TattleTeeny

What I don't understand about the Caught in the Lie series (among various other things), and what gives me a tiny bit of some semblance of pause, is the outright blaming of James. Not artfully crafted allusions, not coyness, not coded language, but basically "James did this, this, and this." I assume she has a lawyer and we know that he does, not to mention the network and the documentarians, I'd assume. I am not some kind of legal expert, so please bear with me as I ask this naive question... what the fuck?!

Especially with newer DNA-extracting technologies like M-Vac, which people have been pushing for the DNA in the West Memphis 3 case. The idea of an intruder lying in wait and writing the note has been debated for years. The Boulder police pretty much immediately blew off that possibility as ridiculous, as did many people. I may have. But now I don’t know what seems so farfetched about it. It’s weird, but there are also countless cases of people literally living in people’s homes undetected for stretches of time, making the idea of hiding out for an hour and writing a letter not so crazy.

I have had only the best luck with Instacart! I love it! And sometimes, with my regular grocery ordering, I get the store employee who is vegan -- she is the best too! She knows not to sub my fake burgers with actual ones (yup, it happened...ironically, in the same order in which they gave me NO paper towels instead of just picking a different type than the out-of-stock one I originally chose).

If that happens, you just get a refund. Of course, then you have to go get it yourself, which totally defeats the purpose of not doing such a torturous chore. I don’t eat meat, so I’m not too worried about that, at least. And like any other business on the planet, some employees are good, others aren’t; I couldn’t summarily assume that none of them care. But yes, sometimes people are dumb.

Some commercial for a booklet called Annuity Dos & Don’ts for Baby Boomers may need a voiceover update (along with a copy change to the cover to “Gen X”): it starts off with “Are you over 50?,” followed by something about getting ready for retirement. Of course, Boomers are over 50, so the ad is not technically incorrect in its wording, but it sounds like it may have been made 20 years ago.

You are all illustrating for me why grocery shopping in general is one of my least favorite chores and why i do pick-up orders. The seemingly inevitable errors made by the order pickers are super-annoying, but worth it in comparison.

There is a series of commercials for some drug that, I believe, helps to combat the dyskinesia that can be a side effect of other drugs. One includes a woman taking a walk while holding a travel coffee mug -- we see the mug from her POV as she walks. The thing is, it looks like she is holding the mug way up at face level. It reminds me of the opening scene of Halloween, when we see the Michael Myers POV, through the mask, that is clearly far higher up than a 6-year-old's eyes would be. The other commercial I have seen is a guy who's teaching a class and never once puts down his mug. I also hate the Amazon "WHOO!" commercials; none of the mouths match the "whoo" very well, which annoys me.

OH MY GOD! I cannot describe how much I cannot stand the "Are you OK? You seem off" tactic. I have dealt with it and it is just so wrong (and also, nice try; it won't work). The irony is, in my experience, the person who says this is usually the one who seems "off," as this attitude (for lack of a better word) often comes out of nowhere and may not the person's "default."

Seems like for every individual thing that points toward the family, there is something else that does the opposite. I have changed my mind about this case 100 times since the late '90s. But that's the thing – my opinion doesn't matter; I am just an observer, and some of my early opinions were shaped by a compromised, subpar police investigation and questionable (to put it kindly) behavior on the part of the officers involved. Whether the family is responsible or not, they couldn't and wouldn't have a fair trial anyway. Ironically, the police forcing a certain narrative, whether it later ends up being correct or not, is a large part of why someone has, up to now, gotten away with this.

Maybe he should pack up his Tostitos and head out?

So, was Meredith wearing fake bangs, or did she make a poof with her ponytail with the ends facing forward to serve as bangs? After I got past my initial horror, I thought it was the latter. I could not believe Britani with her "What about me?!" I actually thought she was making a joke at first.

Oh my goodness, I did not know what reaction to use here! My heart hurts!

Hahahahhaaaa! Imagine if people threw those paper cologne samples from magazines into kids' bags

Oh, whoops. I must have grabbed the wrong post; clearly I was addressing the one that inspired your reply. Sorry!

Not necessarily -- "heavy duty" in this instance would likely be hyphenated; a lot of style guides advise that the second word in a compound modifier doesn't need to be represented in an acronym/initialism.

Angie is just so embarrassingly bad at executing a “gotcha.” And Meredith, oh my god, it’s not like you said you were thinking of creating something super out of the ordinary — jewelry and bath products are pretty run-of-the-mill stuff. And Whitney’s hair in the THs is confusing me. As is her new kitchen — I feel like it’s the same as the old one. Why are these people seemingly never cold?!

Looks like Dr. Lume has responded to all the calls to "just take a shower!!!" There's some kind of shower-product package now.

Unfortunately named -- and real. And actually pretty good for the mass-market brands (and probably not likely to have a commercial where people have to say its name, hahahaha!).

Well, that's not about being vegan; it's more about being kind of a dick. I consider myself more or less "serious about being a vegan" but mistakes can still happen here and there as far as label (and grill/fryer) assumptions go. Honestly, I am probably more "militant" about onions being kept far from my food.

Maybe. They all mean different things, but they probably hope that people don't know that and that they all will buy whatever it is without checking.

What is the commercial with the headphone girl walking and singing? I know we’ve talked about it in here but I forget what it’s for, some kind of drug? Anyway, she so totally overacts with her face, especially for the “O” words — she really exaggeratedly pushes out her lips!

OH MY GOODNESS, it was the damn title?! I can picture the cover of this album! I'm gonna listen to it and feel old!

Hahhahhaaaaa, I snorted at this! Some deep Grape Nuts feelings -- as deep as a gravel pit...where the Grape Nuts come from! Yes. But "plant based" isn't a synonym for vegan. It just means that some certain percentage of the food is plants. I would assume most people don't need to be told that a salad is plant based. But that was just an example that I used (maybe because I kind of miss Caesar salad). Maybe applesauce or something would be a better example!

My BF just told me that long before Rails was built on that spot, there used to be a filthy frat house that he used to have to go to a few times a week, back when he delivered pizza. For some reason, this has made me laugh for about 10 minutes.

You just reminded me of some early '90s grunge-ish song that says "tastes just like chicken" in it and I can't remember what it is and I so don't want to Google -- I want to get it on my own! And just to bring it back to commercials, I am not sure if I even hear the word "vegan" in them. I know that the term "plant based" has become popular (and often used stupidly, like you don't have to tell me that a Caesar salad is plant based). I bet "vegan" is not a good buzzword because people get so oddly aggro about it. OH! I do hear "vegan" in commercials for meal subscriptions. But not really anywhere else that I can recall.