He had his surgery at MD Anderson, so, we’re very close by.

Thanks for this. My brother-in-law is in the “cautious optimism” phase about his stage II primary liver cancer (fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma) returning. He had a liver resection a year ago and is about 13 months out from his diagnosis, and all of his screens look really good but for the one very slightly…

I hate to tell you this, but if you actually care about other people, especially women, you are in the minority.

I don’t know that you can have “prayer” without concurrently “forcing Christianity on the Scouts.” I don’t know that it’s “forcing” but we are talking about children here who aren’t really up to the task of understanding that this is what some people do, but not us, unless we want to. Unless you mention Mary, or don’t…

Well, just in the way that white people are responsible for ending racism, that’s not going to happen in places like Lubbock if all the reasonable, not-racist people move away.

Moving to one of the sapphire blue cities in north/easterly Texas helped. Lubbock is an echo chamber and any time you try to “debate” someone there, they completely ignore your reason, facts, and logic, and bury their heads in the sand even deeper.

I’m sorry for reply-spamming you, I swear to God this is the last one, but yes, lice are species-specific. So, I’m officially calling bullshit on the horse excuse. https://www.ndhealth.gov/head-lice/publications/myths_and_facts.pdf Scroll down to the very last entry.

Also I realize that my story is anecdotal, so it’s not real evidence, but I have just never heard of that and it seems totally without merit. So I’m gonna go now so I can Google into oblivion.

Yeah I’m calling bullshit on the horse excuse. I rode horses for ten years (at a stable where about 50 horses lived) and never once did I EVER get lice. Plus the Medieval Times horses live in the equine version of a spa. So no, that dude was wrong.

Subpoint to your point (a): I’m sure that’s the explanation given by many, many men accused of sexual harassment. Kind of like how when I go to get a protective order for a client who has been abused for 20 years, her husband’s explanation for the black eyes and the full-body bruising is “we liked to wrestle and she…

I think there is value in pointing out to other white people the legitimacy of the movement, and it being clear to them from the outset that you will not tolerate their racist bullshit. So, I say do it, just so that the racist assholes have one more reason to be on notice around you (but, you know, you’re going to…

You obviously didn’t listen, because you’re still referring to Black people as “blacks,” so don’t be all that surprised when people direct an outburst toward you. You can just, you know, fuck all the way off back to Stormfront with your bullshit, buddy

There are so many ways something like this could have been done and not sucked. Hell, make it to where it’s black-and-white (as in, not color film) when she’s got the shirt on and then goes into technicolor when she takes it off (because it “brightens dull skin” or some stupid nonsense bullshit like that).

It’s pretty fucking hard when all you have are pasty-pale white people and don’t bother to get any input from any woman who has any melanin whatsoever in her skin. I feel like if they had run this ad by ONE non-white person, this never would have happened.

As opposed to the whining that occurred when Lubbock took the (unconstitutional) segregation laws off the books in 2006, which was not hilarious but depressing. I couldn’t wait to leave that shitshow.

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Serious comment: try the lactase gel caps rather than the Lactaid tablets, even the chewable ones. Lactaid is indigestible garbage that does nothing to help and you will still end up with digestive issues. A lactose-intolerant friend recommended this to me and it’s LIFE CHANGING. Also be sure you check on the label…

From *rural* Texas. Texas cities are sapphire blue islands in a sea of red, and by population we are a hell of a lot more purple than the gerrymandering would have you believe. Once I moved from rural to urban Texas, I no longer had to fear being outed as a liberal atheist bisexual or having to explain why my spouse’s…

I went to Tech also for 7 years and the overt racism in that school turned me from a born-and-bred Republican (I didn’t know any better) to a flag-waving, marching, chanting liberal. I took ONE poli-sci class and then changed majors. Lubbock is a hotbed of racist trash.

Serious question: how are the Aggie colors racist? I’m not questioning you or denying that they are, just would like a little insight. If you don’t want to answer that’s fine but any guidance would be greatly appreciated. FYI I hate A&M and have absolutely zero doubts that it’s full of racists, so if that’s the…