Dry cleaners aren't that expensive as long as you don't go hog wild with stuff (I generally try to wear non-iron dress shirts to work). I generally only use it when I get stuff from a thrift store, like coats or shirts. I bought a cool vintage Pendleton coat and the place by my apartment in DC cleaned it for $7.

One of our sales guys would come to work with wrinkled clothes alllll the time. One day I suggested he go to my dry cleaner who only charges $1 per shirt for over 14 shirts and he scoffed. I was like dude, seriously, $28 a month isn't much to stay presentable. Even if you don't have super expensive name brand suits…

Ugh, agreed. It's understandable to be disappointed, but to be so angry and disgusted? It's a damn doll. Even if you really want to get it for your kid, maybe use the moment to teach your kid that sometimes you have to wait for things. Parents enable this bullshit "I should get whatever I want!" culture and then…

I just don't understand this entitlement mentality.

thanks for the insight. How about this: we charged fines to the idiot wasps who take their sick kids on the high seas and require an expensive rescue, and we apply those fines to pay ambulance fees of poor rural people who legitimately cannot afford it and haven't put themselves in a stupid predicament.

I dont know this guys story, but I know there are rural people who live off the land. If you fish and hunt to eat and live in the tiny house your grandpa built, youre probably pooer than most. I think country folks who are used to having no money could very easily save up for a boat. Theyre not pretentious, so its…

Statistically speaking, most people who can afford to have a parent stay home and take care of the kids are at least solidly middle class.

I talked about jockeying because that is something I am familiar with. Wrestling is also rife with abuse yet not as extreme.

You know what, sometimes you do! Our home alarm was activated once when we were on vacation. (It was the derecho of 2012, and the wind literally blew one of our doors open.) Anyway, we weren't at home so when ADT called we requested police check it out. They went, reported that there didn't appear to be a break in but…

I just don't think they should have to pay for those mistakes any more than they already have.

I'm actually talking an article (maybe in the NYT?) about previous mayor David Bing who told folks who lived beyond a certain geographic boundary within the city of Detroit that they could no longer receive police and fire protection from the city. Don't know if that is still the case, but remember the article…

You realize that there are people who live in crappy conditions and cannot afford to save any money? That those people would never dream of saving enough to buy a boat or not work for years? Are you kidding me with this? Having to save doesn't make you not rich.

I kind of resent them, though I also understand that these kids needed rescue. I guess I read this story and I think "Privilege." The privilege of being able to screw up, and risk your kids, and know that someone will help.

Actually I think I heard that some parks (either state or national) are starting to charge people for rescue if those people do not follow the rules of the park. Which seems fair except that most of us can barely pay for ambulance rides, so a search and rescue effort, or a chopper ride down from the side of a…

Haven't they ever heard the Stones song? "You can't always get what you want...you get what you need". I am a parent and I hope my son will believe in the magic of Christmas (ie Santa), the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, etc., because you only get to have that kind of hope and excitement about holidays and life in general…

Fine with me. Rep. Issa spent 18 months investigating it and came up with two things: Jack and Shit. The more the GOP drones on about Benghazi without producing anything, the more the public will realize how crazy the party is — and how little they have to say that means anything to the lives of their constituents.

These mothers sound completely unhinged. I'm fantasizing about making satirical clips for YouTube that involve white suburban moms screaming stuff at the camera like "Could Disney PLEASE get their sweat shops in Bangladesh in some sort of ORDER and chop-chop with the "Frozen" merchandise? My baby girl is sitting at…

Because they're endangering people's lives and creating inconvenience and cost for everyone around them for the sake of pursuing a hobby. I think that society has an obligation to care for its members, including people like the Kaufmans, but I don't think that means we need to approve of everyone's behavior. I'd…

I'm not saying that people should have to pay the coast guard every time they are in need of a rescue. But in this case it really seems more analogous to an ambulance—-they refused to care for a sick kid, and then had to get someone to take her to a hospital. It's not like they were caught in a storm or something.

They make you pay for ambulances... right? Seems like having to pay some fee for your rescue isn't crazy.