My grandfather was a union organizer/steelworker and he always said “it has to get worse before it can get better” and I keep waiting for that to happen. I actually see some evidence that it might be happening soon - it seems to me they are losing a lot of people over their health care cuts. Gotta hit them where it…

I’m sorry. The USA is going down the toilet. We actually left to see if we can’t do better elsewhwre and we aren’t the only ones.

I have Medicaid and got an iud for free in NYC. Next best thing if you can pull it off!

Pffft I feel stupid now.

It’s generally considered harder to learn a language that comes from a different family of languages than it is to learn a related language. Spanish, French and English are all descended from Latin and share many root words and grammatical conventions. Russian has a completely different origin and alphabet, some of…

You are correct. My stepmom and half sister speak Slovak but also English and literally they ONLY switch over in mixed company when they want to say something they don’t want the rest of us to hear. I grew up around them so at this point I can tell who it’s about and the general subject. Then when I call them out…

:) I get it though. My kids dad speaks Spanish and they’ve lived in the Bronx their whole life yet they really only speak English. We recently relocated to a Spanish speaking country and my son watches his cartoons in Spanish now and it gives me the feels.

Yeah there is no explanation that doesn’t involve a complete devaluation of life.

Word. I mean I am left to assume that her whole fucking family is garbage.

I mean sure but “emotional support” or not, most pets, and particularly rodents are subject to unimaginable cruelty at all times. There’s no pet protective agency.

People leave cats when they move. They strap dogs to the roof of their car. They euthanize pets for barking or something similar. They shoot feral cats for fun. And then there are even people that do illegal stuff!

Uh, I’m assuming she’s one of the millions of people out there who genuinely do not value animal life. Seems pretty clear.

This is like celebrities who cry because they have to put their dog down or something. It’s like hey guess what? Normal people don’t do this.

I mean at what level does stupidity become inexcusable and criminal? Stupidity could *possibly* explain her inability to handle this situation like any normal ten year old but if she claims anxiety is her issue, well, no. She needs support to get on a plane but she’s can handle flushing her own pet down a toilet? …

Seriously if I find one comment taking this lunatics side ... I just don’t know!

Go watch video of her saying it and you’ll get the picture. She’s as complicit as Ivanka and with way less reason.

I think his commentary just shows that he’s the bigger person in the relationship. He was crying when she came back and that’s not right. She was not supposed to be the star of this show and nobody was laughing if this was her attempt at a joke.

I don’t disagree that the public judges black family drama much differently and more harshly than white family drama but I’m still not with this mom. It doesn’t matter what the reason was, you don’t do something like this to your child in a moment like this. Those of us with truly toxic and selfish parents recognize…

“Rain’s issue is not with the revelations about her father’s sexuality”

I have no idea the actual details but when I read that I assumed she was on probation - otherwise they’d have no reason to be testing her. When you violate probation, you go to jail.