Am a 36 year old man with a mild hiatal hernia. Sometimes it hurts really damn bad after a large meal. If it were severe, I can see it causing someone to choose not to eat rather than feel that pain, but you are correct that he doesn’t have the look of most hiatal hernia folks.

The most bizarre part of this is when he said he started to smoke pot because of 9/11. Plus, he admitted he’s on xanax, which is being abused almost as much as opiates are these days. Something drug-related is going on here.

I am a nurse. I have cared for a few people who had hiatal.hernias who were also young. All but one was also obese. I am not sure that this all tracks.

They are tacky as fuck. The “Madonna and child” reference is not even remotely subtle and I don’t care how talented she is, her children are not the second coming of jeebus.

To me she looks smug as hell.

These photos are embarrassing, get over yourself.

Me too, I can mock about religion all day long, but I respect the virgin of Guadalupe, it means so much for millions of people.

More than inspiration, she is copying Mexican imagery:

So sick of the “qween” bullshit.

She should stop channelling the virgin of Guadalupe.

Agreed, it’s so self important. I just don’t get it.

Fuck it.

We can duck and cover in the corner together. I thought the pregnancy pics were a bit over the top but this is beyond.

These photos are embarrassing, get over yourself.

“ but dammit it sucks that all we can do is stew in our impotent rage.”

Every time I get caught up in how bad things are in the US right now, I find it far too easy to forget how there are so many places in the world that have it far, far worse. I am embarrassed that I have to be reminded of that from time to time. The absolute hopelessness that humans have to face is our greatest shame…

I was in a sexless marriage. You have no idea how it can chip away at your self esteem to have someone you love refuse physical connection.

Her husband was married to someone else when they started dating. IIRC there were stories about Amanda following him and his now ex across Europe so that she could be with him.