I would guess that it comes from a few places...

To me, the “extreme” of any particular mindset is due to a cognitive block in understanding and accepting that at the end of the day, we have very little ability to control our lives. Society is a precarious thing, there are a lot of things we don’t understand, there are a lot of things we do understand and those…

I have to give credit to the Dr’s that were interviewed that they all seem to be approaching this with a reasonable point of view. They pretty much all said “sure people have been reaching out and we do what we can on telemedicine. No one is coming to the office and absolutely no procedures since that is unethical,…

I used to go to the office 3 days a week and I wore basic white lady make-up those days. I’m just really white so everything just looks washed out and flat without a little make-up. Now that I’m home full time, I am skipping the make-up most days. I also tend to leave my camera off most of time. The exception is I run…

I’m sure everyone’s experience is different, but I was reading this thinking “Huh... we don’t have that issue here”.  I live on Los Angeles.  My neighborhood is nice enough, but not particularly affluent.  I think it’s because pretty much everyone has a gardener around here.  We have mostly single family homes with…

You make a good point. Everyone has the right to mount a defense. It’s the same as when a mass shooter case is given a high profile (probably expensive lawyer) in a capital punishment case. Often you see blurbs in the news that the lawyer is asking for the trial to be moved, filing a “not guilty” plea, making…

I filed for divorce on a Friday afternoon in Mid-March (4 years ago now) with a plan to have Ex served about a week later. I have had thoughts about what would I have done if I had filed on Friday and Monday the order came down to shelter in place.  I had been working on the actual process since January essentially,…

I have also had the thought of “OMG - what if I was still with my Ex”. It would be a nightmare! For my ex I can envision that he would insist that he had to go to work and then hanging around the house getting drunk and complaining in racist terms about how stupid this all was and he shouldn’t have to suffer just…

I mean this guy - I know he’s lying because his lips are moving, but like how could any person believe this! I knew the shit was going to hit the fan when they CANCELLED CHINESE NEW YEAR! I know this slack jawed idiot doesn’t need to know nothing about no orientals (/s/), but that would be like America cancelling…

I switched to Fossil crossbody bags as my daily bag a few years back and they are great. They hit the sweet spot of what I call value. They are not inexpensive, but they are not high-end prices. Maybe $100 or so (can sometimes find lower at a discount store), but they last a long time. It’s also not so expensive that…

siggghhh - I know you are right. I can’t imagine going through life a combination of both so stupid and so devoid of like human caring. My ex-husband had a personality disorder and I can see him thinking like this. He knew the right things to say, but his actions were clear that he was devoid of empathy, caring or…

I mean - so much wrong, but he also misses that there are humans who suffer from non-COVID-19 conditions who require medical care on any given day. What about the small child having a seizure or the teenager having an asthma attack who cannot get treatment because of his fantasy that the olds are just quietly sitting…

I mean it’s horrible - but kinda what does she have to lose? True or not (and certainly I think there is plenty of truth there) she is forever linked with this guy. This is her best bet to land some cash and disappear quietly into some coastal town somewhere that doesn’t have an extradition treaty.  She’s got a heap…

I have a really interesting perspective because my team is spread out all over the country so I get updates from all over on the Teams Channel. Seattle is freaking the eff out - not over COVID, but over the fact that my coworkers small very whiny children are out of school until April 24 or something. North Caroline…

Well to be clear, it’s very much a “when in Rome” along with “be a reasonable human” kind of thing. I have friends from Singapore and Japan - I know when I go to their houses I will take off my shoes and plan accordingly in terms of tossing some slippers in my bag. When visiting Asian countries, you follow the lead of…

I am super flexible about this issue - but in my heart I agree with you. I’ve probably picked my outfit with an eye to how the shoes go with it. Some times the hem on my pants really works better with the heel of a boot. I may be wearing like footie shoe liners that are not comfortable to wear alone or no socks at…

This is true - I just threw a VERY low key baby shower. Sunday afternoon, guest count about 25, held at my home (so no renting an event space). I am already in possession of general entertaining equipment (so no need to rent tables/chairs/linens) and decided to be lazy and use plastic plates/forks (no dishes rental).…

Yeah I feel like she’s in fashion (e.g. nominally has a job) so everyone ignores that she is basically like Melania Trump or any other high profile trophy wife. She ignores the behavior as long as it is expedient for her, then she pleads ignorance when called out. I have no respect for people with this level of…

Someone mentioned in another comment that it would be interesting to break this apart by some sort of “ethnic” affiliation in terms of what constitutes an American wedding. I have attended easily over 100 weddings in my life and the most extravagant/spectacular/large weddings I recall were by a Chinese family and an…

I came here to say this... I make a little cheese sandwich inside of the sandwich.  I put in two slices of American and then sandwich something a bit more interesting in between.  You get an actual melty cheese situation with some nice flavor.  Also excellent on top of a sloppy joe.