The kids exist solely as a prop.

Yeah, and I feel like if you ever try to kind of tease out that line between “this person is in a shitty system” and “this person is also perpetuating this shitty system”, especially if that person is part of ... shall we say, an especially forgivable demographic, people are like “What punishment will be good enough…

I think you’re kind of blowing right past the “wellness influencer” part. This wasn’t a red carpet interview where someone hounded her about her diet. This is a brand that she’s built and marketed as aspirational to make herself money at the expense of her followers' health (and her own, but she's rich enough to have…

I just want to say that Nebraska has a history of pretty legendary fillibusters. Shout out to the OG, the Legend, State Senator Ernie Chambers, a man no sleeve could contain.

I recently saw some research on the economics of areas like ski towns and how unsustainable it is. It’s ultimately become self-defeating.The cost of living has gone so astronomically high that all the luxury accommodations can’t stay staffed, since staff can’t afford to live anywhere nearby.

I guess the whole "Jesus is my co-pilot" thing didn't work.

Yeah, but GOOP has been a money grab from the start, so why start caring now?

Sometimes the naive teenager is a 14 year old highschooler, and sometimes the naive teenager is a 52 year old white collar worker.

I’m sure it’ll be out of the grays soon enough, but I’m not gonna be the one to do it. I hate to break it to you, but whatever minority is being affected by the current bullshit are Americans. If someone goes after trans people, disabled people, gay people, women, etc, it might be a distraction to you but I assure you…

How is today the day that all these commenters are just learning about synonyms?

You are going to lose your shit if you ever see a thesaurus.

Thanks. I figured with Sotomayor and Kagan for it, there was probably more reasoning, but I didn’t have time to look it up.

Sounds like you’re really into defining other people’s identities for them.

That’s what I don’t get about the “I was playing a character” defense. If she was saying that she was young and stupid and made bad choices, but she’s learned... ok, fine, whatever. Instead, she’s claiming that she actually knew better the whole time and did all that shit on purpose? That would be worse!

It’s a feature, not a bug.

This. The troubled teen program she was in sounds monstrous, and I believe her about it. It's also kind of wild that she's against those programs but votes for Republicans who support conversion therapy. It seems pretty similar to me!

I won't point and laugh, but I might roll my eyes.

I agree, but I also feel like I've got to respect people's boundaries when I think their reasons are troubling, because I want them to respect my boundaries even if they don't like my reasons.

If only you’d traded your son Simon for cash instead of meth back in 2015, you might have some money left.

Exactly! When I had food poisoning so bad that I got severely dehydrated and then the dehydration was making me continue to throw up, that first IV was magical. Under any other circumstances, I just drink tap water.