I’m having trouble spinning up my outrage machine about any of this. I’m just numb at this point. BRB, I need more wine.

The Loophole

He also used to be a heroin addict, so he’s high risk to be even starting those kind of medications. It’s really tough for people that are in recovery when they have an injury. I knew someone in the program that had almost 15 years clean and then had a motorcycle accident and was put on oxys and then in months was…

In re: Tom Petty

I think that reinforces the point though — the conversation here should be a lot more nuanced and handled more deftly. I’m in my 30s now and I know how to say no, but pretty much throughout my 20s as I explored my sexuality I consistently ran into situations that I didn’t know how to handle. There’s a lot of pressure…

Times a billion

I think we all know it is due to the history of the place. Trump was the only person who wanted the shithole when it went up for sale. Everyone else said it was a shithole, but he came along and wanted it. Now we all know the man has bad taste, so it speaks volumes about how much of a shithole it is.

No, it’s not a fair point.

Wow. I kind of like that she used to be a chain smoker. That’s almost human. Can robots smoke?

Marzipan is Henri’s little sister in spite of weighing more than fifty pounds more than him.

India is less homogeneous than the US, with almost every province speaking a different language. I agree that the problem is systemic and that teachers are unfairly blamed, but “homogeneity of population” is a major oversimplification.

Funny story: My husband was on a flight to CA when was a wee lad, and naturally had to use the bathroom. He discovered the cabinet that said sanitary napkins. Being close to meal time, he thought he’d be helpful by passing out “napkins” to his fellow passengers. His mom spent a good amount of the flight apologizing.

In those special cases it wasn’t about soggy tampon strings though. They really thought they couldn’t physically pee.

That’s what I would have thought if they hadn’t been completely stupefied by my ability to pee while having a tampon in me.

This might be in bad taste but...

I really loathe all the wholistic approaches to treating depression that people spout off (and I work tangentially with natural foods/wellness, so I hear it all). Like, yeah, Susan, I’m glad that your depression went away when you started running, but I’ve been running for years and sometimes my runs are just like…

As my doctor pointed out to me “you can do a thousand yoga classes and it still is not going to address the chemical depression you are suffering”. Also I can eat 1000 pounds of broccoli and it still isn’t going to address my cancer.