Agreed. The thought of trying to find enough willing patients to do a social study on some of the more rare and/or stigmatized social issues that reaches .005 makes me want to cry.

Hi. Welcome to the interpretation of art, which is completely subjective. What exactly is your problem with black people interpreting Game of Thrones to have meaning for them?

That’s the thing that I wish that all Americans understood: what happens in the middle states effects all of us and all of us are getting screwed in some way. I have lots of friends who are being priced out of their respective coastal states but moving to a non-coastal state would mean losing something else as…

Yep, that’s how I always read them too. I was horribly awkward as a teen and it was such a relief to know that even the girls who read Seventeen had their embarrassing moments too.

Not only did our DARE officer at school also get busted for drugs, my own dad was a DARE officer who smoked weed (and probably did other stuff) on the weekends.

This. This is part of the reason that I have a really hard time considering moving back to my safely blue home state from my current ultra-red state. Because if I’m not out here to hold down a corner of the supposed big tent, how big is that tent really?

I cut out my dad too. He already thinks of himself enough. He doesn’t need me to do it too.

I’m one of those moms who thinks it’s the most rewarding thing I could ever do, but I don’t expect it to be the same for everyone. That’s just my experience. Even then, things like getting my Master’s degree or getting politically involved are only a few steps lower on the scale. And I will also freely admit that the…

I don’t have a ton of great techniques but one thing that always seems to work: if I’m making dinner and the kid is complaining that she’s hungry, I tell her she can have a fruit or vegetable that is easy for me to serve (like those packaged baby carrots or an apple) or else she has to wait for dinner. This is often…

That’s the era they are trying to return us to.

I already do this but rather than brush, my daughter chews on the toothbrush.

Yup. That’s what I do. It doesn’t look as much like carpet as the neighbors but so what?

They are shockingly popular in their hometown.

I like to play tourist in my own city. There are probably lots of things to do in or near where you live (even in rural areas); it’s just a matter of finding them. Google and tourism websites help a lot.

My issue is one that I’ve never encountered in anyone else: my mother lost custody of us when I was 4 and didn’t really get to see us again until I decided to reestablish contact with her in my 20s. In the meantime, she suffered severe brain damage that means she has no short term memory anymore, and I had 3 other…

That’s a very big presumptive leap you’re making there. None of the people I know in this very red state (OK) who go to town halls to yell at their reps about trying to repeal the ACA voted for any of these assholes. Even in this very red state, approximately 1/3 of the population vote for Democrats. What exactly do…

He does not have dementia. My narcissistic father talked like this my whole life when put on the spot. It’s just another sign of his painfully obvious mental illness.

It may sound like I’m making fun of you but the best way to start eating more fresh veg and fruit is to just do it. They will taste gross and weird at first but I promise you, it will be worth it. Midwesterners are typically addicted to the added sugar, salt, and fat in processed foods, so foods without all that taste…

I’ve only dug in the clay soils of middle America in the summer and would be delighted to have something to show for all of that sweat and pain other than some small broken sherds, a few flint flakes, and a possible hint of a pit feature.

We’re commenting on an article that is specifically talking about political activism. Is it really that hard to read my comment in context?