This is giving me flashbacks to Grisham’s The Pelican Brief. Except of course in real life the forces of good don’t prevail. :(

I guess I mean, no one important. Her control-room flunkies and the sitter-assistant listen, but the kids, Chris Pratt, and the CEO-guy all basically ignore her.

That’s true. But it was still the wrong decision, based on the reactions to it. It’s just that for once we know exactly who made the decision.

Me too! I know it’s weird, but I always liked them together, they just seemed low-key and happy. And he was the only Beverly Hills 90210 alum who seemed to come out of it without major weirdness, so I wished them the best. I am irrationally sad about this.

My comments were meant to be read as discussing the possible implementation of this system in major American airports. I apologize if I didn’t make that clear. If this system works for the places already using it, that’s great. I just think that adopting it here, for flights on large jets, is both impractical and…

Personally, for myself only, I agree with what you’ve said. But - our current culture ties an overwhelming amount of added meaning to what should be a simple measurement, to the point where it’s really not simple at all anymore. To deny that is to willfully ignore a lot of pain and cruelty that people are subjected to…

That’s fine, but presumably you do have other situations that make you uncomfortable? And having experienced those situations, you might understand how people who are not comfortable with this feel? Empathy, it’s a thing.

Or, you know, airlines could just increase whatever number they’re already using for “average weight” in their current calculations. Which would not only eliminate the unnecessary humiliation, but also save a ton of time at the gate.

That sounds amazing. There’s a drink I love at a restaurant in LA that is mostly lemon, tequila, and jalapeno. I wonder if I could make jalapeno-infused vodka to use instead since I usually hate tequila and only tolerate it in this cocktail. Hmm...

Me too. That’s been my fear since they hired JJ. I’m trying to avoid the trailers as much as possible so at least if I’m going to be disappointed I won’t know until I get there.

Correct *if* you’re British, or at most one generation removed. After that, it’s just pretentious. (Although technically still your parents’ fault.)

That’s absolutely fair, and I apologize for my ignorance. But I do think that touches onto an interesting area of debate. Is it fair to call something cultural appropriation if it’s not well-known symbolically? I’m not excusing the designer (since, as that is your job, it would be more than appropriate to do some…

Oh, good, I’m so glad you said this. I looked at it, and thought, that doesn’t look sacred or Native in any way... it looks dumb, but not like any sort of culture at all. I agree that the styling takes it into appropriation (way to go, Topshop!) but if you just want to craft-project some feathers onto your head, I…

These are all good tips, but they make me sad. I achieve mostly the same result just by hunting for deals and booking everything a million years in advance. But nothing here will help me pretend I’m swanky, which I would dearly love to be (at least when I’m on vacation).

Nah, not even halflings. Hobbits are kind of stout. XXXS is for, I don’t know, prepubescent elves or something.

I loved the part where Ted Cruz tried to make this buffet of buffoons sound like a wide array of fantastic choices. I don’t think it went over, but clearly I’m not the target audience.

People cheered ALL of the terrible things. I am trying to decide whether 1) GOP voters are terrible, 2) Ohio is terrible, or 3) humanity is terrible. I’m leaning toward 3. :(

He absolutely admitted to it. He basically admitted to tax evasion as well, and he threatened Megan Kelly to her face... it all got cheers. All of it. I weep for the human race.

This guy. He terrifies me. Nothing he does makes sense, or works, and yet people keep voting for him.

Somehow the marketing department hating it makes it that much better.