Letters to the Editor
Treeple
Published Letters: 304 Editor's Choice: 16
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Electro Robot, you are so predictable
[Read the article: How do you sell a pork chop to a woman?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And contrarian. Just about every post so far is about how the ad is unconvincing and out of touch. So how is this selling to women? You don't have to answer, I think you like to come here to play, and for you, play is nasty.
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Clinton supporters--
[Read the article: A new low in Clinton bashing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Let's just assume that the real nutbars here are a) a minority of over-passionate democrats who think that Obama can't take the heat of a presidential campaign or b) republicans. I lean toward b. Are we going to let REPUBLICANS stop us from voting for Obama when (and I really think it's when, not if) he wins the primary? Let's not!
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I have no idea what I would do in your situation
[Read the article: Should I confront my father about his affair?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Well, I have an idea--I probably wouldn't say anything. I believe in the law of unintended consequences. But every family is different, and talking to your dad might be the right choice in yours. No advice here, except to take the meddling of others with the same grain of salt your father might take yours.
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@ HarvardPhiBeta
[Read the article: A new low in Clinton bashing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I went to a big-name school, too, and what other people might suspect, I know for a fact: you find the same collection of idiots and geniuses there as well as anywhere.
When people talk about their great sense of humor, I wonder if they're really funny. When people say they "think outside the box," I wonder if they're not actually pretty boring. And when people need to talk about how smart they are, they immediately seem less intelligent.
Correcting people's grammar (in a casual forum that may reflect regional dialects and colloquialisms, no less) doesn't actually show how smart you are. It does suggest that you're kind of a tool.
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david sugarman
[Read the article: A new low in Clinton bashing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Didn't you once call AKA Smith a witch that feeds on the nightmares of little girls, or something equally gothic? Yeah, I can't *imagine* why you'd be on her ignore list ;)
I think you improve upon further acquaintance, so perhaps in time, david sugarman, in time...
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It's not a kid problem, it's a parent problem
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]One of the best times I ever had on a flight was watching an under-two-year-old inch his chubby little hand behind the seat to tickle my boyfriend's knee. And then he and the baby made faces at each other until we landed, basically. It was totally adorable and life-affirming.
But yeah, I get peeved when older children act like brats and their parents are fine with it. Kids don't know any better (although sometimes they're old enough that they should). If a kid is kicking the back of my seat, I turn around and ask him or her quite nicely to stop. And the kid usually does. Getting the parent involved just raises all kinds of over-defensive retorts.
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Backlash puzzling, except not
[Read the article: "Sex and the City"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Women doing embarrassingly stereotypical, female-type things (if you're the type to be embarrassed about liking fashion and gossip), and not needing guys so much (yes yes, they bitched and moaned and complained and fell in love and got dumped, etc. but it was really about the core four), seems to make people grumpy.
I always thought the show was light, bright and sparkling, and without comparing it to the genius whose line I just poached, SATC occupies similar emotional space for me.
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Svutlov
[Read the article: Still waiting for Madam President ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]'I never cry or get choked up (or pretend to do so) when I answer the question "how do you do it?"'
1) Do you ever cry or get choked up when you're just fucking exhausted? I have. The trigger doesn't matter as much as the context.
2) Are you running for president?
No? Then using yourself as an example is probably not very useful here.
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Memo: to "Xrandadu Hutman"
[Read the article: Big weekend news]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]From: The Campaign
Re: Dial it down a notch
We must ask you to scale back your rapid-fire, novella-length responses a bit, as they make it somewhat obvious that you are actually working for Us. Key informants, blinded to your true role, tell us that their eyes have started to glaze over whenever they see your handle. "Too much, and all the same," one remarked. Said another, "It's like getting hit with a machine gun that shoots words."
Further, we are concerned that you are over-contributing to Joan Walsh's heavy page count. Since she is virtually the only writer at Salon who has expressed even the slightest doubt of our Man's credentials, we would prefer that people not spend too much time on her. It doesn't help that Ms. Walsh is drawing Republican saboteurs posing as insane Obama supporters, who are apparently driving away Democrats that might otherwise vote for the O. For these reasons, the Fourth Amendment to Section 2, Paragraph 4 of our Mission now asks that all Internet Assets stand down from Joan Walsh.
Otherwise, great job! You are a valuable member of the Team. Good work staying away from personal attacks and cruel jabs.
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melthough
[Read the article: Women trade dead-end relationships for dead-end careers?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Our Dumb Century: it's hard to choose just a couple, but I come back to the one about corsets and (paraphrasing) "Nation asks president to tell them about the rabbits" again and again.
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One strategy at a time
[Read the article: I'm an exhausted caregiver on the point of collapse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Oh my gosh, LW, what a horrible story! I am really, really sorry that these things are happening all at once. I've worked with people with similar kind of multiple catastrophes, and it seems to me that anything other than believing that the next 6 months at least will be more or less hell, is a fantasy. Creating a social support network, particularly when you're not feeling very fun yourself, is hard work. And there ARE instrumental supports out there, but obtaining them is hard work. Social services are not exactly dying to give people money. Individuals may be merciful, but institutions are not. The best thing to do might be to look at one aspect of your currently crappy situation, and think, "What can I do in the short-term to make this a little bit better?" Only then to tackle more long-term solutions. You're probably already working on these things, right? Your question is more philosophical. But I think that exhaustion is behind this. Exhaustion, grief, anger...time and a slowly improving situation will be the best cures. Dig in. Nothing lasts forever.