Exactly. Never got that metaphor. I mean: I get it, but it’s misguided. Fried eggs are awesome — way better than raw eggs — so doing drugs makes my brain a better version of itself?

Agree: It’s practice v rehearsal. If someone would find it interesting/pleasant to listen to you for more than a few minutes, you’re not practicing; you’re rehearsing.

Don’t forget that not being able to tell which is correct is a sign that you need to rewrite the sentence. You probably have a clarity issue masquerading as a grammar issue.

Yeah. Tying it to mental health is a BIG problem. Mental illness is already stigmatized, keeping people from seeking help. And “having a mental illness” is an awfully broad net, and is not particularly predictive.

Dunno, this gem kicked it off... seems a little confirmation-bias-y from the start, no?

Did ya read it?

I can understand people getting confused and making honest mistakes. But this is so brazenly BS.

The article presents a military history of US involvement with Greenland and some reasons why it would not be a strategic benefit. Trump and his politics are not listed among those reasons. What spin are you seeing? With which reason do you disagree?

Lots of solid tips. The main tips I follow and repeat to my kids:

Austin - Stay TF off of 35.

To be fair: Don Jr doesn’t know less about guns than he does anything else.

Tremendous amounts of money pouring into the United States. People want safety!

Yes. But it was contrived by Daly to piss off and unify the famously competitive team. Needed to show them they could lose. Dream Team demolished them the next day.

The girl in the lower left hand corner of the main article image is definitely a young Melissa Villaseñor (from SNL). Right?

And if it’s a sandwich.

In this reductive response, she is collapsed from a complex human being—with a childhood, a family, a backstory—into a mere dollar sign.

The funny thing is that it would be healthier to breathe “chem”trails than drink MMS.

MMS proponents will tell you it’s not technically bleach,

I’m definitely in Camp Never for strangers. I’m not likely to intervene with a stranger unless I think there is a safety issue.  I’ll be rude if I think you’re gonna hurt someone or ruin equipment.

Good advice. I definitely have my own stories about bad diagnoses.