I’ve never understood this focus on resilience in poor communities. Of course these people are resilient. They have to be. People who aren’t don’t make it or, if they do, struggle with issues like addiction. The issue isn’t resilience, it’s lack of concrete resources especially money. Once the concrete issues are…

The two aren’t mutually exclusive. You can be a lonely sad person who also lashes out and does horrible, crazy, violent shit.

I bet dude wishes he sold nationwide insurance since I’m thinking dude doesn’t actually have the sort of job that pays on the regular.

One of the dietitians I worked with talked about something like that. Her thing was that anything could be a ‘diet food’ if that was all you ate ever. According to her, if you ate 1200 calories of Oreos a day you’d still lose weight because of the total calories. You’d get sick because there isn’t a lot of nutritional…

But he’s a producer! Doesn’t that just make your panties fall right off? I’m thinking this is equivalent to ‘I make beats’ which is what I’ve heard a couple of guys in Baltimore say.

Burgers are a definite well done. I have the same taste/texture thing but I’m also leery of getting sick. It’s been drummed into my head by mom and grandmothers that ground meat is more likely to be contaminated with bacteria.

I’m totally jumping in but for me it’s a texture/taste and a psychological thing. To me, un-or undercooked beef has a slightly different texture/taste that is off putting. If I bite into a medium rare steak and hit that slightly iron-y taste, I’m done. There’s also the actually sight of the pink in the middle that…

One of my co-worker’s husband is all about the confederate flag right now. Not that he’s a racist mind you (/sarcasm) but because he thinks it’s wrong to vilify a flag that isn’t really about race or slavery or any of those unpleasant things and it’s’ terrible that he no longer has the right to wear the confederate…

Not going to lie, I was kind of annoyed by that, too. Not letter-writing annoyed or Facebooking about it annoyed but annoyed enough to roll my eyes, go aww, and then get on with it. Sometimes I like to kick back to some old Dukes of Hazard reruns. And it probably sucks that the actors won’t get some residuals but it’s…

Cats hate exercise. I just accidentally kicked one of my guys because he decided to plop down right behind me while I was doing donkey kicks. His brother likes to lay down under me while I’m doing planks. Of course this gives me the extra push to stay in position a few minutes more.

That’s because it’s easier to come up with pithy, racist/classist memes when it’s a convenience store. It’s a little bit harder when 1) it’s a church and 2) can’t be waved off using confirmation bias.

The problem is that even the middle ground is fraught. What is too skinny or too fat? Is it based on function - you’re too fat if you can’t comfortably complete normal tasks - or is it based on aesthetics - you’re too skinny if your shoulder blades jut out too much? No matter what, no one is going to be 100% happy…

I tend not to want to actually talk to people when I’m not at work. Facebook and texting are my main means of communication just because I’m not talkative. I inadvertently ghost people all of the time just because I forget or actively avoid calling them. I’m not trying to be mean, honest

My husband is the Diet Killer. But he promised he’d love me even if I got TLC freak show fat. He also makes me yummy salads and massages my legs when I over do the walking or the exercise bike

But she’s blahhh. And you know blahhh people only listen to blahhh people music/ eyerolling sarcasm

If the production gave fair warning - not just on the website but on promotional material and at the ticket booths - then fine. It’s on the audience member to educate themselves. I still get the sense that the added scene was a little more intense than may have been expected. As for kids, they probably won’t be…

In this case, I have to say that can be a legitimate concern. A person taking their kid/grandkid/whatever to the opera for a day of ‘culture’ is likely not expecting additional violence or sex outside of what may normally be in the particular opera. It’s one thing to go into something knowing there might be some dicey…

Sounds like they went all Game of Thrones.

I really like Santigold. I remember reading an interview with her where she pointed out that journalists always asked her what rap or hiphop she listened to or was inspired by. She really disliked the assumption that, as a black person, she had to listen to only one or two types of ‘black’ music, that she wouldn’t be…

I don’t know why anyone would criticize the choice of location. What difference does it make where they were? People have to work with what they have or don’t have. The only point is for the ladies to have fun and to not have their fun ruined by idiot drunks that can’t take ‘no’ for an answer.