The biggest difference I have noticed since I upgraded from $25 haircuts to $70 haircuts is that my hair grows out much better than with the cheaper cuts. I can go 12 weeks between cuts and get away with it. The cheaper haircuts always looked pretty shaggy by week 8. But the main reason I go to a more expensive salon…

I'm on a generic. The problem is that I have health insurance through one insurance company but the prescriptions are covered through my health plan which is separate. I didn't learn that until I was trying to find out why I was still being charged for my pill. But no one could answer my questions regarding when my…

I don't really understand what experiencing sexism has to do with being or not being a good role model? You can be a good role model and still be a victim of sexism and harassment. And while some things have gotten better, you keep referring to how bad it was "back then". Sexism and sexual harassment still exist in…

The problem is that Americans equate socialist programs like public healthcare with communism. Communism = Stalin. It's ridiculous but it comes from a really piss poor understanding of political philosophy and history.

One more thing: just because Draper is the protagonist it doesn't mean you are supposed to like him. I think what the show does well is showing all the gray in life, things are not black and white. On the surface Draper is charming and likable, even enviable, but as time progresses you see what a selfish, hollow and…

Most of my friends (including myself) love Mad Men and we are in our early 30s. I find the sexual politics and characters to be really interesting. Also, my mother experienced a ton of sexual harassment in her banking job in the 70s and 80s. Women still experience a lot of this BS and what I find remarkable about the…

That's assuming that women don't deal with sexism today which is totally untrue. Plenty of women still deal with sexual harassment and BS on the job and in their private lives. The writers have said that some of the worst sexual harassment in the show has been taken from the writers' own experiences in the last couple…

Because Americans are afraid of a the government providing the healthcare. So instead we let private insurance companies whose sole goal is to make a profit decide how this is all going to work. In the UK your taxes pay for healthcare. In the US you get health insurance through your job or you pay for it yourself.

Have you tried Costco Pharmacy online? You do NOT need to be a member. I used them to fill my pill prescription when I didn't have insurance and it was about $25 a month for my pill. I don't know what the Nuva Ring costs but you should inquire.

Cassette tapes are a really inferior format. Radio play recordings often don't contain the entire song or are edited for airplay. The problem with film and TV now (which wasn't such a huge problem with VHS or even DVD) is that you can get super high quality versions that look almost as good as in the movie theater. I…

That's why product placement is getting to be a huge thing. If AMC can say to Clorox that 4 million people will see Betty use Clorox they can sell "ad revenue" that way. If people view the show legally, then AMC can also keep track of purchases and downloads and streaming and offer concrete numbers to advertisers that…

it’s not only writers who benefit from residuals (see Tim Day’s commentary on this page). IA members and Teamsters, they say, also benefit from residuals — although not in the same way. Rather than being paid directly as cash, these residuals go directly into those unions’ pension and health plans.

I've paid anywhere from $2.50 to $25 per month for the pill, with and without health insurance. The costs vary a lot based on whether you have a brand name or a generic and whether you have insurance or not and whether your insurance covers that particular pill. It's confusing, and difficult to navigate. $90 was…

Ugh. I have really good health care. However, I cannot get a straight answer out of my plan managers nor the online pharmacy we are required to use for prescriptions like this regarding which birth control pills are covered and which are not. The current one I'm on is not free, I still have a copay. I have asked…

I was talking about purchasing a computer. People who steal movies buy computers which allow them steal the movies. They pay for internet access which is also expensive which also allows them to steal movies. That's what I was saying about people spending thousands of dollars on equipment that allows them to steal…

When films are pirated and put on the internet those films' profits tank. Fox lost several hundred million dollars when Wolverine was illegally put on the internet before it's release. Those dollars are not "imaginary". If you go into a store and steal something you can't afford (say an actual TV) those aren't…

Viewership is important for ad dollars. Movie ticket sales and DVD rentals are important for recouping your costs on making films. If people are pirating then they are not counted in the viewership so then the ad dollars don't roll in. If people are pirating then we aren't recouping the investment made in the film.…

Lots of people do this. But I do like to guilt them into not doing it! ;)

Do you have an HD TV? You can buy an HDMI cable (if your computer has a port for it) and watch what you play on your computer on your TV that way. That's what I do when I can only watch something from a website.

You should not steal the shows. Period ensemble shows are very expensive to produce and stealing the media just makes it more likely that these types of dramas won't get backing in the future. The show needs to get a certain amount of viewers to make it AMC's worthwhile to fund.