I’m not accusing you of hypothetically being judgmental; I’m merely using your comment to illustrate the social, secular dimension of the mental hold that the Church has on it’s more faithful adherents.

It was called a tithe on the envelope; we got a new package of envelopes in a green box at the beginning of each year. He gave the same amount each week from the early 1990’s until his death even though our family’s economic fortunes started a steep, steady decline in 1995 which makes me believe that he would have…

Traditional Catholics still do tithe; my dad wrote out the same check each week until he died in 2011. On the pre-printed envelopes that were sent out at the beginning of each year, there was a clever little scale to show what 10% of your weekly earnings were.

Congrats, you’ve tasted your first sweet sips of social privilege. It’s up to you whether you use it to help others or not. Hope you choose the former!

Erin, you forgot perennial candidate Vermin Love Supreme.

I referred to the Aldi dumpster behind my childhood home as the second freezer in winter. I didn’t have to buy bread, bananas or zucchini for years.

This is classic HR legalese designed to shield the precious, delicate corporate entity from nasty, unprofitable things like lawsuits and liability. The most insidious thing is that these practices are so-called “best practices” in the corporate world and are required to be in place for insurance purposes. A biiiig…

Why should the emotional and psychic health of office workers be seen as less important than the emotional and psychic health of writers and artists?

And the cop who initially dealt with the member was an apparent family friend/acquaintance who is currently serving 57 years for possession of child pornography.

Or to Portugal, down ol’ South America way?

Seconded, since I’m not so sure we can compel Amy Pohler to permanently turn into Leslie Knope and run shit.

I think they could sense that I’d pull an Irish exit as soon as something better came along. To be fair, I totally would have.

Hell, I’d apply to be an unpaid intern at this point. McDonald’s wasn’t interested in my university education, maybe I can make something of it at Gawker!

She, and her son, have Aspergers and it happens to be a relatively large facet of her blog.

It’s just dandy that the DoJ has made animal abuse a tier one federal crime. Now what’s the statute of limitations?

Distraction from real issues.

Assholes from the NW suburbs.

I took 2 seconds to sign the petition at Change.org. They need another 204 signatures to reach their goal of 1,000. I'm sure we can get this done by tomorrow if we put our minds to it.

I think Emma Watson would end up wiping Buckingham's floors with Shiny Lock's aforementioned locks. She comes off as smart as a tack and incredibly articulate on a wide range of important issues. Plus, she's an accomplished actress, student and humanitarian with a much deeper global brand recognition than Shiny had…

Do you have any leads on support groups for kids of narcissistic parents? I thought about going to a CoDA meeting but the whole 12 steps thing doesn't really sit well with me. So far I've been lurking in r/RaisedbyNarcissists; it has been such an eye-opener for me.