Ugh, this is the mentality of most people who post show spoilers immediately after a popular show airs. They want to be first, they want the attention, as if they actually had a hand in writing the show.

She’s a woman after all, no matter what she did, someone would say she’s doing too much/not enough. Misogyny is internalized in women too, and many don’t know that their irritation at certain women is trained into them.

Yes yes yes to all of this: “Then again, if my life’s dream was to be President of the United States, and I managed, after decades of trying, to become the first woman presidential candidate, and I was sure I was going to win, and everybody else told me I was going to win, and then the country voted for this idiot and…

Upthread many California residents are talking about how low the acceptance rate is out of state applicants at California schools. If they’re only accepting a small percentage of people, then it would make sense that most applicants don’t get in. (I would imagine many kids want to go to school in a sunny state.)

Yes to all of this. Reese Witherspoon gave a speech last year about the crappy roles she and other actresses were getting offered, and how no one wanted them. Then I saw Nicole Kidman actually list some of the things she was offered (they all sounded totally crappy - like a 14 year old boy’s version of what a good…

This would be a great comment if it were true, but truthfully all of their careers are doing great (save for the original Becky). The rest of them are doing great in their “solo gigs”. Laurie Metcalf was just nominated for an Oscar for her role in Ladybird! Academy award nominated roles are hardly failures. None of…

No, but there’s still time. Also, there were a few digs at conservatives (example, Roseanne is given a bottle of Russian dressing by Jackie, to make a point.)

Yes - I think you could have had a conservatives vs. liberals debate years ago, even during the Bush years, and still think conservatives didn’t share your beliefs but not think they were total wackos. Now I see any republican as gullible. They believe actual lies and I have no respect for that. It’s one thing to say…

Yes, as was The Office, Community, Blackish, Speechless, and so on. Excellent way to describe it as a “media delivery system”. It really is all it is. Which reminds me of a similar argument - when people scoffed and said “print is dead” to be akin to “writing is dead” and/or “careers in writing are dead”. Pffft, no.…

Do you remember the reactions at the Emmy’s when Spicer came out? I don’t think he was celebrated - it was totally for shock value. And yes, when they talked about him doing DWTS I was like “nooooo”.

I watched the full show and I agree with your assessment of how “snowflakes” were treated vs. republicans. I’m still planning to watch, largely because Sarah Gilbert is a huge liberal who supports trans rights and LGTBQ causes and because I am interested to see them explore DJ’s marriage which was only dipped into…

This is extra funny considering how SNL has ALWAYS been political. lol Like literally, the cold open sketches during every election cycle in the history of the show. I still remember someone (can’t remember who) playing Bob Dole in a cold open. I mean, Bob Dole was a presidential candidate in 1996, that’s over 20…

One of my relatives-in-law is a gay man who is married to man and voted for Trump in Pennsylvania. He’s also way more concerned with his super conservative spouse’s right to buy guns and doesn’t see women’s rights as being as important as other rights. People are complex. And I can’t even talk to him anymore because…

I get what you’re saying. But I do think his acceptance as The Boss on the Apprentice actually gave him credibility he didn’t deserve, and trained audiences/voters to become desensitized to d-bag behavior. When he went from being outrageous on reality TV to being outrageous during the campaign, there was no sudden…

I can agree with your bottle reflections. While I actually prefer and love Heinz, I do think their upside-down bottles are harder to squeeze. People with carpal tunnel get this too.

My husband is you. Raw tomato hater from way back. I eat all of his discarded slices - we compliment each other well.

If something happens to him it will only turn him into a martyr for his followers. It’s asking a lot, but I really would rather have his followers wake up to his idiocy (I know, wishful thinking.) What would be great for his future would be for him to be alive, but irrelevant and largely ignored.

Nope, I don’t think his people would abandon him then either. If anything, the photo would get retweeted, and his supporters would blame those people for spreading it around. Like most things that Donald says or does, his fans would immediately forget that the man shared the information himself.

Me too - I view 70 degree days as moderate temperatures throughout. No extreme heat or cold, and therefore, more energy efficient! I wish 70 degree days were still on the polls!

It’s both. I am very familiar with PTSD (in a clinical setting with many survivors) and I’m also very familiar with extreme nerves in front of thousands. Both situations (the reliving of the trauma, as well as the pressure of thousands of faces turned her way) flood your nervous system with adrenaline, and your…