I understand that’s the language used in the program you were in. It’s still a euphemism. Does a ‘sent away’ teenager have a right to have someone - other than their parents or the people running the program - determine whether they should or should not be there? Do they have any right to object if the program is…

I am not trying to invalidate your experience, but the things you describe sound very much like (at least borderline) abuse.

Whether it’s this place, or that Jesus nightmare down in the DR or the place in Cummington, MA where I worked, these places are not good places for kids. None of them are places to send hurting kids. The kids hate every minute they are there and each moment makes them more resentful of their parents.  Expensive and…

I appreciate the fact that this experience helped you. However, when people say something “saved their life” I’m always a bit dubious.
There’s no way of knowing what would have happened to you had you not gone to this school. You may have had some other profound experience that changed your life for the better. You…

Does Brown have a legal case? I’m going to guess probably not, sadly.

It baffles me that I keep encountering the idea that this woman is somehow the underdog or even a hero after this moment of colossal and self-inflicted fuckery.

Does Brown have a legal case? I’m going to guess probably not, sadly.

She's hired a talent manager apparently. These are not the actions of someone who just wants her health care covered. I mean if people want to give her money and she finds a way to make money on this, that's fine. It's not the worst 15 minutes of fame. 

She’s raised like $11,000 in her GoFundMe. And she left the ER because the only solvent is acetone and she finds it painful. (Which I’m sure it, but nothing else is going to work.)

After seeing that Brown spent a reported 22 hours

Wait, this is NOT the fault of a “patchwork, profit-driven medical system”. She unfortunately did something really stupid, and there is not a fix really, universal healthcare or not. This glue is bonded to her skin, so just waiting for it to grow out or shave it off is probably not an option. Anything able to remove…

This smells like a case of not reading labels

What legal options? This smells like a case of not reading labels or Googling product first -before- using it. In other words, this shit is all on her, because GG has been on the market for well over ten years now, if not longer and makes clear that you don’t use it for anything you don’t want stuck forever.

Gorilla Glue doesn’t specifically warn against hair usage.

Some good friends of mine are opening a carry-out restaurant in a prime location in a major city. Their catering business had been kicking ass before the pandemic but I frankly was shocked they were doing this. They explained that borrowing was super cheap now and they were taking advantage of some other pandemic…

Simpler fix: Don't be fucking assholes.

Some people just legit hate women that much. It seems exhausting, agreed.

also, they kind of pissed away any cred of “taking on the billionaires” when they started kissing the asses of mark cuban and elon musk. 

Let’s not pretend like there are any good guys in this story.

She seems like an asshole, but she’s right that Hallmark movies shouldn’t automatically be dismissed because of their target audience. They aren’t any more ridiculous than James Bond movies.