I've started doing the band-aid method with some of our things, but it really does sting. I'll feel better and more in control when this stuff is gone, but it's hard to say goodbye!

My parents are in a fixed income (and my brother has serious mental health problems and lives with them) so we've given them a lot of nice stuff that they'll use and enjoy. We're selling a fair amount of collectibles that will be going to someone else who really appreciates them. It is comforting, definitely.

These are really great ideas! I'm SUPER sentimental too, and I've tried to do something similar where I take a picture of the item, but it still creeps up.... I love the idea of a set container that it all has to fit into!

Parks had originally only gotten a half season that was later extended to a full one, so when that episode was written they thought it might be the end of the series.

That's a really good way of looking at it - these are things that other people will love and need.

My husband has been reading some of those - hopefully it'll rub off!

I think we're going to try Freecycle for some stuff.

We're super lucky that we have a month of overlap between our new lease starting and old one ending - I think we're going to try a theory like this during that time (move what we know we need, have a couple weeks to figure out what else we have to have). Thanks for the suggestion!

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?