I have survived at least that long as a grey commenter. As I said earlier, it’s no longer as amusing as it once was. I was a real commenter for about two months, then they Kinja’d the place and gave preference to obnoxious male-identified commenters.

Perhaps. I suppose I shall simply give up commenting, then. Watching burner trolls become verified commenters to spew bile while I sit in the greys for literally years is no longer as amusing as it was.

“seeing her name in headlines again and again, as part of one person’s attempt to gain more attention for her personal cause, along with Harvey’s desperate attempt to vindicate himself, was devastating for her.”

Hazel, you are being quite conservative in your estimation of the cost of this collection. You know that someone who has 150 American Girl dolls has accessories - different shoes, tiaras, lunch pails, etc. She probably spent at least twice your estimate just on accessories. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

Gaga is a true talent who can actually sing, play killer piano, and write actual music. She is really underappreciated.

Sweet potatoes are high in salicylates, while white potatoes (minus the skin) have a negligible amount of salicylates. I am one of those people who are allergic to salicylates so I have given up the orange goodness. Glad you are enjoying them - they are tasty! I loved putting cubed SPs into a salad with barley and…

HR is NEVER your friend. The job of HR is to protect management. I know they SAY they will do an honest review of whatever is brought to them, but think about it. When have you ever heard of HR doing anything to protect those who are the victim of predators? Instead they help the predators hide the behavior and fire…

Or was the detective paid off by others? Even if the detective in question and his/her supervisors were utterly incompetent, why oh why would the city accept a contract with the union that prevents it from properly disciplining its officers? It’s an invitation to massive graft and corruption. I seriously doubt this…

So far into the grey this may never be seen ... So the chief just got up and said that the department utterly failed its most vulnerable citizens, but the PoPo negotiated such a tough contract that the City can’t do anything about it or to the people who wronged those citizens. Or even discuss what went wrong.

Nice smug universe you live in. You’ve forgotten to account for the rapacious greed of public and private companies who have taken an increasing amount of the worker’s paycheck without returning it in the form of real wage increases. Wages have been flat or negative for 20-30 years, and corporate profits have risen…

I am very happy for you! Babies can be a lot of fun. Save for college - seriously. And save more than you think you need (says the woman with a 4th year college student in a 5 year major.)

As for the part where you say there’s usually very little problem getting pregnant, barring other issues - well now, that’s…

Whites in 2016 made up 61.3% of the population. Blacks are at most 16% of the population (13% plus 2.6% biracial). So your chart shows that whites are killed by police at less than their percentage of the population and blacks are killed at higher percentages than their population numbers would otherwise justify. …

It was Corinne’s responsibility to understand the medications she takes. There are mandatory warnings on the bottle if you aren’t supposed to drink while using a medication. And the pharmacy prints out a small booklet’s worth of materials (at least Walgreen’s does) for every medication including side effects and…

Not meant to hit you while you are down ... LA doesn’t allow unfettered development along said fault line, and has actual earthquake codes that must be complied with. Here in San Francisco some parts were indeed built on landfill - most of the expensive homes in the Marina and the Financial District are landfill. …

My son is currently studying landscape architecture and planning. Yes indeed, non-permeable surfaces exacerbate flooding. Let’s put it this way: we had a flood in one portion of our desert home three years ago during a winter rainstorm. Why? Well, it was a big storm. And our yard has a slight slope, toward the…

Bingo! I am sure Steve had some important meeting in Vienna or Paris or something, and she just happened to be there too.

For someone who married into wealth and US citizenship, she’s awfully clear about how much she personally sacrifices for the country. I thought people didn’t get automatic visas and citizenship from marriage anymore. Silly me, that must be for poor folks.

Amen! At seven, I wouldn’t want my daughter training for the makeup Olympics either. If she wants to go there on her own, later, and she has the money to buy all the makeup she wants, then okay.

I agree, except that Cosby was pretty open and dropped massive clues as to what he was doing. For example, he had a famous routine in 1969 where he joked about using a “spanish fly” on girls to have sex without their consent. People actually laughed, but he was serious.

Not to ruin the Messing-bashing party, but there are allergies, and then there are sensitivities. I have a LOT of food sensitivities, and allergies. I am actually allergic to celery, and extremely sensitive to many other foods. Spinach doesn’t cause me to vomit but I shiver uncontrollably when it is in my food and…