The miserly Scot vs. the Miserly Jew stereotypes are quite similar. The Scotch thing has fallen out of prominence now, but at the time when Dicken’s was writing would have been very much in the fore of the social conscience. Here is a short article with actual ads that were run. Pretty interesting.

This is a hilarious comment, I would love for this to happen in real life. But I’m very sorry, the shitty pedantic in me has burst forth.... Technically Shkreli is not a Scrooge, because Scrooge was very much defined by hoarding and not spending money. He did not live in a huge house or enjoy the fame of being stupid…

This. Especially since exposure to porn and porn like things at a young age has been proven to seriously effect people as adults. I’m all about sex positive, scientifically accurate, open teaching of children about things. But that is a huge nooooooope. I started this article thinking I was going to get real pissed…

There is a series of measurements taken of various parts of the skeleton. There is a range for males and females. These ranges overlap, but when there is no other defining trait to specify the sex the measurements are taken en toto and used to determine sex. I’m assuming what they mean here is that all of the…

I’m not going to lie. I purposely do not do things, or mention them, because fuck that shit. I have avoided buying toilet paper for over a week waiting for someone else to notice and do something about it. I may be a bad person... oh well. Not my job.

This. My family doesn’t hug very much, especially not for greetings. When we do it’s hand on the shoulder, cheek kiss and out. My boyfriend’s mother thinks that I am broken in some way and every time I see her insists on a hug. I wish I could not resent her so very fucking much but it’s gotten to the point that I…

This is everything. And then the wildly successful new lesbian lover adopts the kids and puts Kimmie through school! It turns into a quirky family comedy about the housewife dealing with the added pressures of higher learning while still trying to be a good mom! And the high powered spouse having to take more…

Maybe the point of the show will be both women realizing that their guy is a douche and breaking free of him? And then the Julia Roberts character will take Kimmie under her wing and help her get through school! OOOOoooooo. Yis. I want this.

I am so scared that this is my role in my best friend’s life. We live together and I never want that to end, but sometimes I feel like she’s just waiting to find a dude to commit to so she can dump all of her friends and start a weird insular married-type life. It is so frightening.

I would kill for this movie.

AGREE! I watched it this morning and am stupid excited for a cute family sitcom? Which I don’t watch as a general rule? It’s so confusing!

This isn’t weird? My mom did prison ministry for a while and was never allowed an underwire when visiting any of them. There was a list that the prisons handed out that told you before hand not to wear them if you were going to visit. Why is this new?

I like the idea of Mr. and Ms. For everybody. I was just talking about how uncomfortable it makes me when people I don’t know well or like use my first name. For me first names indicate a certain level of intimacy that most children should not have with most adults. So yes to children using Mr. and Ms. until…

Not biologically. Doesn’t mean he didn’t act as her father.

Right? This exactly. Ya know, weird fucked up relationship things happen. And they are weird and fucked up, but they’ve been married for a long time so good on them. EXCEPT, he originally thought he could just hit and quit his daughter. NOOOOOOOOOOOPE.

It’s in the article. She faked through an entire college career as well.

I’m so fucking sick of this shit.

Same.

I beg to differ. I forget my phone at home all the time. Sometimes I go a full day without it.

Came here to say just this! She probably comes flying in at the end, trousers and all atop her war horse Penny and kills everybody! With a flag! And then she has tea.