This is in no way a defense of Charlie Rose (who has revealed himself to be a disgusting person), but you’d be shocked at the number of old men who think that it’s entirely reasonable that a young woman would be into them. I’ve encountered so many that I think there must be some kind of coded message out there in the…

I’d say “It can hardly be worse”, but I said that about 2016 so...

He’s not going to drop out. And as we learned from Donald Trump, if you’re just shameless enough and refuse to drop out even in the face of overwhelming evidence of ill deeds, eventually Republicans will shrug and go, “Well, I guess we have to vote for him. It’s not like we can vote for a Democrat.” Seriously, there…

No, don’t be depressed. This is good. It’s depressing to know that Hollywood was even more of a cesspool than you might have thought (and also government and media and every other industry). But acknowledging the problem is the first step to ending it. Let the daylight shine on these motherfuckers. It is the best…

Same thing with my mom’s cousin. Her husband became disabled fairly suddenly and couldn’t work which left her, formerly just a stay-at-home-mom with nothing more than a high school diploma, as the sole earner for the household. And then, to hear her tell it, she found this MLM and made money so quickly and easily that…

Yeah, that’s the thing. “Maybe you’ll get the cool one!” is fun if you’re subscribing to a mystery box or something and it’s cheap and largely just entertainment. When it’s real money and a family’s future, it’s fucked up.

It’s the not being able to choose thing that seems super shady to me (I mean, it’s all shady but that one is particularly bad). I could see an argument to be made that having independent consultants means that they know their area better, they know what women in their area want, and therefore the best way to let them…

On a recent Slate Money podcast they were talking about Norway’s generous social programs. When the idea of generously subsidized childcare came up, the Norwegian financial journalist was like, “Well, that basically pays for itself. One of the reasons Norway is rich is because something like 80% of women are in the…

Also, if they have no interest in protecting their consultants area and income (i.e., they will sign anybody up as a consultant even if they already have too many consultants in the area and nobody’s making any money), then they’re definitely a pyramid scheme.

A good friend of mine—an intelligent woman who used to dress pretty well—got really into their clothes. She once told me that she had spent $300 in the previous two months buying LuLaRoe leggings from a buy/sell/trade group (am I the only one who thinks it’s weird to buy used leggings?). At this point, she looks like…

They also rev them up at the beginning with promises that “If you just want it enough and are willing to work hard enough for it, you can have economic freedom through this company.” Then they trot out a bunch of people who have actually made it—made a ton of money and retired early through the company. So, when the…

Also, if you’re in a store and a kid is raising a ruckus about being stolen, you’d expect all the parents to be double checking that their own kid is right near them. If nobody comes running, you have to kind of wonder where the actual caregiver is.

I know someone whose daughter was being a little shit in a store so she started hauling her out of there, and the daughter started screaming, “Help! Help! I don’t know this woman! She’s stealing me! She’s stealing me!” And the whole time, the mother’s older daughter is saying, “Mom, just leave her here. Just leave…

So far, every time the Republicans try to do something as soon as they get to the point where they have to produce specifics—any specifics, even the most vague specifics possible—it suddenly becomes clear to pretty much everyone how unpopular their ideas are, at which point they kind of have to jettison them. I feel…

I have a friend who wanted to be a firefighter since he was a kid, and he’s been one since he was 20 years old. In our city,though, firefighters are also EMTs, so if you call for an ambulance, a firetruck might get there first to get started taking care of you. He told me a few days ago that he’s leaving the force at…

EXCEPT THAT EVERY BILL THIS TURD HAS EVER SUPPORTED HAS BASICALLY ACCEPTED AS A GIVEN THAT THAT IS NOT FUCKING TRUE.

I sincerely hope so.

Oh my god, is he ever, but that’s a whole separate issue.

Years ago, during W’s presidency, H.W. and Barbara Bush hired the company I worked for to do some work at their house. Both H.W. and Barbara were friendly and gracious, which was definitely an improvement over some of the rich people we worked for. But at one point, despite knowing that all three of us who were there…

Years ago, my brother was riding in a car with some friends at night. My brother is black, but light skinned enough that you might mistake him for white in low light. The rest of the kids were white. During a traffic stop, the driver of the car DROPPED A BAG OF WEED ON THE COP’S FOOT. And then my brother watched in…