Well, I thought it was interesting. I worked on a huge airline merger when a lot of the concerns he's talking about were first emerging and it's interesting to me to see how they've played out in real life. I'd happily read a story about an anonymous actor's experience. I read about factory workers too frequently for…

I'm guessing you aren't a NPR listener.

I almost never say anything disparaging to another commenter (you can check my history) and make it a point to be kind whenever possible, but holy shit this is the stupidest comment I've read this month. Now, if you tell me you are in sixth grade and learning critical reading skills, I will be happy to retract my…

This is a combo of Great Expectations and Weekend at Bernie's. Fun!

A combination of a fundamentalist upbringing and undiagnosed bipolar disorder.

I was married four times by 28. Wore white the first 3, pink the fourth. Oddly, it's been the pink dress wedding that's lasted.

I missed the old Anne too. Her marriage to Gilbert was just so boring at the end, but I've always loved the joy she had in her children. I couldn't bear to think of her having nothing happy in her life. Even though the kids seem to steal her vitality, she was at least in love with them.

::BREAKING::

Point taken. I should know better than to state things in absolutes.

When I see someone on TV playing a really neurotic personality, I get completely stressed out for/with them. I don't know how accurately it's actually portrayed, but it looks EXHAUSTING. I'm probably too laid back about some things, but at least my DGAF-about-most-things personality is pretty easy to deal with…

No, I understand. I'm BPII and I have a grandmother who has truly insane delusions (thinks that I hacked into her computer and sent porn from her email account so she called the cops; note: I don't even know how to hack a microwave and I don't even like porn). These are real problems. Thankfully, in my case, there are…

My husband and I have shouted at each other in front of our kid and I feel bad about that, but I don't think one time is probably that big of a deal in the long run. But, I know from experience that having parents who shout frequently is horrible. Same with shoving. One time isn't great, but it probably isn't going to…

Stay tuned, because tomorrow one of the designers of one of the dresses (or at least a knockoff) will be here to offer some insight into the fabric's structural integrity and other notable times when similar dresses have been involved in similar incidents.

This is clearly chem trails at work.

I've never read any fan fiction, but I hear it's an up and coming genre. Is this basically how it goes?

I definitely agree that having a deep-seated belief in conspiracy theories doesn't automatically qualify you for a mental illness. And anyone who thinks that the gov't could pull off a conspiracy that involved as many people as Sandy Hook did has obviously never worked for the gov't, because there is simply no way…

Ha! I totally did the "not ALL white people" voice in my head when I was reading that. Hmmm....I suppose you could be correct. I guess, in a way that's what I do too, because having long term delusions isn't my particular flavor of mental illness, so it's easy for me to say, "You would have to be crazy to actually…

Fellow mentally ill person here. I can definitely see how someone who doesn't know how common beliefs like this are would think, "Well, that person can't possibly be in their right mind." And I'm sure there are plenty of people like this who are mentally ill, but when you find out how common delusions like this are,…

Well...that's just shitty. I would never want to be famous because I really, really hate people being in my business, but there's probably a number out there that would make it worth it. But having to fly coach and deal with crazy people just sounds like a private little hell. The only really famous person I've ever…

I once worked on a huge airline merger (I do antitrust stuff) and I learned a whole, whole lot about codesharing and all that crap, but I forgot it as soon as possible. There are times you really don't want to know how the sausage is made, you know? Do you think Edward Snowden got to hang out in a fancy lounge in…