class User < Person devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable, :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable def comment(text, options = {}) raise "Comment on what, motherfucker?" unless options[:on] c = Comment.new(:person_id => self.id, :text => text, :post => options[:on]) if c.save if mine?(c.post) c.push_to(c.post.friends_with_permissions) # should return plucky query else c.push_to([c.post.person]) end true end false end validates_presence_of :profile before_validation :do_bad_things def do_bad_things self.password_confirmation = self.password end def mine?(post) self == post.person end end