Alternatively, ask people questions that aren’t things like “what do you do?” I go with “what was the highlight of your day?” or “if you could replace any body part with any kitchen appliance, what would it be and why?” A lot of people do things just to make enough money to live, and those things don’t necessarily…

The hardest part of being a native Angeleno who likes sportsball is how many people go to games to “be seen.” Like... y’all are jacking up the prices on tickets for sports you DGAF about. Please just stay home.

The real worst part about that is that they weren’t even fans of the Kings... they were just on the hype train. Signed, someone who cried watching them win the cup on TV in both 2012 and 2014

Thisssssssssss. SO MUCH THIS.

Tea for “T,” meaning truth. “Spill the tea” being the generally used phrase. I think it originates in gay black Southern culture, from at least as far back as the 90s.

And that ends the “should they have a bathroom” conversation. Thanks for the info — I could not for the life of me visualize that area (lived in NY for 5 years a hundred years ago). She should’ve gone somewhere else... what a jerk.

However, it is a legal requirement for a restaurant/coffee shop/bar/place that serves food and/or beverages to have a bathroom in NYC if they have over 8 (if I remember correctly) seats. I wish I could remember the specific number (it’s either 8 or 10). So I’d be interested to know if they have fewer than 8/10 seats…

To kind of jump on what brighter is saying, I never realized how sexy consent was until I was in a healthy relationship with a partner who asked for consent. Prior to my current partner, I always had partners who, when I was not interested, did what you described doing — persuading rather than respecting the boundary.…

Been doing the Whole30 for a minute, so I’ve been having compliant mocktails. My favorites are: lime La Croix with GT’s cranberry kombucha (garnish with a lime wedge) and lime La Croix, pamplemousse La Croix, and coconut water (garnish with a lime wedge or a bit of grapefruit... or both). I’ve also been making a lot…

The book has been around for 32 years. Did you know that Vader is Luke’s father?

SO MUCH THIS. I’m in my 30's and the more I think about the majority of sexual experiences I’ve had in my life, the more I realize how much assault and sexual violence I’ve experienced. It took me nearly 20 years to realize why I don’t like a certain sex act (it relates to my first experience with sexual assault) and…

I use the Sleepypod ClickIt with my 50 lb mutt. It’s the only crash-tested harness and the seatbelt goes right through the back. However, when she’s getting settled, she’ll sometimes step on the button and undo the seatbelt. Alternatively, she’ll get herself tangled up and we’ll have to get her back upright. But when…

No, we did kind of suck. Stephen just sucked more. He is the damn worst.

I feel this so hard.

Aw man, I was cheering for runners around mile 24/25. What’d we do wrong? (If you heard someone shouting on a megaphone that you had half a mile ‘til you hit the ocean, that was our crew.)

This is my recently adopted Cujo-monster Ziggy being her best self. She enjoys cuddling and eating everything she can.

This video from high school of Stephen just resurfaced, so y’all can see he’s always had that same smarmy face.

Charles is a great comedian, if anyone’s ever in the New York area.

All fair points. I don’t know how much of his activities they knew about. I’ve had mixed accounts from my peers of their involvement in his life, and I didn’t care to know more about him that I did. I agree, though. This is one of those cases where parental involvement and response was crucial.

His age shouldn’t be the part that upsets you. His unabashed xenophobia, racism and hate speech should, though. He’s had that down for a solid 16 years.