Yeah - as a new local government reporter I was introduced to one council as “Better looking than the last one”... I later told him “I wasn’t hired for my looks so don’t underestimate my brain.” but I wish I’d been able to say something in the actual moment.

Yeah, I was about to share a couple stories as examples to that but part way through I was like “You know, no one needs examples of shitty people when we all know shitty people are alive and well.” Also, maybe if you are racist and know you’re racist, don’t admit it!

I’d love to see some of these stats for other countries. Some would be much worse than the US, but I’d like to see if anyone is doing better, and if they are then what are they doing differently? I’m not living in Canada (which I do not think would do any better - no matter what my many liberal friends may think) and…

Haha, I watch this probably every other week. I love it.

They are likely self taught - like me! I spent about a year when I was 15 avoiding photos, realized that was depressing because then there were no photos of me doing stuff, so decided to learn how to take a good picture. Slight head tilt, ideally be looking up at the camera a little, turn your body sideways if you…

Haha, yeah, this is similar to my answer: "I like kids, but I also like my time and I like my money."

Pfff... I have lots of friends who are "onlys" and they are fine! Well, one of them is a bit spoiled but I think that's more to do with growing up in the 1% than being an only child - and she does have excellent social skills. Probably better than mine! You can socialize kids just as well by having them in…

I only just found out that Seamless is for ordering food... maybe you should have said Just Eat, or called it Having Food Delivered for those of us who don't google things before we vote in arbitrary internet polls? Whatever. The fact that Attending Other People's Weddings is out and Memes is beating Twitter Fights…

When I first moved to Canada and saw him on TV I said something like "Who is that and whose couch is he wearing?" and was almost mobbed... Apparently he is a national treasure. I also think his voice sounds like Homer Simpson.

Yes! Do this! I have dual citizenship (thanks parents!) and it is awesome.

Or my grandfather's "I'm not racist. I worked with two Jamaicans and they were perfectly nice." This is a word for word quote. My Grandfather hadn't worked in at least 20 years.

The level of detail in this is unnecessary news-wise and imo does not meet the "public interest" measure, but "cruel to the family" is not a reason to leave something out of a news story. As a junior reporter at a daily I once wrote an article about a baby who died when the mother rolled on it, based on the coroner's…

I couldn't remember her name the other day and called her the "racist butter lady" and everyone knew who I meant. (Context: "It's not that big a deal, even that racist butter lady has her own cruise.")

Ketchup is America's main source of vitamin C. So... there's that I guess.

A 26 year old man child I worked with could not cook and did not eat vegetables. He lived on frozen everything - pizza, chicken nuggets, tater tots. He basically lived like toddlers wish they could. When I asked how that happened he said "My mother always did the cooking. She never asked for help, I think we would…

This is unlikely to escape the greys, but I picked up my boyfriend by writing my phone number on his shirt. It was a"graffiti" party where everyone got a white t shirt and we all drew on each other's shirts. I was drunk, he was sober, we talked a lot throughout the night. I saw him heading down the stairs and said…

Rachel Dratch addresses this in her (highly recommended) memoir - she says if you saw her on the street you would think she was average looking but in Hollywood she can only be a troll. This is one reason I love watching UK shows. People are allowed to look real. TV land isn't this weird magical place where no one has…

Well a care home is a social service... so I'm pretty sure they're already on top of the local options.

FYI the go to group pizza is pepperoni, green peppers and mushrooms. Not usually anyone's favourite, but most likely to have the least number of people hate it. Except vegetarians. Ugh. Always messing things up for the rest of us.

I don't think Aruinshire was judging - just saying that it's a difficult decision and their mother sometimes wonders about making a different one. I imagine that no matter which decision you made you would wonder if it was the right one.