Yeah I had a much wider base of friends as an undergraduate too. Not all of them were blue-collar, per se, but they definitely didn't come from the affluent families my graduate school classmates did.

It definitely it is. I don't regret going and getting my MA, but I hadn't been in my program for a full year before I knew that I did not fit in well. I finished but completely changed my mind about getting that Ph.D. I thought I had always wanted.

Arnold's childish eating habits made me love him even more than I already did.

It's my favorite of theirs, but I can see why a lot of people don't like it. My parents didn't care for it, but my brother and I both related to it so much.

This reminds me so much of my classmates. I was one of of the only people in my grad school program who came from a working class background. My family was literally homeless for nearly a year when I was 10.

I just watched this movie for the first time a couple of days ago, and I am surprised so many people didn't pick up on this. It's pretty obvious that he didn't know the shoes were there until he touched them and was clearly confused about why they were there.

I've always wondered this myself too.

I literally just finished Don't Breathe and agree. Overall, I really enjoyed the movie—one of the better recent thrillers I've seen in awhile—but I didn't care for the ending at all.

Right back at you. ;) We're what they call the founder of the feast.

I re-watched Tombstone, which I have to see at least once every year. I also reread The Killer Angels. I've been in a 19th century mood lately.

When I taught, I would send everyone a threatening email at the end of the semester that grades were not up for discussion. It cut down on a lot of it, but I still got at least 2-3 whiny emails per class.

I can't handle coworkers who whine non-stop. Like, I will actively and aggressively ignore them, no matter how much their whining is begging for a response. I'm really glad that with my current jobs, I either have coworkers that prioritize their whining or I am left to my own devices and can ignore the whining.

I think the short story comparison is really apt for Mad Men. Of all the shows I've watched, it felt the most like a compilation of short stories, and I really loved that quality of the show.

I don't complain about it in the comments, but I get why people complain about it. But I think that's something the website does with other topics too and so the complaining is more indicative of a general trend with the website rather than something that is solely related to Trump, though he's just the most prominent…

I've lived in the South my entire life, was raised in a family of prolific swearers, and swear like a sailor myself (as is perhaps befitting the daughter of two sailors), but I don't really hear that one thrown around a lot. I'm not sure why.

Haha That's funny!

:)

"Shitfire!" is a good one! Ive heard that too but not as frequently as "hellfire."

I was a little disappointed "Hellfire!" didn't get a map. It's a favorite of all of my Appalachian relatives—especially for starting sentences that will include way more profanity—but I never hear anyone else say it. I guess that map would just show a strong concentration in Western North Carolina and nowhere else. :(

At first, I found his Boardwalk character annoying, but I grew rather fond of him by the end of the season. I really missed him after he was gone too!