@ Susan P. Knight  I cannot help but feel that concerns you seek to raise in your above statement are completely unfounded. Every single criterion you listed as being the result of recent cultural advances has been an issue for mankind for centuries.  Syphilis has been well documented since Columbus returned from the Americas (he is also believed to have died from complications of this STI). Unwanted pregnancies have always been listed a common problem since the beginning of recorded history. The first ever record of an abortion comes from an Egyptian papyrus dated to 1550 BCE, while most every great civilization of the ancient world had some form of contraceptive aimed at preventing all of these undesired pregnancies “due to promiscuity.” Undoubtedly many of these unwanted babies were caused by the rampant practice of prostitution which was legalized by the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Chinese. Prostitution was even listed on the oldest known record of professions, a Sumerian text dated to 2400 BCE. Opiate addiction has been cited in historical documents as far back as the 15th century.
As for the “shockingly inconsiderate behavior towards others,” …can we please take a moment to remember that until 1865 the United States practiced slavery. Slavery. I would say that rates pretty high on the inconsiderate behavior scale. See also: the Vikings, Attila the Hun, Caligula, the Spanish Inquisition, and the historical Indian caste system.  Please, do not make the mistake of thinking that everything that is wrong today is because of recent technological/social/political developments. Our ancient ancestors faced these same problems. If anything, the overwhelming majority of these social issues have been reduced thanks to advances in scientific research and education.

The protester has on a black sweatshirt that is being pulled up over his head. His body is angled upwards towards the police officer. No photoshop.

Agreed, not all of the clips were from this year, but still a good selection.  THE NOISE!

…Going to have to vote “No” on this one.

I was under the impression that the main reason they agreed to their reality show because they couldn’t support their children. While else would this hyper conservative family who does not even allow their children to watch almost any TV agree to be the center of a national televised program if not because they had to?

Perhaps the security officer who was telling the other employees to “search every bag” thought this was some elaborate scheme to steal equipment…?

@killerkoala did you fully read the link you sent? It describes the grunting as having no actually scientific support, saying that any “bracing effect” it may have can be achieved without making any sound. It also says it is typically used as more of a strategy to psych out the other player. The closing statement is literally “It’s just getting over the top.”

I am so sick of female tennis players grunting everytime their racket touches the ball. You don’t hear any other athletes making such consistently obnoxious sounds no matter how strenuous their sport may be.

While she obviously tried to play her comment off as a joke with the cringe-inducing fake laughter and the “shoot him…” bit, her initial indignation seems very, very real. She is so thrown off by the coughing that she breaks from her cliche monologue about how “magical” it was to recycle the same old S&M shitshow theme with her utterly exhausted octave jumping tricks to create her latest album. She wasn’t being humorous, she was being the quintessential egotistical pop culture celebrity. Maybe Chrisitina should be less concerened with connecting to us “musically in [our] world,” and try a little harder to see beyond her own ego and reconnect with the real world.