Oh the obesity thing makes sense.

I actually think this is surprising - you’d think that the stress of trying to afford living in an urban area would cut years off, but it’s the flyover states with a shorter lifespan? Did they do a comparison that takes out the early deaths from substance abuse? I wonder if the results would be the same...

Los Angeles is very high, considering this is a ranking of the Los Angeles metro area and not just the city of Los Angeles

It reads like it was written by Marnie

Wait - Facebook has a chronological option? How?

Girl please. You dated Seth Macfarlane.

They should add "think of the children!" to Godwin's Law

The third book was just a mess. It started OK enough, once you get over the tragedy that Darcy is (spoiler?) dead. Then the plots just go off the rails and it finally ties up with an ending that is somehow both out-of-left-field and totally predictable. And I 100% agree re: the character of Bridget - and it's…

At least it's not based on the third book

If anything, it should make our parents, who didn't buy us figure skating careers (that shit is prohibitively expensive - you're employing a full-time coach! Plus outfits, ice time, travel, etc.), feel like underachievers.

They brew and sell beer, too. That's got to be some points against Christian fundamentalism.

ugh this is shirt-guy-from-Mars-landing 2.0

I also love the level of special snowflakeness it takes to think your kid is unique for wanting to be a whale/dolphin trainer or marine biologist. That's a phase pretty much every kid goes through.

The real question here is, why would the other parents at Chilton allow the girl who transferred in, with presumably straight-As, from public school to be considered Valedictorian against their students who had only Chilton grades to compare?

Right? Like, back out gracefully and aim for a cameo as Loretta Lynn or something

“...I’d prefer to Eternal Sunshine my way into knowing even less." Oh man, if this ever becomes real technology, I'm opening a franchise and offering a "Kut the Kardashians" groupon.

Ugh, I hate him too. Like, he spent the entire season saying, “Look, the next Bachelorette is Caila, I know you all think that the producers will see how much people prefer Jojo and pick her instead, but you’re wrong, it’s Caila, I’m always right, etc.” and then that exact thing happens and he reports on it and now he…

I’m fairly certain Candace Cameron Bure will actually love that headline. There is a special level of smugness reserved for Good Christian Wives who have sex with their husbands all the time.

I read a fan theory that maybe there's some proof in Lyanna's grave under Winterfell

I assumed that the businesses themselves wouldn't be doing the "paid" part of paid maternity leave - rather, it would be a minor payroll tax on all employees and then you'd take your parental leave and receive checks from the government (like unemployment insurance). There'd be a set amount that you could receive.