Friend is secretly in love with the uninvited bf? There's got to be a torrid soap opera twist in here somewhere.

Hmm, that seems illogical to me, but hey, I'm just a pleb who studied literature.

touche

To be a good CEO, is it more important to be good at CEOing or know the specific company? Like can anyone who's good at leading and managing people succeed in a new setting or is important to really know the industry? (Serious question, I don't get business or what CEOs do)

Liking the artistic work a person produces DOES NOT NECESSARILY MAKE THEM A GREAT PERSON. Just as NOT liking the artistic work a person produces doesn't necessarily make them a terrible person.

Cunt is my preferred sexy talk word, pussy skeeves me out to no end.

Me too! I am loving seeing smart feminist teens getting more of a platform.

When Royals had just broken in the US and I was just starting to hear about Lorde without knowing much about her, I caught a brief interview she did with one of the more moronic morning show dudes that I normally never even listen to in the morning because it is just moronic rambling with little music. But I just…

Exactly, reproductive freedom is a hugely important issue for me, but tea partiers come in with these totally batshit propositions so that in the end we end up settling for their only-mildly-batshit laws, instead of the reasonable thing we wanted.

Me too. The Office was the same for me.

Exactly. I empathize with tv writers because it's impossible to predict a show's commercial success, they are mostly at the mercy of tv execs and rarely get to end a show on their own terms, whether because it gets canceled early or dragged on too long.

I definitely get the impression the show wasn't meant/expected to go on this long, since the frame narrative premise has grown very thin indeed.

I read about a study that tested different strategies for vaccine education, and all were found to either not affect or increase anti-vax hysteria in those who already were anti-vaccines. People who deny facts will never be convinced by facts.

I'm pretty sure it couldn't hold up in court, but trying to pass shit like this, drawing attention away from more pressing issues, stirring up lots of feelings and anger, wearing down opponents and completely bogging down the legislative and legal systems seems to be a new fav tactic.

I don't know a lot about NHS, and though I've heard it has its problems, you guys are on a much better track than the US.

Mine does too! He doesn't even do much styling or anything, he is just hella slow.

Are those faux-cutoff jeans for Never Nudes? I dig the idea of AD themed underwear.

Ever since puberty, I have WISHED I could just hold it in like pee. It would be far more practical and tolerable.

cool, thanks!

I didn't know English was the official language. They complained about people speaking Spanish so I just assumed it was mostly Spanish speakers. Guess that's marginally better for them.