Longer answer: I had my first cigarette when I was 17 and was trying to quit a really horrible, addicting habit that was actually ruining my life. It took me years to quit, but cigarettes helped. With the exception of a brief period in college, I have only used cigarettes when I’ve felt the overwhelming desire to…

It feels good, it’s still better than some other self-destructive things when you’re feeling self-destructive (in that it kills you slowly and down the line, not like, rightnow), it feels good.

But like, this is what happens to actresses so quickly. Jezebel was obsessed with JLaw for awhile, now it’s sick of her. Actresses get punished for their over-popularity. Ageism is shitty. So is that.

Thank god at least one other person here didn’t hate the film...

Ahhh I LOVED Silver Linings Playbook. Far from perfect, but as far as Hollywood mental illness goes, pretty damn good.

I read her as 26-27ish

There was a short exchange about her age in the movie — I think she was supposed to be in her mid-to-late-twenties, so only playing up a few years.

My allowance at age 5 was 5 cents a week.

“I think I’d seen a daytime documentary or something on Oprah and I was like, ‘That’s what I’m going to do.’ And so I started saving from probably the age of five.”

Her source = Oprah, so probs.

She said she saw something on Oprah; I’m sure she understand nothing about the mechanics, but 5yr-olds know what doctors are, and she could have thought: oh I go to a place and pay money and they make this thing happen yay!

Yup. When I was five I saved pennies for MONTHS until I had a dollar, which I planned to spend on chocolate. My babysitter’s boyfriend bought the chocolate for me and let me keep my dollar, which I thought was the greatest thing anyone had ever done.

I don’t think “part of the reason” and “possibly due...” etc = reductive reasoning. I think it’s saying that society/social expectations are among the MANY things that influence choices women make, which is definitely true, bc society/social expectations influence virtually everyone, regardless of gender, whether we…

I mean, I’d think that’s kind of part of the point? That people just care less about things women do, which results in women being paid less, which is shitty, bc these women are no less talented athletes. It’s not like, an evil scheme, but it’s still very telling.

Yup, as soon as a guy uses the word “phony,” I think “He read Catcher in the Rye in hs and it’s still his #1 book, nope.”

Very true.

Yeah the ice is just to make sure the soup-mix isn’t hot after you nuke it. Water in his wet-food could also work. Basically just any way of giving him what is essentially meat-flavored water.

From my dog; I’d put a bunch of water, a little gravy, and a small handful of kibble in a bowl, microwave for it 10 seconds so all the flavors would mix, then throw in an ice cube. She’d drink that down.

Can you actually be proud of something over which you had no control? I was born here, but not by choice, so what should I be proud of?

I plan to be that kind of aunt. Right now, I’m the enthusiastic aunt who pushes my 1.5 yr old niece on the swing WHILE singing for an hour straight. (“Do you want to stop?” “Noo” “Do you want to swing more” “Ya!!” allll day)