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Wednesday, July 1, 2009 05:12 PM

Wow--this does nothing for me

Why does everyone have to be beautiful all the damn time? I am not beautiful, but that's fine--I'm not required to be beautiful to have a good life. Most people I see are fine--average--not beautiful, not ugly. Why isn't that okay?

I think I saw this sentiment above, but this campaign doesn't do anything to move the standards of self-worth away from superficial appearance.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:05 AM
Original article: Obama woos LGBT leaders

Sory, I hit you sweetie

I'll never do it again, I give you my word!

Sunday, June 28, 2009 08:28 PM

Surprisingly little sympathy from you, Cary

Isn't it kind of sad that the career this LW might have spent his/her whole life dreaming about is collapsing? Sure, journalism won't die, but it looks and will continue to look nothing like the journalism adults grew up with. Isn't that sad? It may be totally hip and cool to pretend you love change, but generation after generation mourning its old way of life tells me we crave stability.

As for you, LW, my sympathy for you personally went way down with that whole "DUIs are such an inconvenience!" thing. Maybe learn a lesson here and be glad you didn't hurt someone.

Friday, June 26, 2009 01:43 AM

borderline pd cannot be diagnosed 2nd-hand through a letter

I agree with pervious posters that borderline and bipolar share characteristics and get confused with each other, but that's because they both make people uncomfortable, they are both exciting, and they are both overdiagnosed. And they are both resistant to treatment, but both treatable. Nevertheless--if the mom isn't onboard, the father has a duty to protect his children away from her.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 08:10 PM

Quick, Republicans!

Batten down the hatches! Redouble your efforts to restrict the rights of gays and women! It is your only answer to this latest embarrassment!

Friday, June 19, 2009 02:20 AM

Dude! I had the exact same reaction

The first line of the article made me sadder about STL's divorce than my own parents'. And then I reined in my sanity.

Thursday, June 11, 2009 09:15 AM

Second TRenee

I haven't found the South Side a hotbed, or even a coolbed, of antisemitism.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 01:49 PM

LIKElife

sorry.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 01:48 PM

I agree with lifelike's post on p. 1

Sorry, lefties, your blind righteous anger about Israel breeds anti-semitism. (Don't remember many of you bitching about the almost certain genocide that was happening in Sri Lanka last month.)

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 01:37 PM

Say what you will about the repulsive right wing media

They are not behind *this* disaster. So they will probably be calling it terrorism.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:38 AM

Faaantastic

Isn't that comment actually more insulting toward Obama? How weak does a man have to be to let "them Jews" tell him who he can and can't talk to? Although I guess Wright assumes that they have that kind of power because of all the media and banks they control. Clever, clever Jews. Makes me proud to be one.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:53 AM

Vote with your feet, ladies

And get the fuck out of Kansas.

Thursday, June 4, 2009 11:22 AM

I had only good experiences with frats in college

As a frequent, occasionally drunk, visitor. Maybe I was lucky, probably this book cherrypicked.

Thursday, June 4, 2009 10:27 AM

Oh, I would hardly call Octo-mom an "accidental" uncelebrity

I'm sure as she lovingly (/creepily) made herself over, through plastic surgery and irresponsible fertility treatments, in the image of actual celebrity Angelina Jolie, then very publicly spawned 8 sick babies, then hired herself an agent, she saw nothing but red carpets and glitter in her future.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 02:17 PM
Original article: Rejected by the world!

People get so hysterical about suicidal ideation

Most people think about it at least once in their life. Or every day for a while. Honestly, I don't understand how anybody manages to avoid fantasies about dying, period.

There's a difference between thinking and doing. Think away, LW, but if your parents are alive and fulfilled their basic duties to you, you owe it to them to stick around. This goes double if you have children yourself.

It may be "normal," but it sucks. Do whatever you need to do to make yourself feel better, and stop worrying about your level of success at this point in your life. You've got a long way to go and a lot of time to make it.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 12:10 PM

Oh, just fuck all of these people

Fuck 'em.

Thursday, May 28, 2009 02:50 PM
Original article: My ADHD 8-year-old

You are describing my nightmare

and the reason I won't have children. Some family genes I really don't want to pass on, and then feel like a horrible parent for the rest of my life. I'm really sorry, LW--your situation legitimately sucks.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 09:50 AM

Cities aren't for everyone

But I love them. Messy, dirty, stratified, overpriced, mixed up, apartment-living, don't need a car cities. And I'm a real American.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 09:42 AM

Wait, what's wrong with the rose petal cottage?

I would have been all up in that shit if I were little! Children. (Mostly. Girls.) Play. House.

Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:01 AM

Irish women who believe in rights over their own bodies should leave Ireland

The ban would be unsustainable. I know, I know--leave your home country--not realistic. But a nice dream.

Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:57 AM
Original article: Porn or prescriptions?

I seriously doubt 1 in 10 men get addicted to porn!

If 100% (give or take .1) of men look at porn, 1 in 10 is positively epidemic.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 09:16 AM

Don't fix what isn't broken

LW, if you are being honest with yourself about your "voices," if they really aren't causing you distress, I would think hard before seeking out a diagnosis that is probably more harmful than the benign symptoms you're experiencing.

There are other people out there like you--people who may or may not be experiencing "psychotic" symptoms but who prefer to handle whatever they are themselves. As long as you are able to live your life the way you want to, who cares?

Some people believe in god(s). I think those people's brains are different than mine. I don't think either of us has a mental illness.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 08:58 AM

Daily Show

covered this story, too. Yes, the comedy show "covered" the story like an actual news outlet. Because comedy shows are now the outlets for thoughtful journalism.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 08:52 AM

go ahead, then--

Overturn Roe v. Wade. We'll see how "pro-life" the majority really is.

Monday, May 18, 2009 08:10 AM

Your wife probably just wants you to make up your mind

Rather than you going back and forth over whether she is fulfilling enough for you. I'm sure she knows she isn't.

"Yet I'm deathly worried that I can't say no to reconciliation, but that yes means a lifetime of regret and diminished expectations. Do I then have to readjust my hopes and move on?"

I want to say, yes, you have to readjust your hopes and move on, since you have kids and your diminished expectations are your own business. But unfortunately, you sound like the kind of guy that would moan around forever resenting everyone and ultimately pass that misery on to your children.

So get a divorce already. You're right--they'll be terribly hurt. At least it's a common hurt.

Thursday, May 14, 2009 08:59 AM

She's such am elegant bird

Still glad Obama won!

Thursday, May 14, 2009 08:28 AM

Obama was as clever as the Daily Show

The Daily Show wasn't as kind.

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