Not directly related to dating, but it’s most cringey to see children treating waiters that way. Tells you so, so, so much about the parents.

A guy friend of mine was on a Jewish dating site. He emailed his now wife, “Four out of five Jewish mothers approve of me.” She said, “I want to meet the fifth one. I feel like she knows what’s up.”

Actually, I kept the guy around too. I just moved him to the “friend” column. That friend passed away this week, so I’ve been having all the feelings

This one is easy: Treating servers\retail people\delivery people...anybody who serves the public...like personal servants to be insulted and abused. I don’t care how nice you may be to me. If you can’t treat another human being who is doing an often thankless job with common decency, that to me signals a serious…

I had no idea he was charged with the Tricia Pacaccio murder; I grew up a couple of towns over in Mt. Prospect and she was a couple of years younger than me. It was a big story at the time. 

Why are we doing this in 2019?

“Reluctant international celebrity,” my ASS. He very clearly prefers going to conventions to writing, otherwise he wouldn’t go to the cons. He doesn’t have to - his books are popular enough without his presence - but he enjoys the fans’ attentions (as long as they’re not nagging him to finish the book). He also could…

I agree about fandom entitlement from the community but it is partially his fault as well in this case, as he has had a tendency to promise stuff and then not do it.

My cousin is one of her coaches and I could not be more weepy about it.

yupppppp, it’s like... she’s gonna get referenced for the rest of gymnastics history, and we got to watch it unfold.

I’m not sure if she’s particularly political herself, but I would like to see some of the post-Nassar activism spawn a few political careers for sure.

THIS. When I saw her break down while speaking about USAG, it nearly broke me. So few gymnasts, let alone current competing ones, have the freedom to be able to speak meaningfully on anything other than being a perky little Punky Brewster / Pollyanna child gymnast.

I came here to say basically what you said although probably not as well. I’m continuously impressed by Simone Biles, not only for her athleticism and talent but also for her attitude.

There’s something about her where she breaks the mold in every aspect of gymnastics and makes her a GOAT for more than just her capabilities. She’s incredible for so many reasons. Forgetting her insane skills for just a moment, consider:

“...I have known Donald Trump for 40 years, and while we agree on some issues, we strongly disagree on many others and I have never been bashful about expressing my opinions.... I have been, and will continue to be, an outspoken champion of racial equality, inclusion, diversity, public education and environmental…

If The Related Companies is really just an independent investor and SoulCycle and Equinox are not managed by them, then why the hell do they have a PR flack that represents both companies? The pure condescension in SoulCycle/Equinox’s responses is galling. Even if their statement was true, they ignore the most damning…

This is like a hail Mary. I currently have an Equinox rep hounding me over email, text, and vm. But their summer special ended before I could set up a trial, so now I have a sound excuse to kindly say “fuck off forever”.

This is EXACTLY how capitalism is supposed to work. Gyms are basically all the same; people join this one because they want to believe they’ll belong to some sort of community and embrace some their ethos. If the community turns out to be shit and the ethos is toxic, they are right to get out of it.

“I have known Emperor Palpatine for many years, and while I supported and helped fund his efforts to construct a Death Star, I did not support his decision to blow up Alderaan”

Along with “losing touch” with his father’s whole family. That suggests that the father found out or decided that the child wasn’t his. I’ve known a lot of families where the father decided he didn’t want to be part of his biological child’s life—but the father’s parents usually want to continue to have a…