Volume and speed.  When he wants to make something seem confusing he just reads it as fast as humanely possible.  

Yes, that is how it is being reported elsewhere.  She does mention that she didn’t know how to push back against the nudity requirements on GOT the first season also, but that quote is specifically about post-GOT projects.

Those are, for real, the worst.  I actually like Necco wafers, maybe because I am a New Englander.  

She admitted to some form of cutting as well.  

He has an incredible intensity that makes it easy to crush on from afar, but honestly sounds exhausting to live with.  

A week’s worth of meals?  It is more like a mortgage payment.  

I was going to say, I thought it was only pretty recently that airlines other than Jet Blue even installed seatback TVs.  Flying with young kids though, I really, really want those things.  

I think it is hard to tease out reporting vs. actual trends in suicide attempts. Maybe less so for actual completed suicides, but I don’t know. The father of my daughter’s friend just killed himself this week, and my daughter has anxiety and depression as an elementary school kid, so it all hits close to home.

I have wispy white curls, so different situation, but no matter how many times I tell a hair stylist that I never blow out my hair at home and to please not give me lots of choppy layers that are going to look ridiculous when I air dry my curls with no product, they don’t understand. I mean, I like getting a blow out…

Overall teen suicide rates are the highest they have been, and it is increasing across races and genders.  But what appears to be happening is that the rates of black teens, which have always been lower than for white teens, is ramping up.  

And all the Greek Orthodox kids I knew growing up celebrated Halloween.  

Move to the country where you can afford a guest bedroom and sneak up there every night around midnight.  That’s what I did after marriage...

I am a bit surprised because it is a term I have been familiar with for decades.  However, you are right that what compound words end up in the dictionary is a bit random.  Like Mexican-American is in there, but not Slovakian-American.  

Trauma experienced in childhood can impact you for your whole life, even with good therapy and support. It can rewire your brain.  I would imagine that trans people growing up suffer both internal and external trauma and that even a perfect transition is not going to magically fix that.  

I know fears of kidnapping are overblown and to blame with a lot of helicopter parenting nowadays, but I just can’t imagine the absolute terror and heartbreak her family is going through. 

It is like he thinks people are worked up by whatever Schiff said on the floor, as opposed to the actual transcript.  I personally have no idea what Schiff actually said while I am very familiar with the “rough” transcript.  

Yeah, he has always been controlling, and has always had bad taste.  

People liked Will, but I am not sure that they still do.

This hits close to home.  My daughter has been bullied the last two years at school, and our school supposedly has a huge focus on kindness, etc.  But it still is human nature and teachers and administrators will do anything to disbelieve an accusation that is going to cause a lot of conflict.  

I mean, high schools are hotbeds of gossip.  She mentions that there are a couple specific incidents she has in mind, and I am sure the boy who is being gossiped about knows who he is.  Of course, it is also very likely that he is guilty.