Jesus and Ezekiel are holding it down for the new peeps. Michonne is still on the A+ list. And Carol is back on the list too after taking a brief hiatus. I’m hoping Daryl can make a similar comeback.

This. Glenn should have been killed onscreen at the end of S6. Then we would have had the whole summer to mourn and regroup, and then when it came back for S7, Abraham should have been killed at the beginning of the episode, and that truly would have been a shock. The showrunners picked the wrong way to pace the story…

I only watched the first two seasons, but I never understood the intense hate for Lori. I realize people found the actress annoying and the character was poorly written, but people talked about her like she was literally the devil.

No.

Seriously; buy some cheapo water bottles in bulk and maybe don’t write lengthy articles on hydration, and it’ll be OK, author!

Yup. I only peed at school like eight times total after third grade or so. It was not actually healthy!

That’s true, though so’s the opposite. I remember being half-starved all through elementary school [quite literally] but we weren’t really permitted enough time to eat, except at lunch when the only food available was disgusting and completely without nutrition.

Not to mention those drinking fountains were DISGUSTING, at least at my school. It’s no wonder kids get hooked on sodas and juices—that’s what the parents sent us kids to school with, and it was the only thing available.

My mom ripped my Texan elementary school teacher several new assholes because she wouldn’t let us get a drink after gym or recess if we were not standing in a PERFECTLY STRAIGHT line. She would hold up her hands to judge if it was straight enough and it always seemed impossible to meet her expectations.

Yeah, exactly. This article really missed the mark for me. For one thing, spending that much on a water bottle when you know your kid loses them is idiotic.

I had sadistic coaches in middle and highschool who would withhold water from us as punishment, or to ‘toughen us up’ or something. This, in the summertime in the South. I don’t remember being thirsty as a toddler, though.

Another always-thirsty kid here. We weren’t allowed to have water bottles at my school, and we only had six minutes to get from class to class in a 555,000-square-foot school where the only beverage options were soda (which I don’t and didn’t drink). I was miserable and would use up valuable hall passes just to go lap…

And at lunch or between classes or whatever there was always a huge line that took forever! And the people behind you would just shove you off if you took too long! Literally shove, because I’m remembering elementary school here.

I’m willing to accept that we’ve over corrected. But yeah, kids should have access to water until they’re sated periodically throughout the day (frequency based on age, how hot it is, how active, etc).

I remember this. I would be so thirsty that I was desperate for water. They’d count to three at the fountain so I’d go to the restroom and get water from the sink in my hands and drink. Othewise, I felt desperate for water.

That’s terrible. How about oxygen? Should you have left some for the birds, too?

The race to the water fountain after gym class was always intense. I feel you, I was always one of the first to get there and then had a ‘fuck you, I’m drinking here’ attitude once I was there.

Same here. And then there’s the fact that thirst can be mistaken for hunger, as well. While I’m not advocating buying expensive water bottles ($36?!?), I know from personal experience that having a couple around the house has helped remind me to drink instead of just waiting for mealtime or when I’m absolutely…

Yeah, I remember being thirsty all the time as a kid too. Water bottles weren’t really a thing yet. Adults need to remember that they are really in control of children- young kids can’t take care of their own very basic needs without adult help or permission. Maybe it’s a pain for adults, but it’s not fun for kids…

I remember being thirsty *all the time* as a kid. The teacher would line us up at the water fountain and chant “1 2 3 that’s enough for me” and it was NEVER ENOUGH. Also “leave some for the fishes”, fuck the fishes, I’m thirsty!