I get that. I think it’s more frightening if you’re visiting than if you live there. My first 6 months I was pretty nervous. And the unfortunate thing is that when you’re nervous, aggressive people will notice that and mess with you. Some of them because they’re just nuts but others I think get angry. Either way, I…

Wow! I didn’t know SF was playing that game too. It’s so terrifying to think of how once you cross below a certain line, for whatever reason, no one has any empathy for you anymore.

Between Hard Candy and Into the Forest — both very tightly written movies that have essentially 2 characters and only a few locations, so require a lot from their actors — in my mind she’s 100% the most skilled actor of that group of mid-20s famous ladies.

Same same over here. When I lived in San Francisco it was discovered that a Las Vegas mental hospital was giving discharged patients one way bus tickets to SF, where the large majority of them would become part of the very large homeless population: http://www.sfexaminer.com/sf-reaches-400k-settlement-proposal-in-nevad…

I got to be Sam, which I think the mean girl frenemy who picked for all of us thought was an insult, but I’ve always been here for some dark broodiness.

I work office jobs so I have to buy a certain amount of semi-ugly dresses every so often. Ivanka’s stuff is basic as hell but priced at basement levels at places like Nordstrom Rack. I’ve never bought any because Trump has been awful since he was born, but if you need a business casual-ish dress for $30 I can see…

Ceçi n’est pas un pipe.

I have depression and I also have a self-destructive level of “I can handle this alone!” so in that understanding... tell your friends how they can help. Don’t judge them for not offering what you need, they probably don’t know what to offer. I’m only half doing this myself, but when I’ve asked for help I’ve gotten…

Anyone who gets in an accident with a semi deserves all the back-pay for our collective anxiety caused by having to share city streets with machines of that size, in my book. My friend was riding a bike in a bike lane when a semi driver didn’t see her and got her crushed between him and parked cars... She had to jump…

Both my best friends growing up spoke different languages with their families and I was so frustrated that I was the only one without a secret language! I tried to get my mother to learn a new language with me because the one she grew up speaking is a dying language so no one taught me.

I’m a grand-daughter of immigrants. My mother’s first language is her parents’ but it’s an old language that’s almost extinct so she lost it by adulthood, except for understanding her parents’ friends when they talk.

Girl, congrats! 2 years of sustained effort towards a gradual goal... that’s the kind of self discipline that gets you ahead in anything. You should be proud of your results but also what that says about you as a person.

Nothing makes being sick feel worse than a reproachful puppy!

I would say depends on how often you get to see all of those friends in one place. If it’s rare, make that happen first.

From the linked article:

Yeah I’m kind of dumb about musical structure but there’s something about his voice that really engages me — he’s so on edge/volatile. But what I’m not dumb about is lyrics, and damn his are impossible to get into.

That’s basically in the job description, right? In return for an outrageous income, you will:

The perfect dress for the girl who has always loved The Little Mermaid!

I think that’s how it’s typically been, but I don’t think it has to be. I imagine you actually have a lot more free time for new work in that set up — no travel, you probably have the lights and sound on point because it’s the same theater, no new people to meet on the crew... so it’s probably mostly about if you feel…

I think the sentiment in the OP is more, you should know better because you’ve been treated badly too. Maybe I’m giving too much benefit of the doubt, but I know I feel that way when I see people who should really understand what it feels like to be downtrodden doing it to others.