This is one of the reasons I get so angry at people who insist that social media is unambiguously evil and/or a waste of time. I have been disabled for fifteen years and I am often too ill to leave my house or even to have anyone over to see me. Even talking on the phone wears me out. Stuff like Facebook is a window…

You sound a little unreasonable. You have to work with what you have. You’re not going to attempt any camaraderie or socialization just because the people around you aren’t to your exact specification?That seems shitty and more than a little snobby. You’re the type of person I have to deal with at work and classes:…

I posted about this topic in the discussion for “When Can I Say I’ll Be Alone Forever.” My husband of 20 years dumped me and all three of my adult children moved out of state. I had a medical emergency which required a 3-day hospital stay. I drove myself there, and I drove myself home. I had no visitors, although my…

Asking for a.... well, no. I guess I’m not. >_>

You sound very bitter.

Maybe you could try one of those hypoallergenic cats.

I taught my cat to dial 911.

I think similar studies have shown that having pets can help mitigated the pain of loneliness because they’re still living beings that you care for and bond with. That cat hair is a good thing!

In Baltimore, we’ve had many movements and rallyies aimed at this very thing:

Apologies to the author of this piece but I’m going to comment before reading and run the risk of repeating what the author probably already said:

This is the part that burns me up. Discuss Kaep, BLM, anything and the inevitable questions is “Well why isn’t anyone talking about black on black crime?” And a simple Google search can turn up tons of marches and conferences in the black community on this very subject.

Black people do care about black-on-black crime. They talk about it, demonstrate, march against it, etc. Nobody listens, though. Nobody wants to acknowledge that.

Michael didn’t say “white people”, he said “our Caucasian readers”. Subtle difference, I know, but that’s basically two different races right there as far as I’m concerned.

Nah. I’m a white dude and know black and milds; smoked them occasionally in college. then again, I am also a Shannon Sharpe fan, so maybe there is some sort of odd venn diagram area i fall into

White America has not imploded because they stick together. Our problem is that we come together as non-whites and whites that want change but then split ourselves into 30 different subcategories. Then we all fight amongst ourselves.

I believe a Black and Mild was the first tobacco product I ever smoked. The smell makes me nostalgic.

White, and started using Black & Milds for rolling when I was like 15...

Whitey here. My mom smoked Black and Milds for years.

White here, I grew up sneaking black and milds in the woods near my house. Freaking it was my advice for novice smokers who didn’t have a grandmother who made them hand roll cigarettes because she had arthritis, but was too cheap to buy prerolled cigs.

Upon our initial examination of the video, our NCIS team (Negro Cigar Investigation Services)

Swishers are what I imagine cancer actually smells like.