We can fairly confidently trace autism in my family back to my grandmother... who is deceased, but was born 110 years ago. She did not get vaccines.

She remins me of Raven Symone as a baby, that kid always gave great “Pffft” face

This is flawless in its luxuriousness.

Shit, that too!

He almost snuck it in with his upbeat, guileless tone, too... I halfway believed the interviewer didn’t even know he was being a dick to ask that question, and then I thought heyyy waitta minute.

No, but if e.g. you come up third generation of a wealthy clan where the wealth comes from the continuation of the family business, you have more leverage than most parents. Not healthy leverage. But you raise your kids to enjoy and expect wealth, and then tell them they don’t get theirs unless they join the biz…

Oh my god that makes me genuinely sad for him. He’s always seemed a bit up and down with some signs of deeper issues (the gambling addiction, the attention mania with JLo, the possible drinking binges and affairs, the recent divorce...).

That makes it sound like finger in the KANYE way.

Bonus: everyone sure pulls out all the stops at Halloween in that neighborhood, that’s for sure. It’s like a movie.

One... two... three. AhAhAhhhh

And hates giving women reproductive rights. Sometimes I think THAT is all they need.

“And then women are required to make a public apology to their friends, family, former teachers and society in general and ‘think about what they’ve done’.”

That is one long-ass acronym, too. Did you call yourselves HUCs? I can’t tell if that would be cooler or more awkward...?

(I bet she disagreed ;-p)

Were you on a scholarship? Because we looked at the tuition for our kids... and laughed, and lauuughhhed....

I live right around the corner from this place — it’s gated, and has a security guard posted on the exterior, because all the students inside are from the sorts of families who would demand high security.

My mother was super protective and came into our doc appts with us into our teens. I’m actually really grateful.

Food pantries???

I look at it as the people with the majority of the power. About impact, not math.