Have you seen the book though? It's like a hundred thousand pages long. I read it in paperback and it was (almost) thicker than it was tall

I totally agree - expand peoples’ definition of what a family is, and be accepting of families in all forms, but this viewpoint, where families are only a source of negativity, is bizarre.  People are social animals who thrive in supportive environments.  I don’t get this at all.  

I had been wondering what type of person would vote for Marianne Williamson for President.

You don’t have to abolish the traditional family in order to make non-traditional or chosen families acceptable.

“Discrimination and family-unfriendly policies are among the causes, but research has suggested another influence: “The returns to working long, inflexible hours have greatly increased” in this “winner-take-all economy.”

And technically correct is the best kind of correct!

babies are placed to sleep on their back on a flat surface without bedding or bumpers.

I mean, 1) five times out of 50-ish? elections is a 10% failure rate. Two of those times have been within the past 20 years and resulted in two of the worst presidents in American history.

That’s just not true. He endorsed Hillary at the 2016 Democratic Convention and then campaigned for Hillary on the road. It’s not fair to confuse the behavior of some Bernie-or-die supporters with the actions of the man himself.

The worst part of this story is the horrible lack of maternity leave in a supposedly First-World country. 

Holy shit, this comment should be enshrined in the “forest for the trees” hall of fame. How is his loss in the primaries relevant to anything whatsoever, considering how Hillary had control of basically the entire DNC? And you’re looking to “Hillarycare,” something she had implicitly disavowed by the time she ran, as…

Seriously it’s not my fault our heads are shaped like boxes.  It’s the fault of our superior brains, obviously.

There’s also never any dates attached to these stories, and when you go looking they are often at least a few years old but occasionally there will be one that happened in the 90s and the vaccine isn’t even used in that form anymore and yet still the story floats around.

I have a hard time believing that any assistant would think that saying, “You’re too fat to have a custom dress” would “cushion the blow” in this scenario in any way.

I always like to have a chance to post this:

This would be a small small drop in the budget, but if you’re so concerned with the deficit Mr. Ryan, we can roll back the Trump tax giveaway, reduce out of control defense spending, or maybe take some of the money we’re spending to keep children caged up in abandoned wal-marts?

I remember a writing teacher in high school telling us that the previous year for a poetry assignment someone had turned in “Dust in the Wind” (the Kansas song) as an original poem. They ended up getting expelled (from high school!) because they just doubled down and insisted that they had written it.

for those who can’t watch the video but want to know the story (@LslyChng)

No. This was DEFINITELY a reaction to the fact that the Honest Company has made serious inroads into their customer base, largely by selling cute diaper patterns and having an easy subscription system.

?? Kate McKinnon *IS* in the David S pumpkins sketch.