Nothing wrong with asking questions, but ask engaging questions, or say nice to see you and release them to go enjoy themselves.

Those were just examples germane to my nieces and nephews who I barely know, but know through parents that the family has traveled camping and nephew went on religious trip. I don't mean traveling to Europe, but most 17 year olds have taken a road trip or school trip. How about listening to them for a minute and…

Yikes, these replies are going to a bad place. Remember, when as Jezzies, we all united to shame commenters attacking young girls? This girl did something funny, that some people may find a bit rude, but obviously not intended as bitchy. The intent seems more eye-rolling, than world-hating. Even if she does have a…

Ok, but I became the relative who doesn't ask these questions. Why can't anyone else remember what is tedious and what isn't and come up with something else to say? How about "have you had the chance to travel much yet?" Or "Do you see a lot of live bands or concerts?" I've had great luck getting engaging…

They should really get a life. I've aged, gotten more boring, it doesn't make me pathetically involved in younger relatives' lives. I've watched many relatives (including mom) use this same line of self-pitying crap; if your life is so uninteresting, go out and do things! You can wear a diaper and ride a wheelchair to…

Awesomely bratty. As long as it's funny, it can be as snotty as fuck. Those are the rules. Gasp and fan yourself all you want, she wins.

This. Is why I've mostly STFU on the subject. Who the fuck cares what a white chick like me thinks? I only spoke up when friends in STL complained about being stuck in traffic or similarly nuisanced. Fuck you, people's rights and lives are at stake. Be fucking grateful you are where things are dynamic. The alternative…

Instead of gathering data on what percentage of people don't RSVP, which helps no one, how about polling wedding planners on what percentage of people showed up vs. number invited plus other metrics such as cost of wedding, age of couple, first, second, third wedding etc.? If a trend can be identified, (surely it's…

I used to have to walk 20 miles to school, uphill both ways, and racists threw rocks at me all the time. Kids today, complaining about hidden racism that leads to lack of opportunity, drugs, gangs, police brutality, overimprisonment, and death. No one throws rocks, so good enough.

Exactly! People are doing live theater every night in some city, somewhere. Just live broadcast that. From a reasonable angle or two.

Theater is meant to be projected to an audience out there, Hence the shouting and broad expressions. Anything adapted from theater to film or TV has to be radically changed to make makeup, movements, expressions, acting smaller, more intimate. Or, you can just do it like these telecasts and have people screaming and…

People seem moved by buffalo "winning", and I've seen many documentaries with similar life and death struggles. I just don't get why it's special when I can watch on NatGeo in HD. sorry.

Wat? Kitties lost dinner. Calf probably died anyway and eaten as carrion. Why imagine majesty in the everyday life of animals who just are? If your chicken dinner magically came back to life and ran away, would you be awed, or horrified and hungry? I do not understand fellow humans sometimes.

Yes, well, of course you are right. Thanks for the info! This is new to me! 2 theaters in my area and not at 10 am like the damn operas on Fathom.. Who can force down an opera before lunch?

Nooooooooooooooooo!

Why does children's theater have to be tortuous for adults? Disney manages to base an empire on appealing to everyone. But it is great fun to mock.

Tradition! Don't ever fuck with theater tradition. You WILL be eliminated. By Newsies with hatchets.

"I am drunk on wine and this is just the tackiest but somehow most hilarious thing ever"

shhhhh! No more live telecasts, ever! It is neither theater or TV, and transports you to another world as much as a Taco Bell burrito transports me to Mexico. Give me American Playhouse filmed theatre...please? Why did it have die so long ago? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_…