This. I was an at-home mom for 10 years, and my “job” started at 6am and frequently ended well-past midnight. Of course, I was determined to overdo it, so people wouldn’t think I sat around watching TV and napping all day. My (now ex) spouse pretty much got used to doing nothing.

Fucking. Hell. This is insanity. If you have daughters, this should terrify you. If you have sons, this should terrify you. If you are a woman, or love a woman in this world, it should terrify you.

I’ve also tentatively looked into CBT. Caveat: I’m a microbiologist, and a total hardass about seeing controlled scientific data for treatments. I did the pharmacological thing to get biochemically stable, but I’m not keen on long-term treatment, as the side effects are quite uncool. I’ve been doing great without…

Hmmm, beer and liver? Lungs and weed? Brain and opioids? Jebus and good sense? We are all muting the world in our own way, trying to get through the day. As long as our coping mechanisms hurt only ourselves, I’m good with it. No driving under the influence of substances, no chaperoning a field trip senseless on…

Cool - I’ll bet you are fun at parties.

Yeah, I agree. His narcissistic and dementia-addled brain won’t be able to pick which hateful message is his favorite, so he will indulge all of his bigoted and self-centered jerkoff fantasies. Via Twitter, of course.

Wait - do you know me? Flashback to 1986, when I was an 8th grader with a diagnosed ulcer, due to anxiety, primarily due to the constant threat of nuclear annihilation. Fuck, I thought the end of the Cold War meant I wouldn’t have to revisit this specific worry.

I’m white to the point of translucence, and I say that every time. The closed-minded idiots in this country are drooling to say “See! Bad brown people!” and we don’t need more fuel for their insane fires. There are bad HUMANS and good humans. What matters is that they are bad, not what they look like or what…

Ugh. Unfortunately, her line made me immediately think she was warning the child that she was nude under the skirt, thus saving him from a glimpse of her bits. Because that would require liberal application of ocular bleach.

I legit snorted at my desk when I read the “Bobby Finger screamed” line. Both times. Adding fuel to the fire of my coworkers believing I’m clinically insane.

You are amazing. It’s usually a thankless job, being an at-home parent - I did it for 10 years, myself. I realize it’s not ideal and/or possible for many. Yes, it sucked being a single income (low-middle income, at that) for 10 years, and getting out of debt took nearly as long. It put my career so far behind…

As an atheist, I do not believe in hell, but maybe it exists solely for people who believe in it. In which case, I have a VERY long list of people that I’d like to nominate.

You forgot demented. I’m a fan of using as many adjectives as possible to describe this madman, but demented seems to have that je ne sais quoi....

Settled in to watch today, and wow - Burns is a true master.

Thursday is just Friday Junior in my world, so drink up!!

Whiny voice, wine-y colors.... Holy cow, maybe she is secretly brilliant!!

This is the first Megyynnn clip I have watched, and...holy shit, is she annoying or what??? Her tone, her rich-girl whine — UGH. She is a twit.

Oh, man, your cat story resonated with me. My sister is a foster, and they had a kitten come in last week that had...unspeakable things done to it. He looks like he is going to recover, but what kind of monster hurts an animal?

Thank you for sharing. I hope that, if faced with a similar situation, that I would be as brave and courageous as this gentleman. I think I need to work on it, but stories like this give us hope for better times.

Very good points. I had my kids in the Clinton era, when shit looked positively rosy (relative to now and the administrations prior to Clinton). Now...I don’t know that I’d choose to have children when faced with the decision today, if I were 30 years old again, in this time. BUT, I did contribute two sons who are…