My mom told me in high school that I’d be lucky if I ever made 100k a year and that it was a lot of money.

“The climate and ethical implications of consuming animal products have many people seeking alternatives, but we don’t want highly processed analogs,” said Angela McElwee, former CEO of Gaia Herbs. “The experience of eating these is pure nostalgia.”

we might be entering Musgraves’s sad girl era.

Stop and Shop has been inflicted terrible cheese ideas on the public for awhile.  Before I moved away from the east coast I witnessed horrors including peppermint flavored goat cheese, chocolate cheeses, and limoncello cheeses.   I had all of the same questions and none of them were ever answered.

Joel, the pictures on your phone or in your wallet are to show other people. 

You’re not alone, I’m assuming these other yahoos don’t go to the doctor as recommended.  Insurance information is still a must-carry.

I mean yeah but I was responding to Dennis’ apparent assumption that they had to be steamed...

Culture and marketing.

There’s no reason why it couldn’t be microwaved.

That last bit is certainly true. The criticism should be pointed at the misinformation and those who spread it and our collective failure to educate people against misinformation, not the suckers who fall for it. That American belief in individualism is insidious and gets even those of us who believe in a social…

You’re ignoring that the people touting the alternative treatments on media and social media are the same ones spreading anti-vaccine rhetoric. The Venn diagram is not a complete circle but the audiences hooked up to those sewer pipes are basically the same. 

If you’re reaching the max, which is unlikely for most people. 

Who decreases their savings rate when they get a raise?  I increase mine 1% whenever I get a raise.  You don’t miss what you never had a chance to spend.

I expect those 23 million hold outs claiming they were waiting for authorization to make an appointment today!

The description of her duties leads me to believe her 78 year old son is doing the hard part, which is lifting and stacking the traps and making sure they go out correctly.

You probably want Vermont then.  NH is the “live free or die” state.  

Only if you like shoveling snow.  I wouldn’t trade wildfires for hurricanes AND blizzards now that I think about it. 

I lived on the east coast most of my life. Having traded hurricanes for wildfires this is very weird to watch from afar.

I was like where the fuck is Waverly?

That story is a huge WTF because please just go to the doctor and have them flush it for you. FFS.