I think you’re being too rash in your judgement here. Some of them cover themselves with jam, taunting us.

That line is unforgivably fucked up. It leads right into the barricade. Yes, ideally, safety systems should detect the crash barrier. But a driver in thick fog, for instance, could easily follow that left line and not see that he was being guided straight into a barrier until too late.

Out there, on the internet somewhere, there’s a lengthy article written by a born and raised Brooklynite talking about their neighborhood being overrun with a scourge of bloggers from New Mexico.

Do Trump superfans have the requisite standards of integrity and consistency of record to act as gatekeepers like that? They strike me as having the attention span of gnats. If Hillary put on a MAGA hat tomorrow, they’d rewrite their last quarter-century of memories and claim she was breaking her Deep State…

I disagree on the basis of trying to convince my sibling that a tubal ligation was in her best interest while she was in her 2nd trimester with preeclampsia on baby number 3. She wouldn’t do it because she believed there was an increased risk of uterine cancer due to her menstrual flow being “trapped in there” by the…

I don’t understand the “scared of a tubal ligation” argument. She had a C-Section - THEY WERE ALREADY IN THERE. While your at it doc, snip it up. Jeezus.

Then you’re saying the problem is an essential human weakness — that if these people just did the correct things (as you do), there would be no more issues — but my point is that that is a reactionary position to take, because it denies the reality of their historical and economic circumstances.

I’m originally from Kentucky, and as much as it pains me to say this (because I so badly want my home state to be better than it is), you are absolutely spot-on.

It’s all fine and well to be pro-life, but when you’re on your seventh child by the time you’re in your mid-20s, and cannot afford to adequately care for even…

This is going to sound completely idiotic, but I’m terrible at math and never knew how easy it was to calculate that and I think you’ve changed my life??

Or divide the total by 5. That’s my go-to for tipping.

I usually round up, then move the decimal, then double it. So, my laziness results in over 20%. But, I’m okay with that.

It continues to bother me that any book would be marketed or considered to be as emblematic of the “feminist movement.” Half the world are women - how could any one book, any one story, embody us all? How could there possibly be ONE united “feminist” point of view?

I’m always looking at my work and thinking, What did I do, what did I not do, what does the book need? But as always, I tried to take this book in the various directions that felt right for it, rather than trying for balance, because it’s a novel and not a comprehensive social study. Something I did try to do…

C’mon out of the gray with you, youth. We in Gen X are big fans of Gen Z’s work, and sorry you got one of the shitty generation names like we did. (Pre-Boomers are called Invisibles or Silents, so we’re at least slightly ahead of that.)
Thanks for remembering we exist. We’re all rooting for you!
ETA: Oh shit, you said…

“Write about what you’re obsessed with.”

This novel sounds kind of terrible.

I feel the need to point that exact point every time someone trots out the whole “they’re putting their life on the line every day!” shtick. No one ever says that about electricians, roofers, or truck drivers.

I remember absolutely hating Ren and Stimpy when I was a kid. Even as a child I didn’t understand why it was on nickelodeon because I thought it was so gross and inappropriate for children. I used to get so mad when I would see it. Like what the hell are you doing nickelodeon.

Gather round children, and let an Old Lady tell you about how tampons used to work- they had sticks, and were basically like Tootsie Roll Pops in that regard. I remember them fondly, because they used way less packaging that way- just that skinny little stick instead of those bulky cardboard tubes. Also, they (IMHO)…

Fun story!