A fair amount of time reading old letters and notes in books or from family? Really? Also, you’re assuming those things are always written in cursive. I’m in my late 30s and if I don’t run into cursive on a regular basis from the sources you’re citing or from anywhere else, I can almost guarantee that someone twenty…

“Hard to take notes in print”

I’m a black attorney and when I used to go to court regularly, everyone assumed I was one of the defendants. I would be in a suit and have my files with me but would still get told I would be called up to the bench when it was time for the judge to hear my plea.

Remember, these are ‘ketchup on steak’ tastebuds we’re talking about, here. He’d give a Michelin star to an actual tire.

As if France could give a fuck about shitty American wine.

If you mean Homer, sure. Fat guy is lazy, stupid, slovenly etc. But there’s plenty of overweight characters where it never comes up, they just go about their successful lives. Eg Dr Hibbert, Kent Brockman.

I’m gonna need a link here, people. For science.

Dick science.

That’s great and fairly reasonable, but still doesn’t support your assertion that producers on the show didn’t, at any point, think or say amongst themselves ‘we should give that woman from Wolf Hall less money’.

They chose to pay the actress who plays Queen Elizabeth on a show ABOUT Queen Elizabeth less than they pay the man who plays her husband.

The idea that Doctor Who fans would flock to a show like The Crown merely because of the ever mediocre Matt Smith is so ludicrous that I don’t believe for a second that anyone passionately defending the idea really believes it.

“As the producers of The Crown, we are responsible for budgets and salaries.”

Using Matt Smith’s “name” as justification is bullshit. He was only ever known as (the third best, fight me) Doctor, and AFAIK (I stand corrected if I am wrong), he won no awards for it. This is misogyny, pure and simple.

Ah, thanks. That makes him an asshole.

genocidal douche

yes, but we have far, far fewer people and we are number two in terms of contributing to climate change. so, it seems like it would be nice if we did something about it.

Yep. Manchin needs to pack his fucking bags and go.

That’s a fair distinction between going out together and lazing around the house. And I agree that you should keep wooing your partner(s) throughout your relationship. I just disagree that your appearance is necessarily a part of that. It certainly can be but there’s a fine line between “do nice things for your…

As I said, it’s hard to judge a relationship from the outside but I got the impression that my coworker was setting aside something she really wanted in deference to her husband’s vague preference. Of course, she’s an adult and can judge the balance you mention for herself and her relationship. But I can’t ignore the…

It’s hard to judge a relationship from the outside but that sort of thing makes me sad as well. One of my coworkers commented that she always wanted to dye her hair fire engine red. When I encouraged her to try it (particularly since they make highly temporary dyes) she responded that she wouldn’t because her husband…

How about a non-incumbent, like McConnell threatens constantly. Instead of, you know, not even slapping them on the wrist.