The only vaccine exemptions should be health related. If you don't want to vaccinate your kids then homeschool them. If I can't send my kids to school with PB&J, I damn well shouldn't be able to send them without MMR.

And let me complain for a moment: I live in a major metropolitan area and the only garbage chain pizza place that delivers to us is Dominoes. I want Pizza Hut goddamnit! Hell, I'd prefer shitty Papa John's over Dominoes.

It's stupid parental nostalgia. How many times have you heard people say that measles, mumps, chicken pox aren't that bad? It's because they can't remember the cases that were bad, or that they are fucking awful when you catch them as a baby or as an adult. So when you hear stupid parental nostalgia, remind them that…

I had measles three times in a twelve month period and it was horrible. I just had to lie in a dark room, sniffling to myself, and at night I had to get wooly mittens taped to my hands because I scratched in my sleep. People kept asking my mum to have measles parties, but I was so miserable she said it didn't seem…

It's a small world after all

Thank you crazy anti vaxer anti science people.

this is one of my favorite SNL sketches of the last five years. DERBEL MCDILLET.

The Washington National Opera has a very diverse chorus now, many Black and Asian members. I would encourage you to see a show. Any picture that feature the chorus from the past 10 years would be a good illustration.. The King of Egypt from this production of Aida at the Met was a former young artist at WNO.

Oh my gosh yes. I once had fancy box seats to a ballet performance. The couple in the next box spent the whole time before the show starting bitching about how could I possibly as a young "ethnic" person have gotten those seats.

Eric Owens is awesome! (I feel compelled to say I did not see him at the Met.)

JESUS CHRIST. This annoys the fuck out of me! I used to sing with the Washington Opera in high school, and I'll admit it.. There were hardly ANY people of color in the choir, even the children's choir. Now that I think about it, I think that I was the only one. :/ One chubby teenage goth Latina in the whole…

Yep, we called it clopening, too. We actually had a couple of managers get into car accidents because they fell asleep while driving after one too many clopening shifts in a row. But because there are no laws against it, the company wasn't considered responsible for it. It's a really shitty position to be in.

Yep, we called it clopening, too. We actually had a couple of managers get into car accidents because they fell asleep while driving after one too many clopening shifts in a row. But because there are no laws against it, the company wasn't considered responsible for it. It's a really shitty position to be in.

She won over my respect. The following is a 100% true story:

Same. And we only had one uniform, and were supposed to return for our next shift with it clean, of course. Getting home exhausted, covered in foul fast food detriment, and still stinking of nacho cheeselike substance at 3am, I would have to launder that one polyester nightmare I owned so I could turn around and wear…

Never, EVER underestimate the stupidity of the United States people. Seriously. Look at our Congress and tell me that nobody is that stupid or ignorant.

Aaaaah yes, a "clopen" is what I've always heard them called...

When I worked fast food I would constantly work a closing shift followed immediately by an opening shift. So let's say 7pm to 1 am and then 4 am to 11am (or 1pm).

I am calling it now: this is the story that gets the most whiny comments written about it. Just watch.