I'm pretty sure Stevie agrees that its not a zero-sum game.

I think its to make it tolerable for parents, so that they're with their kids while they watch TV and have something to talk about with them.

Does Beatlemania ring any bells?

I was totally obsessed with Duran Duran as a teenager, god only knows what I would have gotten up to if I'd had the internet as a 15 year old with poor impulse control

Oh god that's the best movie. That scene at the end with the beauty queens going into a violent rage and literally tearing the building apart with their bare hands is worth the price of admission.

You're throwing shade at complete strangers because they have not invited you into their lives, and I'm the hostile one? Amaze.

Its weird that someone managed to keep you out of their business?

So? They're good at keeping themselves to themselves. Lacey Chabert got married in December to someone that nobody knew she was dating. Is something weird about that?

Well, she's pregnant.

What's her deal? Why do we like her? Do we like her? Horrible dress, she couldn't walk in it and could barely stand in those shoes. So bizarre.

And without it, the only thing anyone would ever have known is that someone reported some second-hand gossip that Nigella Lawson's husband might have done something while they were eating lunch once, but nobody could really see or hear what was going on so they're not sure.

And without them, the only record that the whole thing happened would have been third-hand gossip from some people at the next table, if they'd even noticed it.

Wow, folks are really unimaginitive around here.

That's a pretty rotten way to go through life, if you ask me, looking for things to get outraged about and randomly hurling vile insults at complete strangers on the internet because they don't like the things that you like.

I'm 40, so pretty far from a "child" and reasonably grown up. As for this:

Lots of water, a little bit of greasy food if you can keep it down, and rest. Take a nap, get up, drink more water, have some dinner, go to bed.

But it does if you're standing up.

I have a dear friend who was an avowed single cat lady until she unexpectedly met the love of her life, got married, and shortly thereafter got pregnant. She declared that she was hoping for either a girl or a kitten.

I thought that was the inference, especially with respect to the whole "car camping" thing and the requirement that the partner bathe. Perhaps not. Either way, a 2-day fling — scooty or not — is a permission slip to find the hottest partner you can.

Can't handle <> not seeking out for company

What? I'm pretty sure you and I are not talking about the same thing.