TattleTeeny

Yes. But to be fair, I'm drunk. Just kidding, I'm not.

You are correct! Overthinking commercials is pretty much why this topic forum exists. I have no issue with the point of the ad or the idea behind it, though — or any of your examples (or the ad’s) as to why one might want a pizza in a pinch. Regardless, the ad’s wording is bad. That’s what is bugging me.

"...a free pizza to use for a future pizza emergency" is really strange wording. You're not using the pizza for an emergency, you're using it in an emergency. And the "to use" part is clunky and unnecessary -- and "use" is an odd verb in terms of pizza. Plus, we know we're talking about pizza; we don't need the word twice in that particular sentence. As for the emergency, is it a future pizza emergency or just a future food-in-general emergency? To specify pizza makes it seem like pizza must already have been part of your plan -- like the emergency happened to the pizza, as opposed to something else that necessitated a last-minute pizza order. "We'll give you a free pizza for a future emergency." Or "we'll give you a free pizza credit to use in a future emergency."

I just hope the Manses were just feeling overwhelmed when they made that call and realize that Natalia, for the foreseeable future, may have episodes or periods of drama and discontent and maybe even "crazy" behavior. I doubt someone can merely snap out of half a lifetime of mistreatment, no matter how grateful and comfortable and loved she may comparatively feel. Add in fame/notoriety, social media, documentarians, and maybe scary realizations that come to light through therapy -- that's a lot for someone who still is, in many ways, a scared child.

Same. I have also learned to sign various animal-related petitions without looking at anything too closely -- and have found out that one organization allows you to set your email preferences to not show anything upsetting.

I have never seen eggs packed vertically either, but why can't they be? If the carton is securely closed and the eggs are in there nice and good, why would vertical be any worse than the other way? I don't buy eggs, so bear with my ifs, but what is the right way? At the bottom of a bag all by itself?

Sure. But we didn’t get to see Kristine’s demeanor or whatever like we did with Michael. He seems like a beaten down, insecure, weak, deluded, and terrified person. I don’t suspect that’s what Kristine would give off had we seen her like we did him (well, maybe deluded). But again, I don’t feel empathy for the current version of Michael, just the version before that that became damaged enough to do all these garbage things to a small, defenseless child.

I despise him but I totally get this. Something likely happened to make him this way and so I guess I do feel for the person he was -- whoever and whatever that may have been, maybe even an innocent little kid -- before he was the person we see now. This doesn't mean that I wouldn't kind of like to punch Now-Michael right in the chops, though.

I hate Michael with a fury, but I do not think he's fabricating that he too was abused at the hands and whims of Kristine (and not that I know, of course, but I believed him that he never sexually abused Natalia). That said, it absolves him not at all -- just maybe explains him a little bit. But he was an adult and she was a vulnerable child and nothing she did warranted what they did. They can rot in hell. And how dare he drive away so carefree and relieved, as if he's off the morality hook simply because she benevolently chose to forgive him.

N/M -- it's been answered.

I laughed out loud when, in the beach huddle, Lisa said, "You're gonna cry!"

What really pisses me off is that it seems like a decent amount of people are blindly believing reports of pubic hair and periods and various other things. These Barnetts documented so many other random things (that, curiously, didn't necessarily put a remotely positive light onto them) -- like Natalia facing a wall...like Kristine scolding her...like Natalia pouring Windex (or whatever it was) into a coffee cup (which, [1] who the holy fuck wouldn't smell that before taking a sip, and [2] if you saw her pour it, why would you then drink it and then need poison control?)...like the family sitting around on the sidewalk (?)... . So why is there no documentation of pubic hair and/or periods? (I get that this would not be what normal people would photograph/video, but these have proven to be abnormal people -- and that is being kind). I despise the lady at the first apartment. For one thing, she is mind-numbingly stupid, judgmental, and inarticulate. Also, she says things that she thinks prove that Natalia was an adult, but they pretty much do the opposite, in my opinion. She's an old see-you-next-Tuesday. I wonder if the younger couple from that apartment complex was contacted for this and decided against it after learning who Natalia really is.

