First of all, if you can’t even manage to get the announcement right then I don’t know what right you think you have to ask people to reserve judgement or have faith in you to get the actual show right. This is a tiny spec in a great big deal of what they’re creating and they botched it horribly.

Wait, are you saying that black people have JOBS and, and DISPOSABLE INCOME, and do stuff like go to the movies instead of running around and shooting each other?

Where just outside of Austin? I live just outside of Austin and I have a car and I want to drive to see this with my own eyes.

Yeah I hope that means I’m just living in the right area...

Haven’t seen anything of the sort down here.

As a native Texan I can say I have never gotten that impression ?

It always make my skin crawl how many women, black women too, are willing to cape for him. There’s always at least one, “Well they knew what they were getting into” or “They’re old enough to make their choices” or “They can leave if they want, they just like the money/attention/whatever else” comment on every article.

I’m lily white, I kinda hate hippies, and I live in rural, deep-red ’Murka. I’m even a gun owner. Take it from me; you’re full of shit.

Predictions:

I love that they separate “get a manicure” and “get a pedicure” into two different items. It reminds me of how I over-itemize my work “to-do” list so I can check things off and feel like I am accomplishing something even if I’m not.

The great thing about it is, no matter what you feel like eating, it’s in there somewhere. So when your party of 6 can’t agree on a restaurant because someone wants pasta and someone wants meatloaf and someone else wants tacos ... well, there’s a reasonable facsimile thereof. And since no one could agree they all…

The nearby Wendys did this recently. They were closed for like, two months. All I could think about was that they could afford to be closed for that long and do this massive remodel, but they can’t afford to pay their employees a living wage. Plus, I think everyone got laid off, because who can afford to not work for…

The menu is so huge it gives me ordering anxiety (not sure that’s a thing but I have it).

Every single Cheesecake Factory in a major location has a 30-to-hour long wait for seating any night of the week.

I overstand.

*when Kimmy’s trying to buy pixie stix*

He’s fucking fabulous this season! Hush your face!!!

Yay! I hope that they are all blessed with the strength to overcome the trauma they’ve endured. Hope the remaining girls are freed

I wish someone was compiling all these stories and sending them to Shea Moisture so they can understand what “hair hate” really is and the real world ramifications for black women from school to work

My friend is a writer and my dumb questions are a rich source for a lot of her comedy material. In exchange she’s promised to set me up on a blind date with Frederick Douglass.