There is a fraction of the number of commenters from 10 years ago. Are they just letting the whole thing sink?  Why buy a website just to let it die?

Willful ignorance and selfishness. I’m sick of it beyond words, and heartbroken every time I hear of nurses leaving shifts in tears. Even the ED nurse managers have had to step out for a cry sometimes because they have no way to solve what they are up against.

Your ring is lovely! I inherited a very similar one from my great-grandma. I think they’re mostly from the Art Deco period. Hers is. Art Deco is my favorite style. Congratulations on finding such a beautiful piece!

The ring is beautiful and very eye catching!

Oh Lord that smiling pupper!

Crossing all my fingers and toes that you get the new job. I think you’ve paid your dues.

1. Darwin!

This problem goes back to before Herb though. After they put the grey system in place because of the assholes targeting Jezebel commenters, writers were supposed to pop down into the comments, engage and ungrey people. The first day of the new rules, there was a mass ungreying, so that was pretty cool, but mostly you…

Like most op-ed columns on Jezebel, I picture its author delivering the thesis to a tea party of stuffy friends in her inpatient facility.

A pupdate and some personal updates:

not far from bellingham

What part of WA?

it should be. we’re staying friends, but yeah. 

I had a hard, hard couple of weeks. My name change failed, two doctor appointments got cancelled, and I broke up with my girlfriend. I’m leaving for washington state mid next month and just done with this whole state.

Jalopnik had the right idea in “promoting” — for lack of a better term — Mercedes from commenter to writer. I think the family of sites have done that before with other commenters, too?

I’m obsessed with this Victorian (I think) onyx ring I made my husband buy me for Christmas. We had been out for a sushi lunch at break and next door was a pawn shop with a half-off sign. I am NOT a jewelry person. And this shop was not a vintage shop. But as soon as I saw it I said - THAT! I want THAT! He was shocked…

Oh wow. Best wishes! Still haven’t met our only granddaughter and new DIL in Australia or seen our son since early 2019. Enjoy your mum and hold her tight.

Hey, all of the bloggers on here know completely how fucked kinja is. Jalonik is my go-to blog, and from the writers on there, basically, they have no voice in the comment section, and are quite often locked out of it themselves (I follow a bunch of them on Twitter)

I don't know why Jez messed up SNL, why it didn't act quickly to fix it, and lost a ton of posters as a result. 

Cooped up inside recovering from a hip arthroscopy and here for all Christmas conspiracies, good and bad.