Great point. I was working a job making 30K as well and the only bus route available to me would add 3 *hours* of transit (walking and the wait times for connecting buses) to something about 20 miles away. I got saddled into buying a brand new (non-luxury) car that cost me $400 a month in payments/insurance. I only…

ya, my parents used to drive a car around they called the “truth mobile” that was an old beat up car, and the only one they could afford whilst sending us kids to private school, putting food on the table etc. Apparently it could be quite illuminating of peoples prejudice ;)

News flash: Not all of us live in the city. Not all jobs are based in the city. If your grandma has a car she can’t drive, offers you its use, and it makes your life easier, you effing take her up on it. That is not an example of a bad decision.

Why do you assume there’s public transportation to the job? Where some may consider driving a fine automobile to work a luxury, others see having easily accessible public transportation as one.

Well, I never said anything about whether it is “beneath” this person to use public transportation... But if they have an alternative that is possibly cheaper (since no car payments) and quicker to get to work, and also makes them feel nice, why not use it?

“I have access to a car, but it would be poor judgement to drive that car when I could use public transportation!” Is essentially what you just said.

When I was job hunting a bit less than a decade ago, the “common wisdom” among my fellow interviewee ladies was also that you shouldn’t wear an engagement (or wedding) ring—but back then the reasoning was not that potential employers would assume you were high maintenance. Rather, the rumored thinking was that an…

An interesting thing I found out when I got a heart rate monitor was that on those days when I have huge period fatigue, I’m still burning as much on days when I have more energy. It’s like you might be moving slower but your body is still working super hard to get you there. I just thought that was interesting.

cute and fun on the top and “deny someone a marriage license” on the bottom

I have also banned everyone in my family from talking to Taylor Swift. Who would have thought I’d ever have anything in common with Kim Kardashian?

I’d never even read that word and yet, on encountering it, I filed that away to “shit my old white mouth will never say” immediately.

When they asked him if he had any weapons on him, he answered “I have a discman”...and then they explained that a discman is not a weapon. But apparently they felt it was fine to continue questioning him relentlessly without counsel or a parent, eliciting the most ludicrous and coerced confession that has ever…

It is weird that they somehow were forced to live life as a snowman and a reindeer for losing.

I like the story of when The Hurt Locker (Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, his ex-wife) won best picture instead of Avatar.

The “it’s just jealousy” part irks me.

Dude 10/10. Flawless landing.

Prince Harry marrying Kerry Washington despite Barack Obama being concerned about their dangerous boat wedding.

Bobby, real talk: Are any of you bothering to wear pants to work at this point? Are the expense reports for this month just “keg... keg... handle of Jack... keg... jello mix...”? Do the offices more or less look like the most outlandish scenes from The Wolf of Wall Street?

No snark, Hannah Storm handles these unfortunate and unenviable reports with aplomb, striking just the right balance of professionalism and humanism.

I said this upthread, but she is so pathetically thirsty, it’s embarrassing. Every time I see Jessica Lange in something now I laugh thinking about that time she snubbed Lea on the red carpet.