The US is run on a state by state (and even county by county) basis though. Its disingenous to compare the WHOLE US with a nation with a federalized system. Compare Denmark to Massachusetts maybe (MA is more densely populated- its smaller in land mass but has more people.) Florida is half the size of Norway. Its a…

I guess it would provide conversation.

My kid, when in middle school, with his best friend, organized a strike because they hated their class president. ..I can only imagine the glory of their anti-Ivanka CD.

They could have had a different take on the ratings going down which is they fired the wrong person. Morrning shows are still overwhelmingly man+woman, and maybe there is openness to two women hosing, or that the man isn’t the most important part of the equation

This shows real ignorance of the system and how hard and expensive it is.

right when they get good again, they leave.

Wouldn’t that be an “appear to generate”? I mean Matt Lauer left, and ratings went up.

So you aren’t the target audience for those shows.

Yeah. Again, none of this was public, and he probably didn’t think he did anything wrong nor that it would ever come to light so it was probably a standard clause.

Well and how could he know that? he’s hardly the target of a Weinstein or Casey Affleck.

He was hired 16 years ago, so 2001. The settlement came in 2006 so unless he put in his resume that he molested teenagers, I don’t know how the university would know. She hadn’t filed yet so it wouldn’t appear in a background check and the terms of his contract may make it neigh impossible for him to be fired. The…

Boys will be boys. /s

I’m insanely allergic to smoke (weed, sage, tobacco). Vaping is good

Getting medicine IS dealling with life.

Hell no. It makes me joyful because I remember the horrible days when there wasn’t any medication.

Dog breeds don’t exist without breeders. The dogs don’t care who they mate with or what the puppies look like. The history of dog breeding is really interesting and in the late 19th century/early 20th century has close ties to the human eugenics movements. Dog breeds are an entirely human construction.

And of course none of that helps you drift into the arms of Morpheus. I’m hoping it is easily solved and nonsucky.

I get this. Not sure I can help but I am constantly second guessing myself. Having been actively gaslit by some “friends” (who admitted years later in front of other people so no, I’m not crazy) played a number on me as well as the external validation thing.

Keep us posted, scary.

I’m not really but I have a friend had a random person buy her groceries this week. She was in line and something went wrong with her debit card so while she was on the phone dealing with the bank- someone just took care of it. So awesome.