435, and I knew all the members of my similarly-sized master’s program after 2 years, at least on sight.

Oh, I’ve held onto much smaller grudges for much longer than 12 years.

Ugh. Because she says whatever is convenient to craft the image she wants put out in the world? That’s why she would say it. Not sure why it doesn’t get pointed out more, except that celebrity interviews aren’t generally hard-hitting.

Oh, thank god. I thought I was the only one. This shit has me so angry. The most accomplished woman of her generation is running against a narcissistic unserious clown, and it’s coming down to the wire, and the whole thing has me just gnashing my teeth in rage.

I would say I WAS that friend— I had some friends post-20s who I was very close to but didn’t live with...I had a key to their place and I just kind of wandered by whenever. If it was dinner time, dinner might happen.

Right— just like Richard Sherman, in showing a bit of confidence and bravado, was completely dragged. Gotta shut people up!

I wouldn’t even need the medal.

Werd. Mine’s Nov 6, and I’ve gotten some real ugly electoral gifts before, but none would be worse.

I was four years old the first time adult men whistled at me, and five when a family friend touched me inappropriately. So unfortunately girls learn quite early to be scared of men. As they say, “Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them.” That fear leads to attempts to de-escalate…

Love it!

Right? It’s like he was forcefully correcting someone who misunderstood him AGAIN. Quite a trick.

My mother-in-law is the same way— always constantly amazed that my husband actually cooks, does laundry, washes dishes, etc. Because basically, she didn’t raise him that way. I’m not sure where it comes from, either, but I’ll take it!

No, I think he got to do the fun daddy-play stuff, just any feeding, clothing, cleaning, etc, was all to be borne by her.

I’ve always loved this video. The smug look he gives Michelle is everything.

My friend’s husband said this. He didn’t want kids, she did, so he said they could have them as long as she agreed to do all the childcare and never bother him with any of it. I thought he was an asshole, but hey, she wanted kids.

Yes, that’s what I was trying to say, but I also couldn’t remember how to represent it. =)

I think she was making an analogy— chest::insanity, face::functionality. Lot of one set, little of the other. I’m picturing it delivered with hand gestures that would have made it more clear.

I’m down with this. I lived in London during the Troubles, and the papers and news shows there barely mentioned the many bomb threats and actual bombs. It was all very “You will not be fucking up our lives, thank you very much.” I was in a class when someone came in to tell us there was a bomb threat across the street…

I’ll bet they did a test not-live first so as not to get any unpleasant surprises.

No, totally correct. Margaret sucks.