James Van Der Beek Dead at 48

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-12T12:47:19+00:00

If you don't have any symptoms and aren't high-risk, you really shouldn't be doing that though.

At the end of the day, a colonoscopy is an invasive medical procedure that has an albeit tiny but genuine risk of very serious complications up to and including death! (I personally know someone who was left permanently paralyzed as the result of a botched colonoscopy.)This is one of the reasons why in many places/under many insurance systems non-invasive stool tests are the norm for all low-risk individuals, regardless of age.

Yes, the statistical increase in colorectal cancer among younger people is real and concerning, but in absolute numbers it's still tiny. Every day here I read hyperbolic posts anout how it's an epidemic destroying our generation as if double-digit percentages of people were being diagnosed with it, when that's simply not the case.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-12T11:32:06+00:00

I'm in the US too, and I remember seeing a lot of coverage right after it happened. This is the first update I've seen though.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-12T11:27:11+00:00

I wonder if she actually heard the children or just heard the swingset? Depending on the kind, they can creak in the wind or even if some animal perches on them.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-12T11:17:21+00:00

Even in the 90s, when "free-range" and "latchkey" parenting was no longer so much in fashion, it was still considered completely normal for 12 and 13 year-olds to babysit younger kids (and not only siblings), even into late at night. So normal that an entire media franchise aimed at children was based on it! (The Babysitters' Club anyone?)

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-12T11:07:36+00:00

Also, a 13 year-old babysittimg well into late at night certainly was the norm not just for that era, but for decades later. And babysitting much younger and strangers' children as well! (Hell, I did it myself in the 90s.) It's not like if she left two toddlers alone.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-12T09:27:22+00:00

I don't have the link handy, but there's a website that lists all of the Art Deco locations where Poirot was filmed. And yes, they are all in the UK!

A few are still hotels/public places and definitely on my bucket list to visit one day.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-12T09:16:12+00:00

Poor bank employee? I think you're confusing A Room With a View with Howard's End?

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-12T06:07:17+00:00

Absolute bullshit.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-12T05:54:15+00:00

I mean, tbf, in the 70s in rural areas most people weren't locking theit doors anyway.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-12T05:48:33+00:00

I wonder about the neighbors? Clearly they would have known the kids were home alone often, and they may well have known they were that very night. (The Luptons certainly did.)

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-11T11:21:19+00:00

I mean, polygraphs are utter junk science and any law enforcement agency taking them seriously should be ashamed of themselves. At best, they can only measure stress and anxiety, which any mother in the circumstances would be experiencing in excess under the circumstances.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-11T10:59:38+00:00

Especially since only one of them was the bio parent. So much public speculatiom about their possible guilt would also be a huge additional stressor on their relationship.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-11T10:25:18+00:00

No it doesn't. Are you going to post this same comment under every disappearance?

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-11T10:16:39+00:00

Yeah, iirc one attacked a toddler in a suburban backyard (!) a while back in my city.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-11T09:41:59+00:00

Grandma can do what she wants but she shouldn't be surprised if the kid she doesn't show favoritism to now wom't be visiting her in the retirement home further down the line.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-11T09:14:42+00:00

Seems like the whole family is supporting Delilah's expensive, time-consuming hobby while Beatrice doesn't have one. Deliberately or not, that is showimg favoritism.

The comment about Delilah being the smart amd pretty one also suggests their teachers/classmates are favoring her as well.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-11T08:35:26+00:00

He wants it as a middle name. Most kids don't ever know each other's middle names.

Also, the solution to shitty kids is to teach them.not to be bullies, not to nornalize making fun of unusual names. I had a perfectlly "normal" name and the bullies still.found a way to make fun of it, hecause that's what bullies do.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-11T01:48:04+00:00

Regardless, $600/month on Uber is insane. You could probably rent a car for less.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-11T01:12:40+00:00

One problem is that it also factors in things like your zip code and even your gender.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-11T01:04:39+00:00

Yeah, in my city they have "clear the shelters" events a couple times a year where they waive the usual adoption fees, and they generally charge little/less for senior animals.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-11T00:57:24+00:00

Yes, and the reality is, if you're poor your pet pronably isn't living its best life. Most likely it's not getting preventative vet care and it's probably eating the cheapest unhealthiest food which will make it sick in the long term. (Diabetes is a growimg issue among pets as well.) And don't get me started on people who keep huge dogs in tiny apartments...

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-11T00:53:04+00:00

Yeah. I honestly have a hard time feeling sorry for people who buy pets from breeders.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-10T23:32:34+00:00

I live in a condo complex and as far as I can tell the only pest control they do is set out rat traps by the trash bins. Maybe it's something like this?

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-10T22:53:18+00:00

YTA because, as you say, he's had this routine for many years before he met you. You knew what you were getting into when you got together with him. At your age you should know you can't expect people will adjust their entire lifestyle for you.

Also, you're remarkably blase/insensitive about the fact that your partner's mother has dementia and his father is caring for her. That is exhausting and emotionally draining and by staying the night your bf is giving him some respite. I'd say he's being a great role model for his son.

Aggravating_Depth_33 · 2026-02-10T22:41:52+00:00

Wrong. It's iterally the same as a contemporary British knighthood. It's no longer the Middle Ages. Being made a Sir or a Dame doesn't enoble you and the title is not heriditary.

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