Good Gawd, NYT is beclowning themselves. “Jackie Kennedy and Cherie Blair didn’t display their bumps like this” – yeah, well, that was literally in a previous millennium. (RIP to Jackie’s “bump,” Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, who died less than two days after birth.) I’m pretty sure that in the early 1960s, teachers were still expected to quit teaching before they “showed” because people thought it was inappropriate for kids to have a visibly pregnant teacher.
What’s so weird is that it’s not like these kids hadn’t seen pregnant women before! These were the kids of the baby boom – pregnant women were all over the place.
My late grandmother, a teacher who had six of her own children, wouldn’t even say that a woman was pregnant. She’d say “PG,” as in, “I saw Mrs. Bauer with the kids outside the Tasti-Freez – looks like she’s PG again.”
At the risk of being judged, it's not that it's an annoying inconvenience, it's that I enjoy food too much to waste calories on snacks. My natural appetite is one really big indulgent meal per day. It doesn't matter if that meal is breakfast lunch or dinner, but it can't be all three or I'd be 350 lbs.
If I were to eat three regular size meals a day, it would feel like being on a diet, because I'd never get to eat a single full size meal. It would be like masturbating three times a day but never to completion.
I have a couple of no food friends. They probably run no food houses, but I don't go to them very often because ... I'm assuming no food. They run all day and "forget to eat." I can't tell you how many times I've met them at some restaurant for dinner and they announce, "this is the first chance I've had to eat all day - just too busy running around."
I've never forgotten to eat. The concept is foreign to me.
I have lovely friends who invite us for dinner, and serve each person 4 ounces of grilled salmon and a green salad. We've learned to eat before we go over.
The no food house will come back with the age of Ozempic, I also noticed it’s more of an issue when I’m bringing small children with me who need to eat. It is no one’s responsibility to feed someone else, but it is very awkward to be somewhere with no food and then you have to bring your own and then you were the only one eating.
I'm going through this with my dad right now. He has retired recently and been constantly anxious about having too much food leftover, but also still wants to host events where he invites family.
My brother and I basically had to have an intervention after Easter, when two people didn't get to eat anything because he didn't make enough food. It's odd because he always has snack around and is very generous about sharing them but if he's hosting a meal where he's cooking it becomes more like rationing than providing like a good host.
I (upper middle class, middle-aged white male) am continually amazed by the number of white men who seem to genuinely believe that it’s harder for white men to succeed in business than it is for women or people of color. It’s baffling. I’m pretty successful, I’m looking around at the office, and… I’m seeing a lot of other white dudes. Like wtf are people talking about
I’d expect dudes with that mentality to be 20somethings who never get out of the house - actual grownups with actual life experience have even fewer excuses for being like this.
I think grandparents have an obligation to buy food when relatives visit, especially if it's an extended visit. Even with friends, it's a nice thing to do. My buddy doesn't drink any caffeine but has a box of red bulls for when i visit (I am slowly depleting the box).
Oh no I am worried I'm a no food house! Though I live in a tiny apartment and don't have house guests. And tbf it's more like girl dinner and snacks all the time house...
I run a no food house. I’m in easy walking and biking distance from a grocery store and go nearly every day to get stuff to prep for dinner. It’s a low food waste thing.
Nothing wrong with that so long as you serve food when you have people over and have food on hand for house guests (say some bagels or cereal they are welcome to help themselves to if they wake up first or you don’t want to make breakfast). I don’t think anyone was criticizing the no food house, itself, just terrible hosts who barely eat and fail to consider that most other people aren’t like that.
Yes, exactly. Everyone should run their house the way that suits their dining preferences, but if you're going to have guests over you got to accommodate.
To be a kid again eating a pop tart! Yeah, I don’t think anyone cares what other people’s pantries look like, just that they don’t go hungry when visiting someone who is well aware they are coming. You’re clearly not the target for these strangers’ ire.
But don't you get annoyed going to the grocery store so often when you could go less often for the same items and just keep them on hand? I get your strategy for produce, sure, but everything else?
I’ve noticed this in a few articles: “Part of a data partnership with Polymarket.” Does it mean that you’re paid directly by Polymarket for advertisements? Or is it a broader Substack partnership? Not to be the friend that’s too woke but they’re an incredibly scummy company.
Good Gawd, NYT is beclowning themselves. “Jackie Kennedy and Cherie Blair didn’t display their bumps like this” – yeah, well, that was literally in a previous millennium. (RIP to Jackie’s “bump,” Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, who died less than two days after birth.) I’m pretty sure that in the early 1960s, teachers were still expected to quit teaching before they “showed” because people thought it was inappropriate for kids to have a visibly pregnant teacher.
Even if you are a major feminist it’s a step in the right direction that it’s not taboo to show off your bump!
Sometimes you forget how weird the past was. I just can't imagine which group or code of moraliity was offended by a baby bump.
What’s so weird is that it’s not like these kids hadn’t seen pregnant women before! These were the kids of the baby boom – pregnant women were all over the place.
