The Root had the inital article about it, and every single comment called them out for making it out to be far more sinister than it is. So this is not going to go over well with anyone here, not that that will make an iota of difference to the people at Get Out Media who wrote about it.

And it’s also critical to note that those are only the large firms in major cities that have thousands of associates and junior associates on staff. Those firms are also most often corporate law practices, which is not the kind of law that everyone wants to practice. Everyone else pays a lot less, usually mid-five…

It’s a backwards argument, though neither seems to care. When you say, “I would never have done that to X because X isn’t hot enough for me,” you are also implying that if it was someone you were attracted to, you would. It’s not the same as saying, “I did not do this. This is morally reprehensible to me.”

That’s awesome, but hard to compare to a sport like swimming or gymnastics where teammates compete individually and score/time differences are usually measured in decimals.

That's not doomy gloomy where Jeff Bezos is concerned.

Katie Ledecky is the only other person on Team USA that puts the same kind of distance between herself and the competition. I remember being blown away by her performance in the 800m in Rio, where she beat the world record by nearly 8 seconds, but I see now that she won a 1500m race last year by over 46 seconds.…

I was delighted that Blanca found love this season, but it felt shoehorned with it being with a guy we'd never met before this season and not with the lifeguard from the end of Season 2. Christopher seems like a great guy, but we really don't know much about his character. (I haven't watched the finale yet, but I am…

Since December 2020, my coworker has gotten engaged (December), gotten dumped in favor of her ex’s ex (March), and met a new man who asked her to marry him after their second date (April). They have the license already (May)and are officially marrying the weekend of July 4.

It's also not a sno cone because it doesn't come in a cone.

I see sorbet and Italian ice, respectively. Italian ices always take that form at the very popular It-Am festivals where I grew up.

It's further upthread.

Also struggling to believe that the Palace and the royal family would let her choose her own gown without any supervision. That is not how they operate at all. More than likely, the designs were limited by the palace staff and she was given only a cursory say in any of the selctions.

It is now. I still have to walk on it sometimes so it wears evenly, but it is comfy enough that there have been at least two times where I have fallen asleep on it after work and not awakened until the next morning.

Remember how one of them was upset that the wrong people were being hurt by a policy change? That’s how they all think. They all crave the Us vs. Them apocalyptic scenarios wherein only the most selfish and brutal survive, and they make all their decisions about life ad everything in it from within this framework.

Exactly. A good dress, whatever the occasion but particularly a wedding dress, should flatter the person wearing it, and Diana absolutely disappeared in that thing. And we had’t really gotten to excess in 1981 for it to be a symbol of 80s excess.

Thank you, Coconut, and thanks most to you, Krispy.

I have a brown mini-sectional (one end is a chaise) I got at American Freight (they don’t have a lot of selection, especially if you don’t have space for something ginormous that seats eight, but they do let you take it home the same day if you can transport it, and they will deliver within a week or two if not).

The queen is exempt from being sued for discrimination based on sex or race by the people she hires. It doesn't require much of leap to get from this being the accepted practice at the palaces to the racism that forced Megan and Harry to leave.

It’s all covered in The Color of Law, along with redlining, racist covenants in deeds, and other practices and laws from the local to the national level. Regardless, as a consequence, Black Americans own as much wealth now as they did after the Civil War. The damage has been severe.

We are seeing vaccinated people, too, but in general, their symptoms have been mild and they don't need to be admitted. A number of them have been getting the monoclonal antibody infusions. Others just get their symptoms treated and get discharged.