Monday roundup

I mean to link to this a while ago, but the Ecuadorian embassy has had enough of one Mr. Assange.

The report continues in quite a critical manner as to Assange’s intrinsic “nature”, independent of his stressful situation, stating that his “evident anger” and “feelings of superiority” could cause stress to those around him — “especially the personnel who work in the embassy, mainly women”. 

I appreciate Dr. Nerdlove's treatise on how not to be an asshole in its own right--and for the choice examples--

"strictly speaking, babies are assholes [& don't know any better]. Cats are also assholes [& don't give a fuck]." http://t.co/yqnMNmEMtH

— Rose glow barberry (@rgbrb) September 15, 2015

But my conundrum is that, the column made me think of how my mom would love to go to McDonald's just to spite me, even when there were better options available. She would insist, because she knew it was unacceptable to me. The conundrum is that I'm trying really, really hard to focus on mom's more endearing side. But I keep getting distracted by memories of her lesser behaviors.

On the topic of children: John Oliver comes through as well:

I've never loved @iamjohnoliver more: children are "loud cesspools of bacteria with nothing interesting to say." http://t.co/46nyw5Yodz

— Rose glow barberry (@rgbrb) September 14, 2015

On the topic of forgiving your parents: "Fuck Feelings" says, 'whatever'.

Stop trying to forgive your bad parents, they advise. Jerks are capable of having as many kids as anyone else—at least until men’s rights conventions come equipped with free vasectomy booths. If you happen to be the child of a jerk, that's just another obstacle to overcome.

In fact, stop trying to free yourself of all anger and hate. In all likelihood you're doing a really awesome job, the Bennetts argue, despite all the shitty things that happen to you.