I hear you on the student loan thing. If he is a college student with a part-time job, he definitely has loans. Yeesh.

I agree with this. Her presentation of self is just so darned confusing. She could totally do cute/sexy if that's what she wanted (which it clearly sorta is), but instead she does this odd mixture of cute/sexy, awkward, dumpy, confident, and insecure. I have always felt that it doesn't always work.

Yeah, I sort of agree. She clearly spend a ton of time in the gym and has a super-strict diet, both of which makes sense, as looking like that is closely tied to her business/personal brand. I think incentive is key here: she directly or indirectly financially benefits from being/looking super super fit. I could maybe…

Ha ha, keep on trollin' :)

My theory is that people without a lot of other interesting things happening in their lives crave the stimulation and excitement that these manufactured rituals create. I think that it also satisfies a competitive drive, to some extent.

I don't think incarceration is the solution.

Here goes. This is a terrible story, and these girls sound awful. However, I am disconcerted by the ever-expanding nature of the term "bullying" to cover an increasing array of infractions, as well as the ongoing efforts to create and enforce bullying legislation, often activated via social media surveillance. I am…

Not sure if you are trolling, but it is pretty clear that you don't know what you are talking about. Do you have any experience with children? If you did, it would be obvious to you that kids are exposed to mass media in a myriad of ways (school, peer groups, etc.) and the issue is more complex than your admonishment…

Sure, I take the point that the issue is larger and more complex than football, per se. My point, which I stand by, is that in small/failing towns football culture, cronyism, sexism/rape culture and reactionary thinking can tend to become enmeshed in ways that lead to incidents like Maryville. Macho-oriented…

Small town football culture is part of the problem, unfortunately. These folks no doubt have fantasies that these boys will become big football stars and lift them out of poverty, obscurity, etc.

This mentality is so destructive. Football culture and rape culture are deeply intertwined, and I'm glad, at least, that people are talking about/acknowledging it.

Other social pressures and situations besides parenting intervene and contribute to such influences.Please don't be so daft.

Exactly. This is heavy-duty stage/screen caliber makeup. Up close, she would look as if she were wearing a mask.

There is no way that this scenario would happen. Maintaining a makeup regimine like this would require hours of work every day, not to mention removal. Even looking at this woman up close would "give away" the extensive amount of cosmetics involved, forget 2-3 weeks. People are confusing a labor-intensive,…

This is really true. It is a status/ego thing, pure and simple.

This. There is a LOT of willful ignorance on this thread to the fact that people who choose not to gift could ALSO be greedy freeloaders. It happens.

Trust me, the people who would scoff at the offering of homemade bread as a gift will also not be inclined to appreciate the gift of a nice big bear hug, either.

(Another version of the poster you replied to here).

I think that Mexican-American is the nomenclature that you are looking for, in this case.

Almost all of these are horrible, but I would be inclined to forgive the "Kung Fu Master" one. It is clearly supposed to be Bruce Lee's character in Enter the Dragon, and I don't think that a costume (albeit an uncreative one) that pays homage to a particular character from a particular film is racist, or at least not…