I spent some time in the northeast after living most of my life in Texas and some time Georgia. I had never heard so many people whisper “black” like it was a dirty word as when I was living amongst the boatshoe/sweater vest crowd in New England.

Exactly. I found the whole interaction deeply weird and strange. I think they are just so heavily indoctrinated and brainwashed by religion that they can’t see a bigger picture or even entertain the notion that anybody can, would or should look for guidance outside the King James version of the Bible. Idk, I spent the…

Yep. That seems to be the go to explanation for Christians who loathe Trump and know that he is fundamentally not a good human being, but mayyyyyybe the Lord is working through him so it mayyyyybe won’t be so bad because God has a plan (or something and who are we to question it yada yada yada). And I learned this…

I knew going back to my hometown at Christmas and hanging out with my ultra-evangelical boyfriend’s family was going to be a doozy but I told myself I would stay silent and be like Jane Goodall with the chimps and try to learn their culture and practices.

I really tried my hardest to go to that show live but in the end couldn’t swing it. God, I bet it was awesome.

I’m sure gender has a lot to do with how juveniles are treated in this sort of situation. A 16 year old boy yelling is just him growing up and becoming a man, asserting his independence, etc. A 16 year old girl yelling or even just talking back is perceived as a much bigger problem because she is deviating more from…

Twenty-five sucked hard for me. I was out of school long enough to feel like I should have my shit together but drowning in student loan debt and getting routinely shit on at my crappy thankless job that paid next to nothing (and then I got laid off from that which was just adding insult to injury). It’s tough age but…

I knew a person who bought herself a ring and changed her status to married to her long term boyfriend who was not on facebook. Made a photo album of the ring in various locations, changed her last name, talked about how wonderful married life was, her “hubby” etc then when people pressed for more information on the…

My grandmother explained that she wasn’t very close to my mother because my mother was a difficult baby thatcried when she picked her up and then after that just sort of gave up “trying to get close” to her. It’s my mom who apparently put the wedge in that relationship when she was 2 weeks old.

It was character building and how I learned to at least fake not giving a fuck.

I had a similiar situation when I suggested in a status update that changing one’s profile picture to a cartoon character actually didn’t do shit for stopping child abuse and suggested making a contribution to RAINN or a local CASA group instead. I thought that was an odd hill to die on, but yours is better.

Judging by my dad’s inability to dress appropriately for any occassion except the gym and his love of tanning beds despite multiple instances of melonoma, yeah, NPDs assume they are right and all-knowing about everything including fashion, taste, style and their personal appearance. Nobody can tell them otherwise.

My dad has been diagnosed with NPD and I have had some graduate level training in the DSM. Trump is like watching my father in action and at his worst if my dad had a worldwide stage and a fuckload of money. I have been saying it for 2 years now and people always seemed to shrug like its no big deal but its a really…

I got half way down the list and was just feeling thankful I haven’t had to go to any weddings lately because these trends sounded awful.

Oh definitely. I have a job I actually like, making three times more than I did when I lost my job and I am halfway to saving for a downpayment on a house. I hope 2017 is kinder to you too.

I was in a similiar situation in 2011 after I lost my job. Nobody knew because I was scrambling to keep up appearances while hustling for freelance gigs and looking for permanent employment.

Asked the remarkably stupid question of whether she’ll be able to balance a White House job with being a mother to her four children, Kellyanne Conway replied with an even more remarkable answer.

I honestly think the gun manufacturers prop up the conspiracies but not because they sincerely believe that the government/president/boogeyman is coming for their guns. They do it to drive up sales of both guns and ammo. Nutters rush out to “stock up” after a box of bullets doubles in price overnight. And instead of…

Agreed. I can’t remember a time in my childhood when there wasn’t a dog or cat (usually one of each) in our home. My little brother was very rambunctious and hyper and I remember my mom teaching him how to pet animals correctly. We had a sharpei/pit mix and a yippy chihuahua at the time. They were happy, well trained…

In my opinion, Weiner has less impulse control. He’s smarter than Trump and has actually had to suffer some consequences (not enough) for his piss poor behavior and yet still can’t manage to pretend to act like a decent human being. Trump acts like Trump and becomes president-elect. Weiner acts like Weiner and gets…