Yeah, I’m more than happy to get left out of this one. Besides, as someone who was DEEPLY invested in the Goth scene the 80s and 90s, I’m used to having my sense of style decried as stupid and irrelevant. And now that I’m An Old, I have zero fucks to give about how The Youths judge my wardrobe.

It’s not even original. Has she not seen Dressed to Kill?

Thanks. That was also the summer I learned that my mother was “going to Hell” because she was Catholic. This was how we discovered that it was an Evangelical camp... the brochures just made it look like an idyllic old-timey farm camp! And yet, despite these horrors, I loved the *idea* of camp, so my parents did their…

I got shipped off to a summer camp at age 8 where they had a policy that you ate with your cabin mates and no one was allowed to leave the table until everyone had cleaned their plate— and no one was allowed to help you clean it. One day, my eyes were bigger than my stomach, and we couldn’t leave the dining hall until…

YEP. I’ve been on 4 vacations with the same group of friends who always overpacked crap and forgot essentials. The last trip we went on, *I* was the one who forgot shampoo, and when I asked the gals if I could borrow someone’s, there was a long moment of silence before one of them admitted that they hadn’t bothered to…

Nailed it.

I was in college in NYC at the time and I felt the same way!!

Bieber, Britney, Elvis, Judy Garland and so many others pretty much have the same story: “Discovered” at a young age, pushed into stardom by overbearing parents/managers/studios, not much in the way of formal education, and an entourage of yes-men who cater to their every need and their worst impulses. Meanwhile, no…

Why do people who have a lot of money always have absolutely awful tattoos?! See also: Matt Damon, Lady Gaga, Biebs, et al.

I’m reading it as a tacit suggestion to her that if she doesn’t rat him out, he’ll pardon her.

And it’s always the boss mare who keeps the idiot geldings in line. Also a lesson for politics.

One of the last times I tripped was at a pagan festival with a good friend. It was really strong stuff, and by the time we peaked we... really could no longer speak english. We understood what people were saying to us, but could not formulate words to respond. But she and I were convinced we could completely…

Multiple people have drowned there. There’s a lot of underwater debris in that lake— downed trees and such. And the water is shockingly cold year-round. Even if she jumped in feet-first, she may have gotten caught up in debris and was unable to swim to the surface. Add the cold water temp and the odds are really…

And don’t forget that Ezra Miller supposedly choked a fan (on video) in Iceland last year.

Yes, many do. (cf.: Martha Stewart).  Sometimes they’re used for dressage, but gorgeous as they are, they really aren’t great riding horses! Especially not for beginners. 

I have family who have gotten squeezed out of Jackson because real estate prices have skyrocketed. They’re all the way out in Riverton now. I hadn’t visited in about 4 years and I went out to Lander for a funeral last year and Jackson had gone full-on resort town. I mean, I know it’s always been like that during ski…

Kind of a non-sequitor, yet not: this remains one of the best pieces of fanfic I’ve ever read, full-stop, and I will ship Mav/Iceman forever:

Eh, if he’s wearing giant lifts to assuage his Napoleon complex like our dear leader, they’re probably just right.

I didn’t either! My dad sent me a link to a video about it a couple of years ago, and I had no idea it had happened!

My Grandmother lived in Warren (I still have family there) and we’d always go there. I am terrified of heights and hated it. I think there’s a documentary about the collapse.