Funerals cost money - lots of money - and most young people don’t have life insurance to cover it. So it falls upon the parents/close relatives to pay for it.

What about Chris Hardwick, the Nerdist himself? He’s my King of the Nerds <3

same here, friend

She said she had frequent seizures since childhood, and they were unable to find a prescription that worked for her. Her sister tipped us to her lying - because if the girl who grew up with her had no idea what we were talking about, there was a problem - and we did confirm it with her, yes.

As someone who has lost three close family members to cancer (use sunscreen and don’t smoke, kids), I think she should be forced to work in a cancer ward to see just what exactly she was trying to emulate and what the friends and family of the patient goes through when they think their loved one has terminal cancer.…

Yep! ‘boy who cried wolf’ scenario to a T

Not to this level, but this sort of lying about having a serious health issue happened to my friends and me.

As a short lady, I say, go suck an egg tall, inconsiderate people.

In my high school, we never dealt into the details, if we even got that far into the year (because we never actually got to the end of the section we were supposed to). Yes we knew about Reconstruction, Jim Crow, etc. But not how gruesome and wretched black people were treated. We were more likely to be taught what…

Well, with 'Texas', I was responding to my uni's students, who were mostly educated in Texas, and them being ignorant about the history of the noose in it's use of racial terrorism and murder. Because when we're taught U.S. history, that is fairly glossed over, in my opinion.

True. At the very least we know Brad isn't up to snuff.

One word: Texas.

Whoever hung the noose, it was a horrid thing to do - no excuses. Whether it's a hoax or real, still a horrid, horrid display.

I always look forward to your replies. They make me feel a little better, even after articles that bring me down. Thanks, Klaus

Exactly. Sex is not the end-all, be-all of life.

Yeah, prepared for them as well. People need to see outside their own experience and realize that other people may have a different outlook on sex, whether biologically, psychologically, or in their belief systems. Often not the case though, but no worries. I can tune out their diatribes on the wonders of sexual…

No, but I do adore your screen name! <3

And Arkansas is about to sign into law one that is nearly the same. This whole ordeal makes me feel ill, and I despair that there are people out there who actually believe in this load of shit.