That’s also what the Bowery looks like.

SCIENCE!

So you’re saying that it is absolutely true that these things are usually true?

I have found two things to be absolutely true:

I should’ve listened. I should’ve trusted you, internet stranger. I took it as a challenge, I thought it would be fun.

Even on Jezebel, I think it’s fair to say that there are a lot worse Chrises out there than Chris Pratt.

I think Parks&Rec had one of the best finale episodes of all time. When a show goes out on such a pitch perfect note, I kind of think you need to leave it be, even though I loved P&R and miss it.

I’d say 90% of the time families like this are Quiverful, or some related religious whackadoos. I know a family who are currently pregnant with baby #13, and it’s not for religious reasons at all. The one son’s girlfriend being pregnant doesn’t strike me as being super religious, at least not in the hardcore right…

i think they just wanted to have sex fourteen times

I imagine that as the number grows, the environment slowly turns into less of a traditional home and more of a government-run institution, like a school or prison. Food comes from large bags in the freezer. Transport is undertaken via a small fleet of beat-up vans. What we’d call “bedrooms” they call “dorms,” each…

From what I’ve seen, people with families this large only effectively parent the first few kids, while the younger ones are pretty close to feral.

Your poor mom! That’s really awful :(

“unless you...make the older kids work in drudgery raising the younger ones”

I have two girls (7 and 9), and they spend much of the summer with their grandparents a few hours away. I’m a single parent and can’t afford full-time daycare, so it’s the best option I have. This is the first week they’ve been gone this summer, and while I already miss them, it’s definitely a relaxing change to get…