass. We know squirrels for many things on the Internet. Sometimes they enjoy milkshakes, some have their very own Instagram account, and some get dressed up in costumes by a college student because the future of higher education in America is doomed. These are all fun to watch, but this video is both fun and suspenseful.

The squirrel obviously gets a bit panicked when it climbs up a building and realizes it will be very difficult to climb down. Plus, as we all know with residential buildings in big cities, every window and balcony looks exactly the same. Basically, the squirrel was subjected to a maddening maze; every time it climbed higher, it was presented with more of same visual options, but never an exit. It finally decides to keep climbing, but stopped just short of the roof. Here it either lost its grip, engaged in an evolutionary reflex by assuming there were trees below, or gave up all hope when confronted with the grim reality of cookie-cutter urban living.

As we see in the video, it successfully stuck the landing and walked away, presumably with the help of those trees on the way down. It was a good five seconds before there were any trees, so that was truly a leap of faith. Proof once again that squirrels are far better at flying than they are swimming.