I wondered if he might be trying to block her from camera view, so the internet didn’t get a clip of this little breakdown. Too late and too skinny, but a very smart instinct.

I couldn’t help but think... I wonder if she is getting married at 22 because she is desperate to get out of that house.

There was a period a few months back where my bf was using my (“fresh scent”, whatever that is) deodorant because his ran out and he couldn’t be arsed to buy a new one. I never considered the smell issue, but the armpit hairs I occasionally found stuck to the top eventually made me put my foot down.

Is he trolling? I can’t figure it out, he kind of sounds like some boys I knew in college. I’ve been trying to encourage him to think about the effects of his actions, but it might have all been a scam.

I beg your pardon, but I do not consider the world black and white at all. I understand your basic impulse to avoid conflict, because arguing with strangers is unpleasant. But you seem to be under the misapprehension that never arguing with anyone makes you a good person.

That’s a remarkably childish way to live. Not that it doesn’t work, it just resembles what children do when they are forced into environments with people they hate: lie. It’s how I handled my parents for years. But why take on all that lying as a grown-up?

How did you get a video of me eating chips and salsa?

Yes, trades are the best. They tend to be narrower and more sturdy than mass-market paperbacks. The mass-markets are very light and cheap, but I tend to crack the spines accidentally, and they wear out fast after that.

I went to school with a couple of the clones and I’m from Austin, so.. no part of the state is immune.

You keep making this point that the gun owner is better off for lying about not having guns. I don’t understand why, though. What would you get out of lying in that scenario? The only thing at stake is a kids playdate, and you very clearly wouldn’t care about maintaining the friendship of the parents, since you appear…

In my general opinion, dust covers can suck a radioactive dick.

I love trade paperbacks too! They can take all kinds of abuse and still look good, they’re lightweight, and they stack very neatly when you need to box them up. Down with hardbacks!

Fair enough. I treat music the same way. Download, listen, and if I love it, buy the vinyl.

Oh, I wasn’t trying to convince you of the validity of their point of view at all. If the situation is like what I was imagining, I think all you can do is minimize damage. I didn’t want you to waste time trying to accommodate your inlaws’ broken mind-set.

Physical, and I’m young.

No, that’s actually a lot of people. It took me nearly a year, and I had to move halfway across the country, back to my home town, a place I had never anticipated living in again. Also, Bloomington is really cool, according to my memories of one day trip taken while visiting my sister in Indianapolis ;)

Hey. I just want you to know, extremely few people manage to get a job in the area they desire straight out of college. You may feel depressed and disappointed with yourself, but this is actually the experience most recent grads have, unless they go direct to grad school. You will not be stuck in Indiana forever, but…

Thing is, you will always be “the crazy one” when you speak up against this kind of behavior. It sounds to me like his family has come to accept that this is the way the younger sister is, that’s the status quo, therefore that’s normal. When you speak up and insist that this is not normal, they will behave as though…

Allow me to introduce you to Diarrhea Planet.

So... you’re not supposed to spike your bottle of diet coke before going in and reading graphic novels for free?