We were poor, too. Maybe that’s why they made gross food (I doubt it, I’m pretty sure they just liked it, I ate at other kids houses just fine) and maybe that is why they didn’t want us to waste it. But it was a truly shitty way to grow up. And since we were poor we didn’t really have an ability to make what we wanted…

But then you went into your second paragraph. :(

I’ll up your anecdotal evidence with my own: dinner refusal is often because the child doesn’t like the food.

Consultant I thought? But the categories he was answering questions were very poorly perceived.

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Ken Jennings was never going to be a permanent host. Some brain-dead, out of touch executive who has probably never watched jeopardy, made the decision to run him for a trial. Not even Alex Trebek liked him, let alone the audience.

My parents did the same. But they cooked a lot of gross stuff and I've been a disordered eater/food waster since. So maybe it isn't a black/white issue?

Meh. In the internet age it’s easy to close the cultural age gap. Dating someone your own age is not a guarantee of happiness.

From my watching of Star Trek nothing about warp speed ever ends badly.

I do not volunteer. I don't fuck with The Zodiac Killer

I lost my virginity on nye many years ago. Blackout drunk. Ninth grade. Billy’s stepdad’s house. No condom. Soaked panties. Having her parents pick us up, in our sexed clothes.

Maybe they should have consulted with Jeff Bezos. He knows a little bit about logistics...

“It will cost too much money!" said no republican, ever, about a cause they supported.

Pandemic

There is not only a record of her Uber ride, but I've never stayed at a (nice) hotel that didn't require a credit card and guest information.

We did it guys! We caught the Boston bomber!!!

This is my probably unpopular opinion but despite the John Cusack movie, I believe there is a difference.

That might be the premise but I assure you it isn't true.

I can say that the times I’ve been in treatment the highest groups have been long haul truckers, first responders/medical personnel/jail personnel, restaurant workers, and people with no job have been the largest groups. But that's just people who have been able to get treatment (which is far easier to get in my…

100% agree. That’s what I was trying to say because of the ‘tortured artist’ trope we see because these people have some level of fame, artists aren’t the only (or even the largest) demographic addiction hits. Before and during the pandemic.