Exactly. Serial was a storytelling podcast, just like This American Life, not an investigative report so it's not surprising that there were story based decisions to include and exclude info. Someone the same with Undisclosed, which I listen to and enjoy but take with huge grains of salt because, duh, they are only…

I do not understand the point y'all are trying to make. You don't believe that details of poorly investigated cases should be reexamined? Especially when an 18 year old might have just spend his whole adulthood in prison despite possibly being innocent? Even if he isn't innocent, you don't believe the state should…

She is the only weak link to me so far. He's really got the smarmy but secretly decent thing down and of course Watkins is great. I think there have just been so many disaffected teen girls like her on shows and movies that she's not really setting herself apart (either in the writing or the acting.)

Fully agree but don't think that's shallow, a deep belief/lack of belief is just going to make for substantive relationships trouble more times than not.

Precisely. Who knows who would be attracted to what if the traditional gender roles of men being big and strong and women being small and dainty weren't so ingrained in straight culture? I do equate the social value of "thin woman" to that of "tall man" because they are sides of the same coin.

Same on the hair. I know they can't help it but it's just not my preference, I don't mind if they go grey, though.

I have SO many feelings about teeth! I refer to myself as a "teeth freak" because it's the first thing I notice about people. I think the non-weird thing to say is "I really like a good smile" but that sounds so shitty. I love "quirky" teeth, think Steve Buscemi on the extreme end or even just Patricia Arquette as a…

I'm a woman in the US who's mostly only encountered circumcised guys and while I "got" the lotion jokes, I half didn't believe that it was that common until my husband told me recently he was jerkin' it while he was out of town with the scented hotel lotion and his dick smelled like oranges the rest of the day. I was…

That's what I meant, we just didn't really know much about him other than he was set up as an anti-Logan and that then when he comes back as Boyfriend he's still a little bitter about how it all went down (kind of understandably, while Rory was still trying to sort all her feelings out about Logan she seemed to…

Of course, I'm just saying it was realistic as I have dated my fair share of "you come by your fucked up behavior honestly from your upbringing but it doesn't make it any easier to deal with" types. And usually people don't figure their shit out entirely in high school so odds are high that a Jess-type would not even…

Jess was an awful boyfriend but it made sense in context, his dad was never around and his mom seemed to be a flake with a revolving door of boyfriends and no time for him. It would be weird if he DIDN'T have woman issues to work out. But that fact is he had crazy hot chemistry with Rory (I guess cos they were dating…

Marty was just not a well drawn character and we never really saw if he was a good match for Rory. I think anyone who claims to like Marty simply like that he was working through school and not a spoiled monster like Logan. But I get why Rory would be attracted to that kind of wild wealth since she always lived just…

Same…I was going through a bad time a couple years ago and was listening to too much Elliott Smith and realized it was just straight up harmful to do that to myself. I am fine now and can listen but there is a unique pleasure to really leaning in and listening to him when you're miserable.

Yeah, duh, I'm white as hell and got the reference. Not only that, it made that scene weirdly even more touching because even though I think that song is goofy, you know Diddy's love for Biggie ran crazy deep! I love how they use music in general on this show, it's not like they blast every song or explain it, there's…

He knew what he was signing up for when we got married! Rather, sometimes he has more fun than others and doesn't actually hate it, he just can't possible love it as much as I do and it was an adjustment for me to not act like the wife described above about it. And some years he doesn't go but, for example, this year…

That sucks. I've gone to shows that my husband is super into and I'm "eh" on because I like to see him happy and if it's not my thing I like asking him about it (what song is HE looking for to, since he's the one into it!) So I guess I have advice for your wife, not you! I have dragged my husband to similar things and…

I was just like that, only without much drinking either. But my husband had a rich history of drunkeness and drugs to our relationship and so I was finally open to trying mushrooms and drinking more recreationally, and I'm really grateful for it because I think I'm just more open to fun in general whereas when I was…

Another lady here who hates almost all musical theater (and theater in general, theater acting by it's very nature of being bigger and more animated makes me embarrassed for everyone involved.)

I serve a similar function in my marriage in that I like music, all kinds and quality levels, which is part of what brought me and my husband together, but I also like to keep up somewhat with pop music. If I think something transcends the average enough I'll share it with him and about 50% of the time he gets the…

Yeah, plenty of people breastfeed and drink. Either they pump and dump, pump at an earlier time and freeze some for later or formula feed. NBD.