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YES. ALL THE STARS. I am yelling because this is SUCH AN IMPORTANT POINT and so few people really understand it. A damn lot of who and how kids (and the adults they turn into) are comes pre-programmed.

People here also think kids are really dumb, apparently. Like, they are worried about children being handicapped by having to learn to write so many names. Never mind that most of at least one continent is full of kids who do this and somehow make it through.

Yes, this is us. But I confess to being a wee bit gleeful every time someone addresses my kid with just my last name. I hadn't really thought about people's perceptions about the second/last last name being most salient/important, but I'm damn glad it's not my name being randomly erased.

Oh no. :(

Happy birthday. That is an incredible fucking milestone. I'm sorry it's been lonely. Here's hoping some new, healthy friendships are right around the corner for you.

This is one of my kid's favorites. :)

I approve of this post, and add Gökhan Inler (Switzerland). I'm really not sure what's going on in this picture, but a something image search gives me the smiles.

Jesus fuck, what are you, 15, that that seems like a gotcha? Holy hell you are annoying.

You're a great commenter. Like I said to someone else, it's clear that you're thoughtful about the way you portray your experiences and those of people you work with, and I'm glad that you were open to sharing more about that thought process. My feedback to your first comment was to back up the initial reply that the…

I'm not so sure that's true. You seem pretty damn intent on getting in the way.

It's nice that you're doing it, but I'm not sure why anyone thinks EG needs people to rush to her defense. She's clearly capable of defending herself and thoughtful about where the line is with blowing off steam- and that's what made me bother to respond to her in the first place. She seems like someone who might…

Again, my deepest thanks, Captain Obvious. I'll file that one right alongside "just because you missed the point doesn't mean it wasn't there."

I hate when that happens. So much. Especially on the phone because it takes five times longer to write.

This totally unhelpful "well no shit" moment brought to you by Polly's Pocket. Thanks!

No, I read it the same way she did. I think you were going for a humorous anecdote but your wording made it come off more like you were implying, for laughs, that severely autistic people are habitually ("every time") covered in feces. And even if you didn't think your initial comment was offensive, that was a hell of…

Look, we have this setup with my dad's current wife and after a brief knee-jerk NOPE when they first got together I thought about it and realized it's really not a problem for me. And it really hasn't been. So I'm with you in principle. No, nobody is automatically incestuous or a pedophile because of a large age…

My brain read "Tom Hanks biopic" and I was momentarily confused and outraged.

I got a tweeted response from Uzo Aduba last year :) The cast members are good with the Twitter.