I prefer a barking dog to loud music.

This is one of the many reasons I have cats even though I love dogs, too. When my new cat starts yowling his fool head off at 3 AM, the only person he disturbs is me.

I realize now I kind of sound like an asshole for mocking her lack of housekeeping knowledge, regardless of why it was lacking. I’ll just say that she generally deserved any and all mocking because she was vapid, hypocritical, and materialistic. I don’t know where she is now, but if she stayed on the path she was…

I was unsympathetic to her household gaffes because her parents’ had “help.” She didn’t know what you can and can’t put down a garbage disposal/clean the floor with because she’d never had to wash dishes/clean a floor before.

I had a roommate who put an entire corn cob in the garbage disposal and was shocked when the disposal broke. Same roommate polished the kitchen linoleum with furniture polish because she thought it wasn’t shiny enough, then laughed her ass off at me when I slipped and fell. She wasn’t my favorite person.

My mother taught me to not put metal in the microwave and not put dish soap in the dishwasher (only dishwasher detergent.) I never have and never questioned why.

Or we could have tax laws in this country that don’t take up nearly 1/4 of the shelf space of the law library I work in. That would simplify matters.

Everyone needs a doctor they can trust, kink or no.

I normally aim for as small a refund as possible without owing, but took a new job this year. It’s right near a state border so I ended up renting a house in another state. So I worked in two states last year, lived in a third AND the state I work in withholds income tax while the state I live in doesn’t levy it. I’m…

For me, it’s the principle of the thing rather than lost investment income. They use my money, interest free, and only repay it after making me calculate how much they owe me? EFF. THAT.

Have you watched the first few series of Prime Suspect? She’s somehow hotter at 70 than she was at 40.

I was thinking “Meryl Streep” before I even finished reading your comment. I was saying to my cousin during the Golden Globes “you know, no one ever talks shit about Meryl Streep aging poorly or even praises her for aging well. Because she’s known for skill, not beauty. And that’s more durable.”

Fair enough.

I wonder if perhaps it was an anti-Semitic thing.

I think physical character is considered pretty bad thing for women. I’m with you, though - I love it when a celebrity looks different.

My best friend told me in the 6th grade that my large (for an 11 year old) breasts made me look fat and I’m still pretty sure she was right.

If it’s any consolation to her, I know exactly who Debra Messing is. If not for “he directed a movie you saw in college and were pretty meh about,” I would have zero fucking idea who Alfonso Arau is.

I don’t worry too much about what people do with SNAP money, but I got pretty irritated when NYC tried to make it so they couldn’t be used to be buy soda and everyone* flipped out about “forbidding the poor from drinking soda.” If someone on SNAP wants soda that bad, no one’s stopping them from using non-SNAP funds to…

I was on disability for a few years because of rheumatoid arthritis (thanks a lot, grandma genes; bless you, spontaneous remission.) My SSDI was on the high side on account of previous income, which meant I was earning a little over $1,000/mo (this was over a decade ago.) I looked into applying for food stamps but…

Reason #53 I’m glad I don’t have kids. My utter lack of appreciation for expensive toys would render me a buzzkill parent anyway. (My mom refused to get me a Cabbage Patch Kid, so I come by it honestly.)