Goes to show how naive I am that I read the headline and thought this was some kind of stupid but lighthearted Ratatouille situation....

#TEAMHOAGIE

yeah, this is such a horrible post and take. I can’t believe the first line was even written. Turkey is absolutely glorious. Juicy, flavorful, fulfilling - mixes well with side dishes and bread.

Agreed! My cousin makes an incredible “brine and fry” turkey.

Ah, Mr Ferocious! Well, we’re trying our best!

Greatest band ever that goes well beyond the greatest hits.

Nah, that’s a pretty solid take. I’m not going to stop you now.

I think sometimes kids use stuff like pictures as a vehicle for interaction, so they are satisfied if you talk to them the same way you would talk to an artist at an art show or something. Get them to tell you about whatever it is they made, discuss the colors or medium. They aren’t as interested in praise as they are…

The response from Alanna is great, I just wanted to add (and sorry, it might be in the link!) but one of the best simple phrases I’ve learned about using for this concept is “I noticed...” <followed by your observation>. Alternately, “I appreciate...” - which I personally find works better for me with acknowledging…

If you read through Kohn actually gives a lot of suggestions of positive things to say that aren’t praise! It can definitely feel really daunting at first to re-frame how you talk in such a fundamental way.

As others have mentioned, the reason this comes off as racist and not just a promblematic turn of phrase is that those words just don’t fit together. “Cotton-pickin’” has a negative/disapproving connotation, and it just doesn’t go with “important,” unless what you’re saying has an ulterior motive underlying it.

Release the secret weapon...

Here is why I’m a staunch supporter of ranked voting. If ranked voting (or the so-called “Australian Ballot” or “instant runoff.”) had been used here there would be no reason for Green to bow out of the race in order to give a boost to an ally she has philosophical differences with but prefers to the opposition.

I’d like to remind Stacey and Oprah …

When it can be used to their advantage.

Being attracted to men and women, no matter which you tend to date more of, is bisexual. Saying someone who identified as bisexual & left his house when he died to his essentially common-law wife from years previous “was gay, not bi” IS BI ERASURE.

Yeah, I call BS on this whole thing. Was it a taste test to see “which seltzer comes a distant second to Polar?”

I am a pacifist, and yet I really feel like shoving multiple people here and going “Polar. POLAR.”

I agree with this ranking because you left out what the clear winner is:

A word of advice to anyone buying board games on Amazon: ONLY buy games being sold through Prime itself (no 3rd party fulfillment), as there has been major issues with counterfeit games as of late.

A word of advice to anyone buying board games on Amazon: ONLY buy games being sold through Prime itself (no 3rd…