Here’s a separate story about water issues in Detroit. Mainly, the cost of water/water treatment (which is why Flint’s EM switched to a different water source, Flint used to get their water from Detroit). People just can’t afford it for various reasons, be it limited incomes, or not having their name on a lease…

It doesn’t mean your old, it means you just listen to white people music.

No, you are getting free college because you are GOOD at football. Quid-pro-quo conditions of performance would be called a “wage” in the parlance of our times, and of course we can’t have that.

In addition to being an obvious violation of the first amendment this also reminds me of how important I think it is for student athletes to have a union. I am a huge college football fan (Roll tide) but it seems so obvious to me that college football should become a minor league for football, and the players should…

The U.S. healthcare system

Freed on an unsecured appearance bond after blatent threats of murder and inciting and soliciting others to commit murder due to his political beliefs. Right now, without looking up anything else about the story, I’m going to say he’s white

I wonder when and where he was radicalized?

A Trademark registration doesn’t mean no one else can use a term period, it has to do with use in commerce in connection with the goods and services she applied for (here, roughly, paper products, clothes, retail services, and entertainment services). And even then, you still have fair use exceptions.

She was awarded for her medical bills, that coffee was well into dangerous temperatures and caused third degree burns on 6% (eta actually it may have been 16%) of her body. It almost killed her. She was in the hospital for 8 days and needed skin grafts. She originally asked for her medical bills but they refused.

Well she was valedictorian of her high school!

no one asked your opinion.

The constant mention of money by the mother in this piece and in a ton of the comments made by parents is super gross. Sorry, but your relationship with your kids is not some paid subscription plan. The not-so-humble bragging mixed with faux-martyrdom is just too much.

It pisses people off that they are no longer able to command your attention. I mean, when you lived under your parents’ roof, if you didn’t do what they wanted, they could threaten eviction. Unfortunately many parents believe this to mean their children enjoy being around them all the time, instead of understanding…

I think it’s perfectly fine to want your kids to keep in touch with you, especially if you make sure you’re not asking for too much of a time commitment. It seems like the mother here might just be forgetting that it’s hard to settle into a communications routine after a major life change.

Freshman year is definitely a crazy time. I’m a junior now, and I probably talk/text my mom every day, but when I was a freshman I didn’t. When you’re adjusting to a whole new life it’s easy to neglect your old one.

Yeah, my mother seems to think an emoji is a communication that requires response. Like, not in the context of a conversation. Just sent in isolation.

I do think the mother needs to be really careful about getting information about one daughter from another. That breeds resentment. “You’re telling mom everything I tell you??” In fact, I think the mother needs to tell the older daughter to not betray her sister’s confidences unless she is getting physically or…

I’m guessing these two will eventually develop a talking relationship, though the mother certainly isn’t helping things by threatening to give presents to the other children but not to this daughter. It seems like the obvious answer is that mom should back way off for a bit and see if and how her daughter makes…

I mean, I talk to my mom almost every other day, but I would get annoyed too if my mom was texting me all the time, especially if it was just a bunch of emojis. What the hell?

I agree it’s unfair of the letter writer to compare the relationships between her daughters. Also, if her college daughter is in a demanding program she might need time to adjust to being in college. The first semester can be a very difficult learning experience as you figure out college works.