It’s funny but my parents are the same. I’m not a democrat the same easy you aren’t (more liberal) and that seems to oddly be a consolation to then. My mom is the same kind of republican: taxes and because her dad was. She also likes Donald and I cannot fathom the why of it.
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She is wrong about a lot of things, but she is not wrong about their faces being weird. We’ve talked about it a lot. She thinks they are fraternal twins passing as identical and got plastic surgery to look more alike. That said, we both love their show and have watched innumerable hours of it.
Her motivation has always been exactly one thing - taxes. She’s not religious, she’s against the death penalty, she’s not a hawk, etc etc. This actually makes them outliers in their area, a deeply red, deeply religious county/state. She’s kind of a go-with-the-flow sort of person. She and my dad are middle-class…
“She also said that Ted Cruz “looks like there’s something wrong with his face, like a Property Brother.””
Just yesterday I had to reassure my Republican mother that Trump will never, ever get the nomination. She also said that Ted Cruz “looks like there’s something wrong with his face, like a Property Brother.”
She’s the kind of conservative who would align with Clinton on probably 70% of the issues, but she voted for…
How did we get so far apart? I listen to Trump and see a joke of a human being. My mom listens to him and hears “savior”. wtf? How can this be? My mom and I like and dislike the same people around us. We like the same shoes. We like the same movies. We don’t even try. It embarasses us once in a while. I have this same…
NOBODY ASKED YOU ABOUT YOUR VOICE BONER
I LOVED that segment. He showed how obviously sexist the whole conversation is. I think anytime someone brings this stupid subject up, we should just link to that episode and walk away.
Vocal fry is just the latest bullshit reason to be down on women’s voices. Forty years in broadcasting - and if I had a dime for every time some useless consultant (or other entitled male douchenozzle) said something negative regarding the public not “liking” women’s voices...
Leave it to Naomi to end up being part of the problem. In Terri Gross’s recent conversation with a vocal coach and a linguist, the latter rightly pointed out that posh English men have been frying the fuck out of their words forever and no one seems to mind. First time that occurred to me.
Definitely listen to the fresh air episode on this topic, and the this american life segment:
oh no, he called it out. Like the whole piece was “hey youse guyse writing TAL to complain about the vocal fry of our female hosts and contributors: I, Ira Glass, your lord and king, regularly use it, so you’re obviously a bunch of sexist fucks.” It was pretty great.
Women! You’re leaking, aging, hairy, overweight, and everything hurts. And your children’s clothes are filthy. And your voice is wrong. For God’s sake, sort yourself out!
Yes! I love how vocal fry is teh worst thing ever and omg ruining the millenials when women do it... but A-OK and “distinguished” and “distinctive” when men do it. (Joining you in giving Ira Glass some verrrry strong side-eye on this...)
I was so glad that they treated it like the bullshit gender bias issue that it is. You know who has peak vocal fry? IRA FUCKING GLASS. SIT DOWN, SIR.
They were all over this on This American Life earlier this year, so it’s kindof old news...
I love Warren Buffett. He’s proof you can be a billionaire and not be an amoral, right-wing asshole.
Warren Buffet, and several of the other VERY liberal original Berkshire investors, are definitely one of the best reasons for Omaha to be proud. (The idiot governor, mayor and most if the congressional delegation are doing their best to shame the city back to neutral.) Buffet and friends have established quality free…
I find Warren Buffett eminently likeable. For real. I mean, sure he’s not perfect but he hits many of my “good dude” notes in both business and philanthropic arenas.
hehehehehe i love that image! I’m going to get it made into a spare wheel cover!