I don't think the point of the payday loans segment was to shame the people who needed them but rather the predatory loaners who through exuberant interest percentages were taking advantage of people who were desperate.

I think you missed the point of that rant.

I did not think he was shaming the people who had to sue, but was shaming the companies.

Deep theater nerdage at a young age made me and my best friend rehearse Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead for almost no reason (a school assembly? maybe; but we’d have done it anyway as dedicated weirdos) so we went to the post office and changed $20 into Sacagaweas for the coin flipping scene and felt immensely…

I’m just using Fruit Loops for now.

Ha! I used to hoard those Sacagawea coins in this special little case like they were literal treasure.

When I was a young kid (not that young actually, but we’re going with young) I used to get all my money changed to quarters and carry it around in a money pouch and pretend I was rich and also in the middle ages or something.
This is not relevant to your story but I thought I would share.

I can tie a cherry stem with my tongue. I think that’s sooooooooo much sexier than stacking change on my body & getting that metallic smell all over.

NOTHING YOU CAN DO, JUST GIVE UP NOW.

Y’ALL, I DON’T HAVE ANY QUARTERS. HOW ELSE WILL I VALIDATE MYSELF WITHOUT QUARTERS?!

I mean I have vaguely sexual fantasies related to rubbing quarters all over my body but that’s because I never have any and I like to park my car and wash my clothes sometimes so quarters are, like, v. desirable to me.

What I’m saying is this challenge gets me off but like in a way that feels empty and sad after. When…

Preach!

You worked for WBEZ? I’m jealous.

This gave me so much joy. All the politely upset people clutching their pearls and getting their panties in a bunch. LORD SAVE US. NPR WAS THE ONE KARDASHIAN FREE HOLDOUT AND NOW THE APOCALYPSE IS COMING.

What? You never just go in for a little light scraping? It’s like getting your toenails done. It doesn't matter if you just got them done last week, it's fun to get them done!

“Oh, wait, THAT’S what an abortion is? I thought it was a maintenance procedure, like getting your car detailed.”

Because you are a lowly woman. We can’t think for ourselves, hence the law requiring doctors to show us that there is a fetus in our womb and not a microwave oven.

Has anyone in the history of ever tried to get an abortion without the knowledge that a growing fetus was inside her? Probs not, fuckstick conservative assbags.

People in shock don't always behave terribly gallantly- he probably just panicked. I think we all like to think we'd be the ones protecting our partners or tackling the shooter, but I think the majority of people would just flip into flight mode.