The people Michael was talking about are not the people we saw on the new episode (the Manses?). The woman who he accused was named Kyna. And although she did use Natalia's food money to buy food, she also took Natalia in and took care of her. I personally think she seemed legit, but probably didn't have a lot of dough to spare, so she used Natalia's money to offset some of the expenses.

HAHA! Yeah -- please just apply this sentiment to any further questions I pose!

The fact that this garbage Michael compared his own abuse from Kristine to that inflicted on a tiny, orphaned, health-compromised, vulnerable little girl made me nuts! He gotta go to hell and soon. I cannot even think about this without feeling like I want to scream. How dare he? I hope something awful happens to him. (Or maybe not -- if his kids need him to be safe, then I take it back. Maybe.) Why couldn't she do that with one of her other existing kids then? If its true, it's such a random and convoluted idea. Plus, did they think they could just toss her to the wolves and she'd just...forget? Did they not have a plan for when exactly this happened?

I am rewatching this and I am just getting madder and madder at those Barnetts. Disgusting people. Cruel, stupid, intolerable dickholes. Ugh, I should probably stop watching until the new show comes on; I’m just yelling too much and I wish I could slap those people.

Ugh, and another peeve follows -- why does this always happen?

Thanks, all! I prefer the buy empty and fill with whatever you want, partially because of aesthetic preferences and partially because of product preferences (cruelty-free/vegan and annoyingly sensitive skin, as you may already know from the FitBit band rant, haha!)-- apparently I'm a fancy delicate diva who just wants it all in the world of soap!

You mean you just refill the container you buy the soap in, not an empty container that you buy on its own?

I hate all of the refillable soap dispensers! Or at least the 5 or 6 I have tried. Why do they all clog and/or drip? Come on. Does anyone have one that doesn't do these annoying things?!

Maybe. But it's not up to Erica or anyone else to create a "sliding scale of appropriateness" based on some random perception of other people's kids' hypothetical sex knowledge. And, again, who the hell cares about Charlie Sheen? Maybe his behavior is part of the reason that Denise had some vested interest in keeping things clean for her kids (and the other ones who were there).

I understand all of this, but Denise (if I remember correctly) asked Erica, a guest at Denise's house/event, to keep it down or shut up about it or whatever. It's not up to Erica to speculate on, rate, and compare what Denise's kids (and other kids who were not Denise's) may or may not already know, and then use that to justify her behavior, instead of simply speaking more quietly or saving the topic for another time. And, I have no kids, but I don't think it would be cool for a friend (or coworker) to casually assume and suggest that my adolescent daughter was wise in the ways of threesomes. The fact that Denise is being a little kooky about it now (and was married to Charlie Sheen, which has absolutely zero to do with whether Erica's behavior was inappropriate) doesn't mean Erica was not a dickhole. Other people don't get to decide these things. All she had to do was...oh, I don't know...respect Denise's not at all outlandish wishes. Like, did it mean that much to them to talk about threesomes loudly at a barbecue?

This ^ is what bugs me most! I don't care that much that the tattoos are crappy -- believe me, I know plenty of people with tattoos that took all of 12 seconds to apply and/or are just bad (and a few of these people are tattooers!). What's making me nuts is how they're all acting like it's, as you mention, "hardcore." Just be quiet about it! Or get out more, you dumbs!

Kyle puts a lot of thought into her tattoos? OK. I would hate to see one that was not thought out. They are all ugly (OK, that's admittedly subjective) and poorly applied. Everyone needs to stop making a big deal about those those six -- six, damn it, not just one or two! -- barely-there tattoos, as if only the most iconoclastic of people get them. And the fact that she is comparing hers to Morgan whatever-her-name-is is just funny. They're bad, Kyle -- all six are very bad.

The inimitable Keith Morrison from Dateline. Also, re. running over something: my BF did that last week. He was unable to swerve due to traffic and his year-old car is totaled.