Just FYI, it's "Washington" as in DC, not as in the state.

Maybe, but weirdly specific is good! I have some weirdly specific "likes" that I'm sure is related to childhood memories, like walking barefoot on a sidewalk or pavement in the early evening, when the air has started to cool down after a hot day but the pavement is still warm. A really nice feeling and something I…

I think I remember that commercial! I always smile when I have a sunburn, don't you?! She obviously had a salad just out of shot. : )

It's a webseries though, I thought? Not network tv? I've seen all kinds of out-there stuff on webseries(es?!), some of it various kinds of awesome. I don't even know what it means that our entire culture is sex-saturated and yet, yep, you're right - somehow to see a vibrator onscreen still passes for edgy in some…

You may be right. (I don't read sponsored articles. I don't even read every single nonsponsored article!) I'm not so much looking to make a case, just posing a question that applies generally to similar dynamics in entertainment. It is an actual thing, how sometimes people get whipped into a frenzy over appropriation…

Thanks for the thoughtful response. I've noticed that humor is sometimes given more leeway, though I don't know if I'd agree with "usually." A lot of factors besides "are they just trying to be funny?" seem to determine whether or not someone gets a pass for these kinds of things. You're completely right that white…

You know, you may be right about the "speak." Her delivery is so affected and overacted that it's hard to make out exactly what she was going for. Let's just say context clues skewed in a different direction than "Valley girl."

Yeah, it might also just be a YMMV type deal. I've had one mild case of sun poisoning. It wasn't fun and it wasn't the sort of thing Noxzema or anything else OTC would've helped, I don't think.

I posted this already but I'm a gray so am re-posting as a reply, in hopes it'll actually be seen by someone, anyone, who has something thoughtful to say about it that might clear up some confusion:

Help, please. I'm confused about something.

I have to disagree with others. I grew up having Noxzema applied to sunburns and it did seem to help. Not painful in the least, just verrrrrry cooling and soothing. I thought everybody did this and that it was a universally known kind of thing but when I saw your comment I suddenly thought Hey maybe my family was…

Haven't seen it here/Gawker but somewhere earlier today I saw a headline that said he claims the past few weeks has been performance art, a la Joaquin Phoenix. Was working and didn't go read the actual article. Apparently don't care enough to google. Yet.

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