Yeah, this is the difference to me. I think the optimistic, fluffy tone is perfectly fine when you’re talking about skincare and fashion, but using that same tone when you’re writing about human rights violations seems flippant at best.

Oh my obsession is still there, though not as prominent. If I wasn’t godawful at most hard sciences, I would have studied marine biology in college.

I was wondering about the drinking thing too. I admittedly know very little about vasectomies specifically, but I can’t imagine alcohol being a good mix with any surgery.

Oh god, I didn’t realize how easily it could be read that way! Definitely not what I meant haha

I really like Charlize as an actor, but this does make her seem like kind of an ass. I generally kind of hate being approached by strangers, but it doesn’t take a lot of energy to say “Hi” back and go about your way.

As someone who had a bizarre shark obsession as a child, I mostly blame Jaws. But also, I think a lot of people tend to be fascinated by “scary” things. Tiny me thought sharks were cool cause they were like, simultaneously majestic and frigtehning, and always in the local news cause I grew up in a beach town.

It’s fucking maddening. I’m really critical of mass incarceration generally, but I don’t get how probation is going to prevent this creep from perving on other little girls.

I’m not a white person, but I’m sick of it too. Our attitude about crime in this country is so ass-backward and harmful.

I’m with you. Addiction doesn’t exist in a vacuum and programs that attempt to treat the problem with addressing the cause are inherently flawed. I’m glad they work for some people, but I know and so many people who continue to suffer because the only help they have access to really only offer single-issue, surface…

I thought of Kurt, too. I don’t think anyone ever really knew if his GI issues came before or after the heroin issues, but the combination of chronic pain and addiction can create a really awful cycle.

He’s four years older than I am and I saw him in concert when I was 8. So yeah, that was probably right around when he started touring.

Right?? Jesus what would they have done if an actual fat perosn showed up?

This is what I was wondering. A health crisis - especially one that makes eating painful - triggering an eating disorder makes a lot of sense to me. Plus ED and substance abuse issues are often comorbid.

I 100% buy the eating disorder thing, and while the circumstances seem weird, I could see a health issue triggering disordered eating in someone who struggles with body image/control/etc.

Yeah, some of the men in my family are rail thin, but they’ve been that way since childhood. I saw Aaron perform at a divey venue in my home town a few years ago. He was never chubby or buff, but he was probably a good 30 pounds heavier.

I have a couple of different GI issues that cause really similar symptoms, so I could totally see avoiding solid food. But you’re right, drinking hurts SO MUCH worse. I wonder if the DUI was for pot or xanax?

Yeah, that stood out to me too. Even if he’s self-medicating, there still seems to be a drug problem there.

I think this is a really good point. Intellectual ability doesn’t predict your ability to parent, IMO. My mother is incredibly smart; her IQ is in the 150s. But she was also emotionally and sometimes physically abusive to me for most of my childhood and 100% was not ready or equipped to be a parent.

I didn’t watch the series religiously, but the few cases I saw were women who carried their weight in their midsection (so no visible bump) or were told they couldn’t get pregnant (because of PCOS, severe endometriosis, Turner’s syndrome, etc.)

Eh, she could have just not put on much weight and had an irregular cycle. I mean, there was an entire TLC series about women not realizing they were pregnant until labor.