Glad your nephew doesn't have any problem with his communication skills. My five-year-old son is also autistic with language and social delay and what is described is the perfect way to communicate with him.

Yes, so much this. I read earlier today that Sesame Street was planning to partner with Autism Speaks (everyone’s favorite autistic-people-hating, pro-euthanasia, pro-child-abuse ‘charity,’) but fans, parents, and actual live autistic people convinced them to talk to Autistic Self Advocacy Network instead.

“Developed with input from...people with autism”

I tried a new recipe out from the Tasty page on Facebook.

You just blew my mind about the Maitre D’(hotel). I am now at work screaming “master of the house, keeper of the zoo...”

Lolz, so funny - I needed that! But, um, they aren’t spelled the same. It’s pizza Margherita, after Italy’s queen consort; the margarita/marguerita cocktail is said to be named for several different women, including Peggy (Margaret) Lee - so what the hell, go nuts with that one.

Precisely. Also:

She’s not a heartless, child-kicking racist. She’s a heartless, child-kicking, LITIGIOUS racist. Duh.

All I remember about Charo is that she was on AT LEAST every 3rd episode of The Love Boat.

One more thought:

I have a washer dryer in my apt and it’s probably ten feet from my bed and I still can’t do my laundry until I have no underpants and even then sometimes I buy new underpants to avoid it.

I have never heard salsa referred to as “dip.” Anywhere. By anyone. If the only thing (literally, the ONLY thing) that the restaurant had to dip chips in was salsa, then the server probably should have presumed that was what she wanted. But salsa is probably second-to-last on the list of things you can dip chips in…

Race is not the same as sex/gender. “Femininity” is not a culture.

Wait.a.damn.minute... They expect her to get it and PAY FOR IT! Holy shit I hate people so much

I need to believe that that one lady really did make her way down the line repeating “my drink is the grossest thing I have ever tasted” verbatim to like 15 people standing 2 inches apart from each other. And someone finally said “I KNOW, WE CAN ALL HEAR YOU.”

Hey asshole, it’s Timmies, if you don’t know what you want by the time you get to the cash you’re life-ing wrong.

I’d waitressed for years at different bars & restaurants, and lasted ONE DAY at Tim Hortons. I made a mistake with an order (guy kept asking questions and changing his mind about what he wanted), and when I set his coffee on the counter next to the cash, he took the lid off and tipped it over. Coffee on the counter,…

“Can we, should we separate the man from the fictional character who we all exalted, loved, needed, and in some respects, worshiped the idea, the notion behind?”

Well, to be fair, that’s a first season photo, which was before Sondra was a character. She’s actually a case of reverse-Chuck, since there’s a clear line in season one where Claire asks:

“What do we have four children?”

To which Cliff replies:

“Because we did not want five.”

Then, suddenly, there’s a fifth!

I believe that’s a season 1 photo. Sandra didn’t show up until season 2.