Agreed about Community. I was so excited they got renewed, but it's a very different show now. Sometimes still a funny show, but a different one.

I think this might be part of why the new system weirds me out. Obviously this system helps control spam and trolling, but I think there are a lot of casual commenters and new commenters who aren't being welcomed now. I always loved reading socials because so many new people, people who really need some support, and…

I totally understand being afraid that asserting yourself will lose you the new role, but if this goes bad on your watch the consequences will probably be worse. You got this opportunity because if your judgment and capabilities, so I wouldn't be afraid to exercise them!

I just started Mad Men this week - I'm not sure why I didn't start sooner!

I've seen a lot of great anti-troll-feeding advocacy and I like the idea of the commentariat having more say over what we see - I might just be uncomfortable because I fear change and I'm reading that discomfort into the comments.

Can any can anyone share some good tips for parting with old possessions? My my husband and I are moving to a new apartment after three years in our current one and I can't believe how much stuff we have. We've donated the things we know we don't need, but what's left is nice stuff we really like - but just have too…

I feel like it's weirdly confrontational. It might just be that mean-spirited and condescending comments often get the most replies and are easier to find now, but I feel like they were easier to ignore before and the conversation was livelier.

This reminds me of Catholic healthcare organizations that make providers take patients to a special floor that's technically owned by a different group in order to prescribe birth control, place IUDs, etc. The birth control is still dispensed, but not on their property.

I also picked money - and I love it. I feel like a jerk sometimes and I know everyone's encouraged to follow their "true passion," but I like my job and I love having the money to travel, buy nice things, have a lovely home, etc. I decided on the lifestyle I always wanted instead of the job I always wanted when I…

This was exactly my experience of being 11.

We tend to spoon. It's snuggly and economical in a small space!

Wait - kids get double beds as they get older? I was a senior in college before I had one, and my husband and I share one now. Are we the only tiny bed-havers in this crazy country of ours?

I'm inclined to agree that a trait common to many alcoholics is difficulty taking responsibility for our actions (I include myself and I've been sober for years) and that this brother is a mess, but you're still being really dickish and judgy. Plenty of crappy people are addicts, but even more are not.

Complicating the issue further is that drug/alcohol abuse can give you a lot of the symptoms of other mental health problems. I was misdiagnosed as bipolar (and borderline) when I first got sober - it turns out that fits of rage are being needy are common when you're drunk and depression is a pretty natural phase when…

Your week sounds super shitty. I particularly sympathize with your gallbladder pain (I'm in the middle of a work-up for it myself - horrible pain, nausea, cramping... good stuff) and the IRS hassles. My husband got a letter last fall telling him he owed $2700 from three years ago - he'd kept the certified mail receipt…

I'm 28 and I look 20. It sucks at work but I'm constantly hearing that I should be grateful. I take okay care of myself, but like you I worry that I'll wake up looking 70 one day soon.

And I try not to have bread more than once a day. We can all get along!

Ha!

You can gain tons of weight without eating bread and high-fiber bread is a very good, healthy choice for lots of people. And if bread makes me fat that doesn't mean I shouldn't eat it - most delicious things make me fat.

A particularly complex sort of spoiler often comes up when someone speculates - successfully - about a book/show/movie. Someone who knows the truth might be inclined to yell "SPOILER, YOU TURD," but that's the real spoiler - you've just confirmed that the other poster's guess was correct.