I feel like "tip #9" should become the new slang term for terrible advice.

I remember seeing that tip! Like, I know they didn't call it that, but when you read over the instructions, you just sit there, stunned, and think to yourself "are...is that...that's, that's an indian burn! Like, the stupid thing kids do to hurt each other! That's what they want me to do to my partner's…

Same here! It's one of my favorite jokes, and all I get for it are blank stares half the time.

Hahahahahaaaa! Yeah, I think families that go purely on ability are awesome. My dad was actually barred from using carpentry tools and the chore got handed to me instead, as I was just better at it. That said, he's a giant, so he's the first choice in the family for brute-strength tasks.

Modcloth has such cute stuff! Yeah, swimwear is always way too pricey. Like an okay suit for $40 is kinda a steal. Plasticland has a few cute suits, too, but I definitely can't afford one right now. :(

Hopefully your brother will figure things out sooner rather than later...it's too bad he ended up with a skewed view of things. :(

I got lucky...my family has always held the view that tasks are assigned purely on ability. This meant learning how to use power tools and doing heavy lifting as soon as I was capable (I'm a tall and oddly strong woman, and was a tall and oddly strong girl), and guys always had to help with dishes and cleanup if the…

Eh, as long as you're not a judgey weirdo about it, it's okay to have stuff you are attracted to and stuff you're not. For example, I'm generally not attracted to blond dudes - I figure as long as I don't run around telling blond guys that they would look better with dark hair, it's all good. :D

I forgot about Leeds! They're good, and only getting better. I know the chem department is pretty solid...us Roadrunners always felt equal to them, but we couldn't get smug like we could with Anthro and Bio. :D CU would be ideally situated for environment and sustainability, since there are already some great…

Yeah, pre-spandex swimsuit bottoms could look fairly odd. Like, they would look fine until you moved, and then they would just do very strange things with poofing and bunching. That said, I kinda wish all of these would get re-made with modern fabric, and cuts adjusted to maintain the coverage and style, but take…

I eventually went to Metro, and we had GREAT sciences program that we were sometimes smug about at CU students (Biology and Anthropology primarily), but CU is the bar-setter for math and physics in the region, for sure! I have a friend who was a graduate of the physics program, and I got to help him set up vacuum…

Oooo! The Method flushable bathroom wipes are GREAT for stuff like this! They work, they're far-less-poisonous, and they're plumbing-safe and biodegradable! My only complaint is that the package is meh, and you have to be careful re-sealing it.

I never attended CU, but I lived pretty damn close to campus for ten years...I always felt bad that the Campus Idiots were so good at screwing things up for everyone else. Lots of the students were great people, but unfortunately there is a decent-sized pack of trust-fund assholes and their friends to make everything…

I think men do make that distinction, but I do agree that it's not at all the mainstream narrative. Like it's okay to rate a person's attractiveness, but tying it to their worth as a person is where it gets to be problematic. I think your examples made a good distinction between "well, this person looks good, but I'm…

Yeah, I hear that. He's easy on the eyes, but doesn't have whatever the mysterious quality is that makes some guys work for me.

I haven't seen it either, but I also only go see maybe 3 films in a year, so there's that. :/

Right?! Basically, Roseanne's idea seems to be "she called me a transphobe, therefore she's an MRA" and her supporters all chimed in with variations of "yeah, Lindy is meeeeeaaan!"

My heart just aches for the Jackson kids...I honestly truly hope their lives are as calm and happy as possible from here on out. :(

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Last night was incredible, and you all were awesome!

THAT WAS AWESOME.