Matt from Denver would like the option to just clear the "what are you doing now" field. It seems that once you post something you always have to post something.
10:28 AM yesterday
Matt from Denver commented on Becoming a Man.
Matt from Denver commented on Becoming a Man.
@ LC, Sonny was known to have been very accepting of gays and lesbians; Chastity reported that he came around a lot more quickly than Cher when she came out as a lesbian. OTOH he did vote against gay rights when such things came up in Congress, but it has been explained that he was toeing the GOP line when doing so.
So.... I'd think he would have been just fine because he was a loving parent. Loving parents accept their children who they are and would never be disappointed with the way they're born. You should take that to heart.
So.... I'd think he would have been just fine because he was a loving parent. Loving parents accept their children who they are and would never be disappointed with the way they're born. You should take that to heart.
9:59 AM yesterday
Matt from Denver commented on Life and Death in a Recliner in South Carolina.
Matt from Denver commented on Life and Death in a Recliner in South Carolina.
@ 28, I'm not getting you. The man had to have eaten one hell of a huge amount of food to have gained that much that quickly. Now, there may be more to it than meets the eye - he probably had a slow metabolism, which played a part in how big he already was at a relatively young age. But I still don't see him being fed only 2,500 calories a day (the recommended intake for men - and that's presuming a basic level of activity - this guy probably could have subsisted on 1,000 if he was confined to his recliner) and gaining so much so fast.
No, his wife, who undoubtedly acted out of love, probably fed him constantly, and his diet probably was nearly void of fresh fruits and vegetables and high in chips, soda, Twinkies, fast food, and the like. That's how these things almost always work.
It's hard to fault someone who does something out of love, but there are a lot of people who have mental issues that cause their love to manifest itself in enabling other people's problems. It ought to be pointed out when it happens.
No, his wife, who undoubtedly acted out of love, probably fed him constantly, and his diet probably was nearly void of fresh fruits and vegetables and high in chips, soda, Twinkies, fast food, and the like. That's how these things almost always work.
It's hard to fault someone who does something out of love, but there are a lot of people who have mental issues that cause their love to manifest itself in enabling other people's problems. It ought to be pointed out when it happens.
9:49 AM yesterday
Matt from Denver commented on Becoming a Man.
Matt from Denver commented on Becoming a Man.
@ 16, gender reassignment surgery was not developed because some guys want "pretend breasts & a pretend vagina so you can play act your preconceived ideas of what it means to be the opposite sex."
As to stereotypes, some people just trend toward them. I have a daughter who's approaching five years of age. My wife is like yours; "she doesn't wear dresses or make up or the colour pink - she doesn't watch Oprah, read romance novels or cry at sad movies etc." The same can be more or less said about her aunts and grandmothers. Nonetheless, our girl LOVES the color pink and seems to be becoming a real girly girl. She's not going for some stereotype we're foisting upon her; it's just her personality. Something to think about.
As to stereotypes, some people just trend toward them. I have a daughter who's approaching five years of age. My wife is like yours; "she doesn't wear dresses or make up or the colour pink - she doesn't watch Oprah, read romance novels or cry at sad movies etc." The same can be more or less said about her aunts and grandmothers. Nonetheless, our girl LOVES the color pink and seems to be becoming a real girly girl. She's not going for some stereotype we're foisting upon her; it's just her personality. Something to think about.
9:37 AM yesterday
Matt from Denver commented on Life and Death in a Recliner in South Carolina.
Matt from Denver commented on Life and Death in a Recliner in South Carolina.
I don't see the health care connection. If he had stayed in the hospital for his knee, he eventually would have gotten better and eventually gone home where he undoubtedly would still have gone from morbidly obese to complete shut-in obese. It probably would have taken a lot longer since a healed knee would permit him the mobility he lacked, but if he had an enabling wife then it was the path he was already taking.
7:30 AM yesterday
Matt from Denver commented on Breaking: Police Officers Have Shut Off Several Blocks of Leary Way Between Ballard and Fremont.
Matt from Denver commented on Breaking: Police Officers Have Shut Off Several Blocks of Leary Way Between Ballard and Fremont.
OMG! Some loser is sockpuppeting because he feels real stupid because I pointed out his multiple posts! Cue the easiest fallback criticism that can be leveled at me, since addressing me without looking even stupider isn't possible!
12:03 AM yesterday
Matt from Denver commented on Breaking: Police Officers Have Shut Off Several Blocks of Leary Way Between Ballard and Fremont.
Matt from Denver commented on Breaking: Police Officers Have Shut Off Several Blocks of Leary Way Between Ballard and Fremont.
Go on, redbelt, post the same fucking comment once more. Third time's the charm!
Nov 19
Matt from Denver commented on I Hate You, Garrison Keillor.
Matt from Denver commented on I Hate You, Garrison Keillor.
Thanks, Rose. When you read his stuff you have to imagine him reading it like a "News from Lake Woebegone" bit; that makes the parody more apparent. But the fact that you have to engage in such an exercise shows why his essays often fail.
It's possible that I'm completely wrong, and Jen and the others are correct in their interpretations, but some of the stuff he says in his essays come across this way. They really seem out of character if they're serious, but he's a satirical comedian so it makes sense that he intends for it to be satire. I believe he just has a problem with realizing that in essays as opposed to his radio show.
It's possible that I'm completely wrong, and Jen and the others are correct in their interpretations, but some of the stuff he says in his essays come across this way. They really seem out of character if they're serious, but he's a satirical comedian so it makes sense that he intends for it to be satire. I believe he just has a problem with realizing that in essays as opposed to his radio show.
Nov 19
Matt from Denver commented on Hate Crimes Down in Los Angeles County With One Exception.....
Matt from Denver commented on Hate Crimes Down in Los Angeles County With One Exception.....
@ 17, that's because passage of Prop 8 assuaged your side. Your people (by which I mean bigots, not African Americans) would have gone apeshit if it failed. You don't go beating up gays when you've won an important election victory against them.
Nov 19
Matt from Denver commented on I Hate You, Garrison Keillor.
Matt from Denver commented on I Hate You, Garrison Keillor.
If you're familiar with Prairie Home Companion, you can kind of suss out Keillor's humor in these essays. BUT... he is someone who should just stick to radio. His essays often come across this way and invoke the old "it's not funny if you have to explain it" rule.
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See me @ 24 again; I acknowledged that he would at least have been able to get around for a while if they fixed his knee, making it likely that he would be alive today. It's much more of a stretch to think that good food and diet while at the hospital, along with counseling (which I wouldn't take as a given) would have made a long term impact on his lifestyle. I can easily imagine his wife sneaking him Ding Dongs while there.
I would agree that not getting treatment was a definitive turn in the end of his life, but it's still more because of how he and his wife handled it rather than because the health care system just didn't care. There are thousands of better examples of our system fucking over and killing people than this.