Except what you’re forgetting/ignoring is that the “hissy fit” the GOP threw was actually the Tea Party coming to power through unified grass roots votes, and pushing moderate Republicans out the door. Voters *rewarded* the GOP/far right for being obstructionists; Dems don’t have that same kind of voter support or…

I am gonna read the hell out of that, if we still have books and free time in the upcoming dystopian US.  

I wish I had more stars to give this.

“the food is incredibly overpriced and not very good.”

Beg to differ. Disney goes a long way to accommodate all kinds of diets and allergies. I have a friend who has both dairy and gluten intolerance; she says Disney is the one place where she barely has to worry about food, because they do such an amazing job of…

“Wildest Dreams” is one of the best love songs of the last few years.

Yeah, it’s deeply ironic to see a feminist site justifying their Mean Girl-treatment of some pop star because... she’s supposedly a Mean Girl. And gotta love how there’s absolutely never any mention of the good things Swift does, like donating tons of money quietly to charities/random people, fighting for payment…

Yeah when I read the Jezebel article filled with comments about how awful and “fake” Swift is for donating money to Kesha’s legal defense (when very few artists have come out publicly on her side at that point), I knew there was no point in her ever trying to win some folks over. Haters gonna hate.

Well we kinda didn’t, Lainey Gossip has videos pointing out they may have been dating all the way back at the beginning of the year.

Here’s the weird bit, she doesn’t think that... exactly. She absolutely enjoys sex (thanks traumatizing teenage years!), but thinks it should ONLY be within the confines of a monogamous, God-fearing marriage; like, sex is a *gift from God* that shouldn’t be squandered. I’ve never really dug into her philosophy on…

Oh God that is absolutely true. Really, really weird to watch actually, cause she’ll be talking about the struggles of being a woman in the workplace and how women are judged unfairly and don’t make the same wages, aaaaaand then turn around and insist it’s because women are all gossipy-e lazybodies. It’s like she can…

“Do the adaptive learning capabilities of the brain just shut off for some people at a certain point?”

I really, truly feel like that’s it. Like it’s just... too much work to dig into this stuff. My mom has also started placing all of her self-awareness through the filter of religion; what does Jesus think of this,…

*Sigh* I know. I was arguing with my cousin about how vaccines are NOT some scheme from Big Pharma, and my mom suddenly says “Oh well, the flu vaccine totally is.” *Sounds of record scratching*

Yeah I admit I’m kinda keeping my eyes peeled. She has hadn’t a huge personality switch-around, but she’s been increasingly irritable and paranoid about stuff. Can’t tell what’s a warning flag and what’s just old age?

Perhaps a better phrase is “intelligence curdled by age.” Up until about 5-6 years ago, my mom seemed to have moderate, rational explanations; I didn’t agree with everything, but she seemed capable of backing up her opinions with data and experience. Now it’s like “It’s God’s plan.”

I’d also wager that actually…

YEP. Yep, that is pretty much what she expects. Which is extra hilarious since my parents then insisted they voted for Trump because Clinton would “increase their health insurance premiums.” But yeah, sure, an entire doctor’s appointment for condoms wouldn’t do anything to drive up health care prices and waiting…

I KNOW. I got into a huge fight with her about vaccines. Luckily, she is okay with most vaccines but actually buys into the idea of “big pharma.”

The thing is, she didn’t used to have all of these wacky ideas. I’ve seen her become more and more paranoid, conservative and frankly racist as she’s gotten older. She also…

Yeah I pressed my mom to explain how she could be so anti-abortion AND anti-birth control at the same time (ironic from the woman who had surgery to avoid pregnancy), and she just kept pivoting to how she’s not *really* anti birth control, she’s just anti getting it anywhere convenient (hates Planned Parenthood and…

Lainey Gossip had a hilarious piece in the last few days about how Swift has managed to get into the spotlight after months of laying low without saying a darn thing thanks to Perry’s “diss track”, and OH wouldn’t you know it, Swift also seems to be hinting at having a new boyfriend, thus easily eclipsing the diss…

Or worse, they just completely ignore you. A few years ago I took on a seasonal job at a retail store for a little extra money, but stressed to them that I HAD to only work a certain number of hours per week, because I was working full time and going to school part time. They still scheduled me far too many hours, and…

Yeah it’s very strange that folks arguing in favor of giving up “luxuries” to save up are ignoring the actual costs of HAVING a house; repairs, property taxes and so on. For example, my heat is covered in my rent; it wouldn’t be, and would be more expensive, in a house. That’s just a single bill that would fluctuate…