“it can feel suffocating when you are the sole recipient of the hopes of literally everyone in your nuclear family.”

Only child, here! I definitely relate to the “pushing themselves” aspect. A lot of only children I know have the same thoughts: We got through life with this awareness that we’re our parents’ only shot at parenting, so you feel that you have to give EVERYTHING. Be the best student, best athlete, best performer, be…

That’s EXACTLY what it is, and like almost everything else attributed to her, I’m getting pretty damn sick of it. It’s like every article about Clinton on here exists solely to attract new and exciting pictures of Bernie Sanders. We get it. Either talk about the actual issues at hand, or hold every candidate (and…

It’s also completely possible that he knows plenty about it, but is being a good interviewer and letting his guest tell the story. He’s talking to a child of apartheid; if he had said anything about it, we’d all be in this comments section getting up in arms about how he dared to try and tell someone else’s story.

I was hoping against all hope that John Oliver could have been pried from the jaws of HBO to host. Or that Sam Bee could have been pried from TBS (is that where she’s going?).

Technically, we’re on Gordon #3! However, Roscoe Orman has been Gordon since 1974, so the point still stands.

I won’t lie; I teared up A LOT reading that book. The creators, writers, producers, actors, etc at CTW were overwhelmingly dedicated to educating underprivileged children, and speaking to them in “their language.” The entire episode that revealed Mr. Hooper’s death is chronicled, and I recently re watched it online.…

Guys, if you haven’t read it, I highly recommend Michael Davis’s Street Gang. It’s extremely well-researched, and goes into an abnormal amount of background detail on all of the original actors and puppeteers. Apparently Bob was a heart throb to millions of Japanese schoolgirls, Carol Spinney hates memorizing his…

Very true. A bit OT, but shit like this is one of the elements that contributes to food deserts as well. Companies don’t want to pay the additional insurance and deal with the extra shrink rates associated with lower-income or high crime areas, so they refuse to open stores.

Thank you thank you thank you. I really resent the “but anyone who has an empire THAT big can’t be dumb, right?” argument, because there are plenty of examples of idiots that gained fame and wealth.

She also makes an appearance in the sequel where she teaches LL Cool J, Lauryn Hill, and Jennifer Love Hewitt how to come together and SING to save their impoverished inner city school.

Katy Perry only puts on her Jesus hat when she a), wants something, or b), wants to critique something that threatens her (Lady Gaga, anyone?). She can then take it off and ignore Christian values (chastity/ modesty) when it suits her. In that respect, she is a True Christian of America.

I grew up on country music, and unashamedly loved it. In the 90s you could barely listen for 10 minutes without Reba, Shania, or Deana popping over the airwaves.

Bolly Bolly Bolly!

As I said in another thread, this reeks of whatever “protest” every 16 year-old comes up with whenever they get peeved by authority. This doesn’t make her stance wrong, it’s just that the whole “solidarity” element and the arguments made for it are a little on the shaky side.

Ding Ding Ding!

Wouldn’t the better argument be that males can wear those huge cutoff tanks that basically expose their entire sides? Because I have not now, nor ever, encountered a school dress code that said men could show up without a shirt.

This is the type of fight you’d see at a Bible study.

If I was on a show where I “had” to marry the winner, I’d fuck every single one of them. Gotta test drive the car, amirite?

Everyone say it together: GO UP A SIZE. Hell, you can even cut the number out if it makes you feel better. My guess is that no matter how skinny you are, if your skinny jeans are so tight that they cut off your circulation, they probably look it, too.