Oh, don’t get me wrong. Makes total sense once I looked into it. Just never put 2 and 2 together.

This. In my 20's I gave up on finding new music, just set Pandora to bands I liked. I had just decided “I guess I’m an old man now, and we don’t like new things”, but since I’ve been checking Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlist that’s curated for me, I find 100s of new songs I love every year, from bands I never would…

lol you WISH I got paid to write this

LIAR! There’s no such thing as a young Harry Dean Stanton.

I would have more sympathy for the viewpoint that the “student” (she’s actually an alumna now) in question was looking for intellectually challenging books if the other Common Read books were actual Man Booker prize winners. But they’re not. We’re talking about stuff like Ready Player One here. The singling-out of…

Look, this is why this shit is a big deal. YA novels aren’t some kind of frivolous bullshit that isn’t worth reading because they aren’t The Great American Novel. If you’re at a university to challenge yourself academically, the Common Read isn’t the only place you can do that, and telling everyone that you joined a…

One day I hope to be as funny as you!

Definitely!! 

Now that you mention college tuition and their desire for young people to study, wouldn’t it make sense for the junior competitors to receive their prize money in the form of scholarship money?

I didn’t even think of that. Yes. Give it to her and then set fire to the lab, the pills, and the records. Now it’s the story of science saving humanity, much nicer. 

As long as RBG gets the drug treatment next and NO ONE FUCKING ELSE, cool cool cool cool cool no doubt no doubt.

Also, newsflash: women can be misogynistic, sexist, and participate in totally anti-women work for a living. 

sudo: woodo: command not found

My daughter roars too. I love it. You're doing great! 

I hope it works.

Jesus Christ! Six year olds don’t need any joyful thing ruined for them! They have their whole lives for that. I hope he finds his way back to it if he loves it.

My daughter was three when we signed her up for ballet. Because he was only six, my son came along with me to take her to class.

Hey boo! Retired ballroom dance instructor and hardcore competitor for 7 1/2 years (until an injury took me out) and mom of a 5 year old tomboy here!I’m so sorry your baby is going through this. My daughter is all about dirt and creepy crawlies with no interest in dance but that’s perfectly okay. My only nudge of…

May I suggest you show him Billy Elliot and tell him that boy grew up to be Spider-Man.

That’s just awful. That sort of bullying peer pressure can do lasting harm.