I don’t disagree - existing as a fantasy for men is part of conforming to heterosexist norms. Lesbian women only exist in that paradigm if they’re “hot” and want to service men.

Hot take: maybe she’d be still be alive if she hadn’t felt she had to conform to heterosexist norms. 

You are far from weird. You are awesome! I am slightly biased ... I’m 54, twice sterilized, and still don’t like children.

This is football I could watch. Mona approves!

Holy shit I think your grandparents are my neighbors (not super close neighbors). I’m in Redwood Estates. The houses across from are stilted into the hill; one disappeared during the Loma Prieta.

When I worked for one of the big type houses in my home town, I was told over and over again how important it was to dress in costume for Halloween because the owner really liked it. It was mentioned repeatedly, starting in September, by everyone - managers, QCers, proofers, everyone. So I made sure come in costume as…

I have had jobs that were as buttoned-up and stodgy as they get - and protecting our identities and physical location was paramount. We did have armed crazies get into our building (only a knife, thanks be) or crash vehicles into other locations. We were sure to never give personal information because it was dangerous…

Herzog was on Metalocalypse! I think he’s secure enough about what he does he can make fun of himself easily. 

That’s one reason why I enjoy these comic-book movies - the sneaky way they’re passing on messages like that, wrapped up in a fun package. The original comics themselves were the same; sort of a way of communicating “things aren’t supposed to be like this” during the Red Scare, etc (I’m not feeling super coherent…

Seeing (or rather, hearing) Herzog participate on a cartoon that parodied of his own work (Metalocaplypse, Deathcarraldo) ... I have the feeling that at worse, he’d dismiss superhero movies as harmless amusement or possibly even enjoy some of them.

I saw it described as “Arrested Development meets King Lear.” I wish I’d thought of that!

That haircut is great for those who have thin-to-medium straight hair (or the time and energy to straighten it). Maybe that’s the appeal; it’s the kind of minimalist look that that signals specialty styling that only the wealthy (or fortunately-haired) can achieve?

Not really about the bob, but I love Succession. It’s like watching the tRumps - if they had any wit, charm, and money.

At my last job, our “rewards” for meeting certain goals were balloons and Dollar Store trinkets. At one point I actually did say, “I’m 33 - could I just have the dollar? I haven’t played with balloons since I was like 8.”

When I was 30, my mother was freaking out about “her baby” driving a truck cross-country to California by herself to move there. I pointed out at that age, she’d been married twice, had moved across the country several times, and was taking care of a baby. What I was doing wasn’t anything riskier than anything she had…

Wait, wut? Wasn’t Facebook originally a dating app??

I agree, more articles on Warren (or Sanders or virtually anyone) would be a big plus in general. The more information about the candidates, the better.

I’m definitely not A Youf, and Joe leaves me cold and annoyed. He has that annoying “it’s my turn” attitude; that he’s entitled to our votes without working for it (like answering a question or bothering to feign basic respect when flapping his lips to a question that displeases him).

I can’t speak for her, of course, but I do come from a family with all sorts of fucked up relationships. It’s possible that no matter how close or distant they are now, having a brother arrested for something so terrible is upsetting to some degree; especially if they ever got along at any point.

I’m 54. I’ve had an endometrial ablation so I stopped having periods decades ago, but my gynecologist thinks I’m probably in menopause due to my hormone levels and other markers. Fortunately, women in my family have easy peri-and post-menopause because there is no way in fucking hell I’d take HRT. I’ve seen too many…