I agree that if the person turns out to actually be a creep, you need to end the friendship. I wrote “definitely keep an eye out for red flags” under the assumption that one would end the friendship if more red flags surfaced.

Guys that are creepy around girls often don’t 1) act creepy around their guy friends 2) act creepy around girls when they’re around their guy friends. We literally do not see that side of them.

At this point, I’m only using Netflix for the standup specials.

Then all of the condiments soak into the bun. If the bun integrity is compromised, you are left in a potentially messier situation than you would have been with the condiments on top.

No one is hijacking the thread: TLJ was brought up in the headline as a “daring” counterpoint.

I agree that any of us would have hit her but I also think most of us would have at least braked before impact, which would dramatically increase the odds of survival.

When my grandmother passed away, I found her secret stash of (bags and bags of) MSG while clearing out her cupboard. I never told anyone in the family, no harm in believing in Santa.

I’m sympathetic to the point you were trying to make but it was horribly misstated.

Although Birtherism was many times more repugnant for a variety of reasons, I think WaDriver has a point that there are parallels between it and the Steel dossier: people on one side of the political spectrum want to believe it’s true because it feels like it’s true.

Suicidal ideation isn’t abnormal but it’s definitely a red flag. Keep track of the frequency and any increased complexity (e.g. contemplation of methodology) of these thoughts and consider getting treatment if there is any escalation.

I’ve seen these installed on the doors of executives in totally pedestrian places, like accounting firms.

I don’t mean to detract from your subjective experience and I’m not saying you personally need to change in any way. In fact, since it appears that you have given it substantial thought (i.e. asked the aforementioned “tough questions”) then I don’t think my criticism actually applies to you at all.

Sometimes rejecting your abusive and/or toxic family is the only healthy choice. Don’t be a victim of Stockholm Syndrome: familial love is easily abused because the price of admission is often blind filial piety and those patterns can imprint on you. Sometimes if you want to be happy or if you intend to have children…

The Duffers seemed heavily invested in hooking them up. I read somewhere that originally Jonathan’s deadbeat dad was supposed to show up and save the two of them from the Demigorgan, not Steve, and N&J were going to end up together.

Sorry, WorldClassFunction and I were both referring to the first reference DoctorMemory made. I’ve never seen ‘An American Tail’. (The cat in ‘Secret of Nimh’ was really oppressive.)

Cheese should be put on the patty while it’s still on the grill and then it should be placed face-/cheese-down on the bottom bun. That way your tongue comes in direct contact with the cheese.

That movie was based on a children’s book that predated Spiegelman’s work by at least a decade.

I don’t believe you. I think you’re lying. No one walks and reads papers, now or ever.

Speaking entirely for myself here but I would like to assure you that there are judgy-ass people just waiting in the wings for someone to attempt to absolve themselves of their guilt over being a horrible person.

Look, I completely agree with most of your points...but your average consumer has been using those garbage ear buds that come free with phones without complaint for years. Most people do not, in fact, care about sound quality.