I think one of the realities of the business is that the retouchers make like 10% of what a really top-tier photographer makes, so it's simply not in Vogue's best interest to have the photographer fuss over getting the absolutely perfect shot.

yeah, I certainly wouldn't be happy to be the one to work out the details of it, I'm mostly just reacting to the broad strokes impression of, why does a degree that makes me qualified for pretty much nothing cost the same as a degree that comes with solid professional skills that set me up for an in-demand career.…

But the repayment program isn't a 10 year program, it's a 20 year program. So another quirk of it is that it actually screws you in the end because if you're making enough that you can pay your loan but it really hurts, you actually wind up paying more over the lifetime of the loan, because of all the compounding…

One way to help solve that would be to make tuition also tied to the market prospects of the degree. We do this to some extent with grad school, with medical or law degrees costing more, but in undergrad all undergraduate tuition is the same. I wonder what would happen if the cost of education was tied to the market…

Thank you, I was just scrolling down to say this. When I did more marketing and was editing photos on a daily basis, the big thing to look for was the shade of white. The goal of the retoucher is to get something the eye perceives as white (the background in this case) to be absolutely 100% colorless. If there is…

If I get notarized permission from my parents, would I be allowed to kill HIM?*

I'm pretty sure it's a crime to rape a PERSON. Or is your husband not a person?

I never knew that! And think it's pretty great. I was leaning towards, maybe countries shouldn't give money, staff, etc. just for screwing the leader… but at least if we're going to do it and make it an official support position, make it flexible so that someone more permanent and suitable can be appointed.

*raises hand* one of my coworkers had his wife leave him because she couldn't handle him being a workaholic.

And the worse decision you can possibly make is being born to poor people. Oh, wait… we don't get to choose that.

I was doing so well about running last summer… and then I got mugged like 3 blocks from my house. Haven't been for a run since. The idea of putting on headphones and running around the neighborhood by myself seems like the single stupidest idea on the planet to me right now. I'm hoping that feeling will fade, but I am…

I really dislike the word "lazy" in this context. Even if you were perfectly correct that the children in question don't get enough time doing physical activities led by mom or dad, that's a value judgement on the reasoning behind it that seems inappropriate. What about the parents who don't have the time and energy…

I wonder if his experience was made worse because he seemingly tried to respond to every single person? Swiftly blocking someone who gets creepy or simply not responding to someone who you don't get a great feeling from does a lot to keep that stuff in check, but it earns women a bad rep on those sites because we…

The breed may just be American Shorthair or something generic like that. But if it's the markings that caught your eye, they're tabbys. Some of them look more like classic tabbys, some more like mackerel tabbys.

right? If reincarnation is real, I want to come back as a housecat. MY housecat, specifically. Life would be so simple if we could just nap whenever we wanted, and our personalities could be defined by things like, "loves to play." I love to play, too, why is playtime not scheduled for me everyday?

oh no. Not Braithwaite?

Me too. It could have been interesting for *maybe* one episode worth (as a minor plot line, with another better one woven in). Then they strung it out over a couple, made it a big drama, and resuscitated it? Blergh.

I hated it when they did that on The Walking Dead (with Maggie's almost-rape being actually all about Glenn and his hurt manly feelings), and I don't expect to like it any better with british accents.

yes please, so I can just. stop. watching. if it does.

Depending on a number of factors like how long you've worked for your company, in some states you can go on short-term disability leave for that time, which would pay a portion of salary. But again, only some states allow this, and almost all of the maternity leave laws are contingent upon working for a company with…