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Tag: Offensive Jokes

#1157: The Purple Dildo of Broken Friendship

November 12, 2018November 15, 2018 ~ JenniferP ~ 380 Comments

Dear Captain, A year ago I (she, 26) made a male friend (25) over OkCupid. We were both just looking for new people to hang out with, I was lonely after  moving to a new city, and also happy to make a male friend because all my other friends are female. We started hanging out pretty regularly, just … Continue reading #1157: The Purple Dildo of Broken Friendship

Reader question #89: Jewishness and Language

August 9, 2011August 12, 2018 ~ JenniferP ~ 28 Comments

Edited to Add: Looking back at this post from 2018, I thought we'd beaten them forever. I didn't know they'd be back. I'm sorry. Dear Cap'n, So, I'm alive because my seven year old grandmother had balls of steel. She was a Jew living in Berlin with her parents and brother and sister. When the Nazi officers … Continue reading Reader question #89: Jewishness and Language

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