I’m gay and have never had trouble attracting guys; I am fit, pretty accomplished, generally nice, etc. But up until my early 30s I was not interested in a relationship and was really just looking for sex, which I got plenty of.

I used to really buy the argument that we can’t have term limits, we need expertise! We don’t want the government turning over in its entirety every 2-4-6-12 years! Etc. Nowadays I don’t even remember what my thought process was. OBVIOUSLY senators should not serve for more than two decades. OBVIOUSLY a 45 year old…

It’s shocking the extent to which an essentially life-long politician convinces themselves that “I am the only one who can do this.” It’s not even “power corrupting,” exactly, but it definitely warps their brains. 

Not sure what you mean, but in our world, there is no standard pronunciation of any of this stuff (see “wave” vs “ave” which granted is not technically english) so we have a phonetic alphabet to smooth it all over.

Well you asked as though you didn’t know what was going on, so I am just explaining why he probably did this. 

“mai-krow-weiv” approximates how you would write it phonetically.

You could also maybe fit a small-ish rifle?

I just gotta say, people need to use their brains (as hard as that is when discussing the Trumps) because it is extremely obvious that the pic on the right is the before shot and the one on the left is “after.” A bunch of people are asking this same question. The Trumps did not “remodel” a space into a final product…

I agree, it is. I just worry that this particular type of effective government is functionally impossible once you pass 20m or so people.

I am a guy who is also midlate 30s and the idea that my women friends are already experiencing “Do you need some botox? I can see age lines!” shit is mind boggling to me.

I also have a “I met Rick Steves” story. About 20 years ago I wrote briefly for another travel guide. Lonely Planet was our obvious “competitor” but our style guide/instruction manual had a handful of weird little jokes/digs at Rick Steves. I hardly knew who he was at the time.

Same! Best decision I ever made, no question. We had actually only lived together for about 9 months after 9 months of dating. It was absolutely the right thing to do and I’m glad about it every single day.

Am I crazy for finding Charles one of the more tragic figures in this story? I actually felt a tremendous amount of sympathy for him throughout the whole series, even when he was being an asshole to Diana. 

LOL I mean it’s also Adolescent Psychology 101

There’s an op ed in the Times that says something about how “normally it’s the democrats in a circular firing squad” which I kind of agree with, but democrats don’t have NEARLY this much flair and it’s certainly not as entertaining. 

I am well under 50 and I care insofar as this is a well-made show that depicts a very real and thorny situation that I can easily remember from news reports of my childhood. I have a vivid memory of watching the news of Diana’s death as a child up late one night when I was off from school. In fact, I even care about…

I would also suggest it allows the writers/filmmakers/etc to make a film or show without having to think about or stretch beyond the milieu they actually live in. Why is every kitchen in a Nancy Meyers film ridiculous? It’s because Nancy Meyers probably thinks if she made a movie where the family has a normal sized…

I might suggest that in many such situations, both partners are engaged in mental gymnastics of some kind.

It’s already “popular enough to scare ordinary folks,” because there is a whole media apparatus aimed at ordinary folks (the ones who aren’t already committed liberals) that is trying REALLY hard to scare them about this slogan and convince them that democrats in congress are in lock-step agreement about it.

I’ve never thought about this but I guess we all have to now! What laws etc might prevent him from doing this, or punish him? Like, can an ex president just blab about secret stuff he learned in office? How directly would we need to draw a line between him blabbing and something bad happening? Does he have any kind of…