LA is a hard city! If possible, consider relocating. My husband and I had a combined 5-hour a day commute, never saw our friends, and were generally unhappy. We relocated to Minneapolis last summer and our lives are *so* much better here. We were looking for an city where everything was located nearby, the living…

Congrats on paying off your loans—that’s huge and really a hallmark day, at least it was for me. As for the rest of your post, I hope you can harness your discontent into some sort of energy for effecting change in your life. Everybody needs a purpose in life and I hope you can one day find yours. One lifeline that…

Hey, all—I’m heading to Paris in a few weeks (woot!) and I’m looking for some shoe recs. What can I wear that will support my feet as we walk, walk, walk but, like, look cute? I need lots and lot of arch support, if that helps.

Also, please remember that if you’re smoking pot, YOU’RE SMOKING! You should respect the space and people around you the same way as if you were smoking cigarettes. Thank you for listening to my TedTalk.

So my best friend told me last weekend she thought I might be depressed or at the very least am exhibiting signs of depression. I was pretty insistent that I’m just stressed out but I’ve been thinking about it a lot and honestly I think it’s more that I’m lonely. I’m more a people person than I admit sometimes and I…

“The War on Coal is Over,”

I feel like people who go on and on about “Free Britney” don’t really understand the nuances of mental illness and just think that other people are controlling her life and she has no agency. Maybe she is best able to live her life under a conservatorship and now with her dad being sick this is the best thing for her.…

So, um, please don’t die?

I have to admit, being called out for my “privilege” by someone advocating against social programs for the least among us was a new one.

Damn. That was extremely well said.

So, um, please don’t die? We’re a bit short on generous thinkers here....

Well, I hope you wring out every last drop of what you can before you get to the end of the line. Thanks for writing this. 

Normally, I do not reply to hate filled vitriol (especially the ones in the grays), but it’s Good Friday, so I am going to make an exception.

Right, the problem is Amazon, though obviously morally corrupt, is working within the framework of the laws in America. The independent contractor class of worker has been highly exploited and it’s the government’s job to close these loopholes. WWE wrestlers are somehow still independent contractors too, even though…

Yup, just NASCAR and Formula 1 etc.

Not to mention, while your taxes might go up 10%, you wouldn’t have to pay for health insurance any more.

id rather hunt than look at spreadsheets. when i kill ANYTHING in my office everyone gets so upset.

Word to the wise: very few people make decent money driving for a living.

In the 40s and 50s the top tax rate was 94% for income over $200,000 (about 2.4 million today). 70% for income over 10 million is not unreasonable by any stretch. If you make over 10 million a year you have more than enough money and are just fucking greedy. There is no reason for billionaires outside of greed and…

I looked into flex a year or so ago due to looking for a side hustle. After putting pen to paper it was immediately clear this was another highly exploitative Amazon practice and it was nearly impossible to turn a profit. The amazon subreddit for flex drivers is filled with discussion about how hard it is to get loads…

If only the government gave a fuck about the average strife of Americans.