What I wouldn’t give to be a lesbian.

I was OK with Dean. Many of us have had a hot dumb boyfriend who was actually kind of great but just a bad match, because, dumb. I stopped watching during the Jess relationship because I wanted to kill everyone. That guy sucked, and I could not watch.

This seems actually useful. Thank you.

That is precisely it. I recall one time having a bad day and sort of blowing someone off when they were trying to get my attention (in a good way), and then it being gossip by like a half hour later.

You know, that’s an interesting point. Most of us will never be truly famous, but some of us may experience micro-fame, and it really is a strange thing.

Midnight diner is so soothing. Big recommend. Wish they had the Korean version though.

One of the total failures of US education is the lack of conversation (other than very basic mention in ancient history and mentions during European colonialization via the East India Co.) of the Indian sea trade routes, which stretch from N. China to the Levant, with stops along the African coast, along India, and…

I was thinking this too, though the last shot eclipses that last line.

I would go ahead and generalize avoiding “Is that decaf?” to basically not commenting on anything a pregnant woman is ingesting, including alcohol, unless she’s getting blitzed.

I feel like Gattaca and Talented Mr. Ripley were two sides of the same coin. Extremely pretty actors in movies about chasing alternative realities by stealing a persona, featuring (but not starring) Jude Law as The Most Beautiful (But Fucked-Up) Boy. With a complicating murder that breaks down the ruse.

I have a lot of friends who are younger ish academics.

Thank you.

You and me. It’s probably not fair, but I absolutely blame him for all of Mindy’s shitty male leads. Like, I’m watching s2 of Never Have I Ever (which is mostly good!) and every time Ben Gross opens his mouth, I hear BJ Novak’s voice, saying something very 90s edgelord.

Odds that he knows he did something illegal and someone told him to cut and run? Pretty high, I’d say.

Mostly same, though I also include the yolk. It’s not as good as pan methods, but it’s not rubbery either.

I agree with you, my kids were vaccinated on a normal schedule, but I also think there’s a big difference between people who won’t vaccinate at all or won’t get some of the major ones compared to people who vaccinate slowly. (I don’t include the covid vax here, because we currently have widespread community spread and…

Reading this list, I was like, “Does anyone really say “Doggy dog???”

I think the list makes the point that using incorrect language can present credibility problems. It probably shouldn’t, but it does. I recognize that the distinction is largely a matter of class, race, region, and education.

She is not anti-vax, at least not recently. Her kids were vaccinated, albeit on a slower schedule, which was popular around the time she had kids (I know this because we had kids around the same time). The theory was that vaccines are safe, but that kids tend to get massive amounts of vaccine in one sitting. Some…

In some ways MSNBC and CNN are worse. Fox viewers are the extreme weirdos that have always been with us. Fox has radicalized them somewhat, but their viewers were always a weird racist sexist authoritarian death cult. Fox viewers know they’re signing up for Right propaganda, and they’re glad it’s that way.