My late grandmother, a teacher who had six of her own children, wouldn’t even say that a woman was pregnant. She’d say “PG,” as in, “I saw Mrs. Bauer with the kids outside the Tasti-Freez – looks like she’s PG again.”
Wait, what is the word that is being censored in that post? The one that’s not crumpet, apparently.
"creampie" lol
oh my god ive finally found an internet thing im not too always-online porn-brained enough to get! its a 4th of july miracle
Hahaha well in that case I kind of agree with them!
I spent too long and too many brain cells on this.
Gurl I was BAFFLED
I was really hoping someone had asked
Thanks for asking, I had no freaking idea either! It’s like porn Wordle or something.
Is Crumpet as a way to describe an attractive person just British slang?
Here I go being judgmental again, but I don’t trust anyone who treats food like an annoying inconvenience.
At the risk of being judged, it's not that it's an annoying inconvenience, it's that I enjoy food too much to waste calories on snacks. My natural appetite is one really big indulgent meal per day. It doesn't matter if that meal is breakfast lunch or dinner, but it can't be all three or I'd be 350 lbs.
If I were to eat three regular size meals a day, it would feel like being on a diet, because I'd never get to eat a single full size meal. It would be like masturbating three times a day but never to completion.
Then you are deemed to be actively enjoying food and merely having unusual eating habits - no judgment! *unslams gavel*
Did he really post a photo in that wig omggg 😭
one of the only thing he's done that I like
The Baywatch woman in her current photo looks great for any age!
Please tell me we haven't forgotten her name??
I have a couple of no food friends. They probably run no food houses, but I don't go to them very often because ... I'm assuming no food. They run all day and "forget to eat." I can't tell you how many times I've met them at some restaurant for dinner and they announce, "this is the first chance I've had to eat all day - just too busy running around."
I've never forgotten to eat. The concept is foreign to me.
I have lovely friends who invite us for dinner, and serve each person 4 ounces of grilled salmon and a green salad. We've learned to eat before we go over.
The no food house will come back with the age of Ozempic, I also noticed it’s more of an issue when I’m bringing small children with me who need to eat. It is no one’s responsibility to feed someone else, but it is very awkward to be somewhere with no food and then you have to bring your own and then you were the only one eating.
>> is no one’s responsibility to feed someone else
News to me. My family would die before letting a guest go hungry.
I'm going through this with my dad right now. He has retired recently and been constantly anxious about having too much food leftover, but also still wants to host events where he invites family.
My brother and I basically had to have an intervention after Easter, when two people didn't get to eat anything because he didn't make enough food. It's odd because he always has snack around and is very generous about sharing them but if he's hosting a meal where he's cooking it becomes more like rationing than providing like a good host.
I (upper middle class, middle-aged white male) am continually amazed by the number of white men who seem to genuinely believe that it’s harder for white men to succeed in business than it is for women or people of color. It’s baffling. I’m pretty successful, I’m looking around at the office, and… I’m seeing a lot of other white dudes. Like wtf are people talking about
I’d expect dudes with that mentality to be 20somethings who never get out of the house - actual grownups with actual life experience have even fewer excuses for being like this.
It's a generational thing.
I think grandparents have an obligation to buy food when relatives visit, especially if it's an extended visit. Even with friends, it's a nice thing to do. My buddy doesn't drink any caffeine but has a box of red bulls for when i visit (I am slowly depleting the box).
I can not see the fish head wife cannons guy without thinking, “of course this guy did that shit”
The main takeaway from these kind of posts is that a) people are silly b) internet commentarors are sillier
Oh no I am worried I'm a no food house! Though I live in a tiny apartment and don't have house guests. And tbf it's more like girl dinner and snacks all the time house...
Why would “girl dinner” not count as food 😂?
I run a no food house. I’m in easy walking and biking distance from a grocery store and go nearly every day to get stuff to prep for dinner. It’s a low food waste thing.
Nothing wrong with that so long as you serve food when you have people over and have food on hand for house guests (say some bagels or cereal they are welcome to help themselves to if they wake up first or you don’t want to make breakfast). I don’t think anyone was criticizing the no food house, itself, just terrible hosts who barely eat and fail to consider that most other people aren’t like that.
Yes, exactly. Everyone should run their house the way that suits their dining preferences, but if you're going to have guests over you got to accommodate.
Our most frequent guest is my nephew and we always do a pop tart run when picking him up from the airport.
To be a kid again eating a pop tart! Yeah, I don’t think anyone cares what other people’s pantries look like, just that they don’t go hungry when visiting someone who is well aware they are coming. You’re clearly not the target for these strangers’ ire.
But don't you get annoyed going to the grocery store so often when you could go less often for the same items and just keep them on hand? I get your strategy for produce, sure, but everything else?
Going to the grocery store is maybe my favorite hobby lol
I’ve noticed this in a few articles: “Part of a data partnership with Polymarket.” Does it mean that you’re paid directly by Polymarket for advertisements? Or is it a broader Substack partnership? Not to be the friend that’s too woke but they’re an incredibly scummy company.
Pam Anderson at 70 is a would for everyone over 30 and anyone who sys otherwise is lying.
That is the least ugly picture of Vance, by far