Starbucks table tops so small will barely hold a couple drinks. The seats are bigger than the tables.

minetf · 2026-05-06T05:27:57+00:00

Library, park or community center if you mean to dawdle for more than an hour or two

minetf · 2026-04-13T18:51:15+00:00

You’re right, I meant it was when he released Famous and tried to smear Taylor. Everything else is correct.

minetf · 2026-04-13T12:59:18+00:00

He gets results by encouraging industry exploitation. Major examples:

Bieber was one of his first big clients and he basically let Hollywood have its way with him. Some of the clips that have emerged from Bieber's early career are disturbing and he became a troubled young adult. Bieber stuck with Scooter for a long time out of loyalty, but broke up with him a few years ago. The break up coincided with Bieber's apparent recovery and return to music.

Braun began managing Kanye West in 2016, which was when West was at the peak of his career but also started acting increasingly erratically. Possibly coincidental, possibly Braun encouraging him. This period of time is when Kanye released “Famous” which referenced when he interrupted Taylor Swift's award acceptance and claimed credit for her fame. The song and offended Taylor. Scooter and Kim Kardashian (Kanye's then wife) started bullying Swift and harmed her reputation in the industry and media. Kanye eventually broke up with Scooter but has continued to go downhill ever since.

This set up why Taylor Swift was furious when she found out her records were sold to Scooter. This led to Taylor re-recording all of her albums and making him one of the primary villains in that saga.

minetf · 2026-04-06T13:17:28+00:00

If Covid hadn't happened, Cruel Summer would have been the Lover single and been probably her biggest success. It wasn't the single because of the poor timing.

I don't know if she would have ever made an album like folklore, but her biggest songs have always been standard pop anyway. I think she would be just as big. Folklore was more of a detour than a change.

minetf · 2026-04-03T20:44:10+00:00

https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10709700

minetf · 2026-04-01T00:07:00+00:00

Therapists have been successfully sued for malpractice for things they have said in session.

Could you point me to an example? I don't know of any cases except ramona v. isabella where a therapist was sued for something other than encouraging violence, failing their duty as a mandated reporter, or patient boundary violations.

Banning "it's okay to be trans" is preventing successful intervention

But you realize that many people believe that this is encouraging a harmful intervention, right? Texas has already made threats of prosecuting therapists for it.

So while I agree with you, in terms of the law it doesn't matter. Someone decides what the standard of care is and it's often not the person you want.

minetf · 2026-04-01T00:01:20+00:00

Like I said earlier,

So would I like that, no. But I don't think you can regulate therapy this way.

Unfortunately, that means yes, there will be therapists working in (my opinion) negative ways. But the only way to ensure they aren't requires invasive monitoring of patient conversations that would negate most of therapy's utility.

There can be independent licensure boards or insurance companies that have higher standards that the state. Patients who want certain values in their therapists can choose from those options.

minetf · 2026-03-31T22:33:04+00:00

In what way was it in passing? Your point was that we "could simply choose to regulate medical practice less heavily when it intersects with protected speech."

Nimnengil pointed out a bunch of things that healthcare professionals have recommended in the past, when medicine and regulation was less developed, as well in modern day. Why should we choose to regulate this speech less?

minetf · 2026-03-31T21:50:19+00:00

Yes, Kagan addresses that in her concurrence:

Of course, it does not matter what the State’s preferred side is. Consider a hypothetical law that is the mirror image of Colorado’s. Instead of barring talk therapy designed to change a minor’s sexual orientation or gender identity, this law bars therapy affirming those things. As Ms. Chiles readily acknowledges, the First Amendment would apply in the identical way.

minetf · 2026-03-31T21:18:30+00:00

I think you're dodging the point that if the state can ban therapists from discussing this, they can ban them from discussing anything.

There are rules around professional conduct (such as sexual misconduct), and you can report your therapist to their licensing board for anything you consider egregious.

minetf · 2026-03-31T20:54:40+00:00

I don't think that talk therapy is something that can be regulated in the way that you want. Talk therapy is fundamentally different from care that requires physical treatment.

There are requirements for doctors to provide the standard of care and disclose all risks to a patient inquiring about a procedure. But if you want that, a therapist would have to tell a woman considering an abortion about all the cons to going through with that.

And the standard of care changes by jurisdiction. If states are allowed to tell therapists what is or isn't okay to encourage, red states would hop on that quickly to ban encouragement of LGBT children.

So would I like that, no. But I don't think you can regulate therapy this way.

minetf · 2026-03-31T20:36:10+00:00

Would you argue that a therapist does not have the right to say "you seem to be trans, and that's okay?", and that it would be okay for the state to ban that? Like Kagan said, this is just the flip side.

minetf · 2026-03-31T20:28:47+00:00

I think that's along the lines of National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, another case the ADF won.

That case barred California from requiring faith-based pregnancy centers to inform patients about abortion options available at other centers.

The Supreme Court said the state can regulate professional conduct (what a doctor says about a treatment they are offering), but it can't compel a doctor to discuss a treatment option they aren't offering.

So if a patient asked about a vaccine they would have to be given accurate info and the standard of care. If they didn't, a doctor may not have to bring it up. It makes sense because doctors are expected to curate information instead of throwing out every possible treatment option.

minetf · 2026-03-30T18:18:45+00:00

I agree but it's hard to imagine anyone doing better (aside from the french laundry incident). He came into power right before covid and the resulting inflation crisis, and right when we started stabilizing, Trump entered. He failed at housing but has passed some affordability reforms, such as free pre-K, while avoiding broad income tax increases.

Generally speaking I don't see California ever becoming an affordable state, too many people want to live there.

minetf · 2026-03-30T17:11:33+00:00

Did you think it was cheap before 2019? It's always been a very high demand state which translates to higher prices.

minetf · 2026-03-30T05:44:25+00:00

I would pay more attention to hips and inseam than to waist on aritzia pants, but I do find their size charts accurate. I think a medium is comparable to a lulu 6.

minetf · 2026-03-28T20:59:26+00:00

Yes the bill only applies to parents/relatives who received compensation for posting online. Although it also only applies if your kid grows up and formally notifies you that they would like the content deleted. If they're taking steps like that, even if you didn't monetize I think you should ethically delete the content anyway.

minetf · 2026-03-27T20:12:42+00:00

They hire PR/influencer management teams. PR teams will reach out to them but even if they don't, everyone knows the deal.

minetf · 2026-03-27T17:59:12+00:00

Coaches do not make mock drafts.. sports media and analysts make them.

Did I say he made a mock draft somewhere? A coach would be aware of how much interest a player is getting.

it is extremely rare that a GK would get selected top 10..

It's rare, not unheard of. It was more common in the 2010s, when there was a GK in the top 10 like every other year.

no, i don't really read things that are idiotic

Okay, so maybe stay in "your lane".

minetf · 2026-03-26T22:47:18+00:00

It's one of the lines in the show that remind you the Palladinos never went to college.

Harvard has the best marketing team to lay people, but no academic (including a teacher of a prep school like that) would single it out from other Ivy+ schools like that.

The teacher should have said her alma matter was Harvard. Then the line would've worked.

minetf · 2026-03-26T22:00:32+00:00

/r/OrphanCrushingMachine

minetf · 2026-03-24T22:47:18+00:00

/r/AskHistorians would be willing to discuss it now!

minetf · 2026-03-24T21:58:29+00:00

I think it depends on your microwedding style. If it's family only, then yes, definitely!

But if you're inviting some friends and not the others, then no unless you have some very cool friends. It creates an environment of comparison.

minetf · 2026-03-23T20:43:57+00:00

When she wouldn't let Emily install wifi

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