Not only was someone paid for it , Matt Stopera is one of their senior writers . He was probably WELL paid for it . <| sep |> I find it annoying when people refer to having died . No , you didn ' t die . You ' re here . You might have clinically died or some other flawed metric but that just shows the limitations of our medical understanding . <| sep |> Costco wouldn ' t sell me glasses or contacts without a current prescription because the one they had on file was expired <| sep |> At most Thanksgiving gatherings , I would get to play with nephews and nieces . Nerf football , pool or pingpong , board games , whatever the kids wanted . Most of the mothers are happy since they get to take a break and visit each other , go shopping without the kids , etc . A few years ago , I arrived at the house and before my mother could say hello , she rushed over to tell me loungeboy 79 , you are NOT allowed to be around the kids . They ' re shy , and the mothers are worried about you , so you have to stay away from them . I was totally shocked . I checked with some of the cousins and aunts to see if my mother was making up bullshit . Some didn ' t care , but others were evasive about it , trying to make up crap about not having enough time . I finally got my sister to admit that it was just my mother being selfish and manipulative her standard MO but the other women were too scared of becoming her next scapegoat to do anything to help me . It doesn ' t even have to be a social situation , it could just be one manipulative gossipmonger spreading innuendo .