I’m as left as they come yet I can understand why Spotify and others are reluctant to become gatekeepers. It’s one hell of a can of worms you’re asking them to open. Instead they’ve given us the consumer the power to not play. And now I won’t accidentally be giving artists I hate their .0016 cents.

I prefer this method to just a blanket ban. To many people, the songs that were made by these artists have a deep personal meaning to them. I, and many others, are more than capable of separating art from the artist and I don’t think anyone should be shamed for simply enjoying a song. If it isn’t something you…

I find that when adult children truly, truly have no regard for their parents or have chosen no contact with them, they have really, really damn good reasons for it. Think about it: no one on earth doesn’t want parents. It’s a recipe for doom from childhood and everyone pushes you into familial shit your whole life,…

both of you are assuming that the British economy works like the US’s, and that Harry’s lifestyle is similar to a rich American’s. I really don’t think they’re as similar as you think. Harry has been born and bred to be a diplomat representing a huge number of countries and cultures his entire life. He lives in a…

Thank you. I’ve been depressed for over two months and this damn day drawing near has just intensified everything.

counter-counterpoint: as a human that touches all kinds of dirty stuff throughout the day, possibly including your private area, just wash your hands. It takes a minute. It’s okay to clean your hands even if there’s not piss on them ;)

10/10 would still watch the Netflix wedding special if only to see if Antoni caters the reception by just placing 100 avocados on plates and calling it a day  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I will say I love Tom’s Twitter account regardless of his intentions or long game, here. It’s so clear he is an old man who has no intention of actually learning how to use Twitter but still tweets regardless. He’ll tweet like:

I’d also argue that Claire’s was double screwed, since not only are shopping habits changing overall, but teen hang-out habits are shifting. When I was a teen in the 90's, you went to the mall to hang out. You didn’t have a ton of money, but what you did have often went to the food court, music stores, and Claire’s…

Yep. ToysRUs had been profitable but not profitable enough so it couldn’t pay the debt load it was saddled with from being purchased.

It is really an insane practice that a company can be purchurcased and the debt from doing it goes to the company provided one has the ability and access to construct the mechanisms.…

My tween and all her friends started getting their ears pierced at around 10 years old or so. I took her to a tattoo/piercing parlor, right in our neighborhood, and it was an experience she will never forget. They have a koi pond and she got to feed the fish. The piercer was VERY stern with us, and made sure she was…

I’m the only person alive apparently who wishes my parents had gotten my ears pierced when I was a baby. I’m so scared of pain but I adore jewelry. (I did get them done later, and yes, it hurt like a mofo. People who say it doesn’t are liars.)

May I ask, what puts you off taking her to a parlour because it sounds like you have experience and so aren’t speaking out of misplaced fear or anything?

I am fascinating by the twisting thing. It’s like all our mothers drilled it into us that we had to twist or they’d grow into our ears or something! Even recently with a new piercing, I gave it a little twist in the shower just to make sure!

Take her where you feel comfortable but don’t rule that out. They’re not all how you think they’ll be and they’ll often state on their website their policy for piercing kids. I don’t know what American laws are but in the EU you have to be over a certain age before piercers will consider piercing even lobes unless you…

Nope, a gun can’t be sterilised fully. A gun is also much more of a traumatic wound so, respectfully, I don’t agree that it’s fine.

So I guess this is my chance to rant.

Ah yes, but imagine if you were an engineer and bad at those things, and it’s not part of your job... and yet because you’re female the rest of the office expects you to do these things anyway.

Being an office mom (or dad) does not protect your job.

Yep. Sesame Street was a great watch.