Indeed. I really despair of how much injustice we are willing to accept as long as we don’t have to inconvenience ourselves too much. Money is not the cure for everything.

As a nonwhite, reading this really expanded my consciousness... about how white privilege can be dangerous. Wow. Thank goodness I don’t have to wear those kind of blinders.

More surprising. Someone has a thing for Kourtney Kardashian? Humph. Go figure.

Yeah. I remember a time when Subway was actually better than most sandwiches you could get in a nameless, faceless suburb. But something changed. Maybe they just got too big. Much like drug dealers, fast-food chains give you their best stuff to get you hooked on the first high, then you spend the rest of your life…

Eh. As Rock says, golf was boring as shit, too. And so was women’s tennis. Then you get a top black player or two and all of a sudden, it explodes.

I had a friend who came to the U.S. from China as a young girl. She said her first memory was that everything smelled and tasted like plastic.

And we dress our fat badly. Lived in Paris for a year. No one wore ill-fitting clothes. Even the lowliest worker had pants that fit, no sagging and not too tight. I don't know if they all had tailors hidden somewhere, but it is shocking how bad American clothes fit.

Was waiting for someone to say this very thing. The easiest way to ignore their existence is to, um, ignore their existence. Far from reclaiming your own power, this elaborate diss-invitation just shows them what power they still have to drive you over the edge. And believe me, narcissists get off on hate too. The…

I don't hold in farts ever - for anyone. It's not healthy.

Not to give McCarthy credit, but if she was trying to be snarky, that is some pretty good snark. Who brags about their virginity after middle school?

Exactly. I didn't grow up with that shit. My dad cooked, did laundry, vacuumed, whatever needed to be done. My mom did too. I don't even know how anyone would put up with someone not pulling their weight. That gets you thrown off the boat.

I have all these. How can I learn the skills that will really help me get ahead: Shamelessness, Narcissism, Avarice and Manipulation.

Really? I have never heard this. Why would this be true?

Right. And they've fucked with tomatoes so much, you have to pay like $10/lb for one of those heirloom varieties if you care about taste at all.

Webster was one of a number of orthographers who felt that English should look more, well, English and less French. He eventually became a strong advocate of dropping the "u" from words with -our endings and changing the -er ending to -re

I agree. Nothing wrong with saying arguments against vaccination are ridiculous, but the idea of shaming speech just rubs me the wrong way. Some tactics are just beneath intelligent, rational folks, even if they are winning tactics.

Or, "I'm not gonna say I told ya, but I told ya."

He was too busy walking to keep the one he had. I'm sure on the weekends what he really wanted to do was walk around looking for another job!

Exactly. Maybe some people are fooled by people like Noecker because they want to see the world in black and white: You're either with us or against us. If you're with us, you're all good. If you're against us, you're all bad. Sorry, doesn't work that way. People are a huge mix of good and bad parts. Keep your eyes…

Exactly. Feminist or no, he just sounds like a crazy fucker any woman should stay away from. He was anti-fluoridation too. Give me a break.