...a house where the living room was off-limits—it was tastefully decorated and full of expensive furniture, so kids weren’t allowed.

Believe it or not, gluten-free vodka is a legit thing - some of it is processed in a way that people with celiac can have a bad reaction to it.

You know what else works as “plant based rice?”

Im pretty sure queer isn't a slur these days, my good person

>The Takeout is so much better when the authors aren’t casually slurring its readers

Long may you enjoy your perfect bowel motility, I wish you such nonpareil predictability into your ninth decade and beyond. 

It’s the Thousand Islands. You don’t go there for privacy; you go there to show off. Every second or third island has something weird and quirky about it, ranging from bridges, to funny towers to ridiculous old castles, to monstrous postmodernist architectural tributes to the triumph of money over good taste. A cute…

You’d either say US/Canada border or Ontario/New York (State) border. Using Canada/New York doesn’t make sense, just like Ontario/US border would be odd.

“Since the 1880s”

Starting it again? It never went away.

“Canada and New York State.”

You do not throw a party without offering refreshments to your guests. Period.

Unless all the guests were from Florida, this was a destination wedding as well. This person is a total bridezilla. This is a total FU to her guests.

Very little information, but at least we were forced to see another ad. Shower curtain liner and pillows are washable, for the most part. 

I get not wanting to share a meal but I don’t get why you wouldn’t just ask your guests to leave. That’s the weird part.

When I was growing up, when kids were playing at someone’s house and meal time rolled around, the parent would say “Okay, it’s time for everyone to go home. We’re going to be having lunch/dinner.” unless it was an overnight or something.

Here’s why it works in Sweden: people know about it. If you invite a friend over or your child invites a friend over and the guest knows that they won’t be getting a meal, that’s fine. They’ll either bring their own food or will be prepared to get their own food afterwards (or else to just skip a meal). This isn’t…

This doesn’t make any sense. Cultures with a lot less food security don’t do this. Including the indigenous peoples of the North. 

“If a guest isn’t invited to join in on a meal, it might simply be because it’s the only time a family gets to catch up with each other throughout the day, and they’d rather do that without their attention being split while trying to accommodate an extra person.”

Too late.

Seriously, every good song usually has a ton of cover versions most people don’t hear about.

Every once in a while I like to take a song I like and listen to all the covers. Sometimes there are nice surprises. Sometimes you wonder why somebody chose to cover a song just to fuck it up so badly.