Wait, someone who's been both a private investigator and a dominatrix who dresses like a 50's housewife? Why wouldn't anyone be interested reading about your life? You've got a workable premise for a TV show right there, too.

Yeah, in practice, nothing really works fairly.

Maybe it restricts the postion to being based on gender rather than based on merit? I'd rather it be two people of the same gender who are the best for the position than have one of each with one of them only being there because of gender.

Hmm... strong trend towards northwestern Europe on this list.

Hey, I like calling myself a bitch.

"Essential" not in the sense that it's necessary, but in the sense that it carries the plant's "essence."

I downloaded Swiftkey after I read the article, and it really is great.

I'm female and I still call myself a Brony.

That doesn't mean it's okay to do. Plenty of people get into car accidents and are totally fine. Of course, plenty of people are not.

Yes, but not to lie to them and electronically collar them without their knowledge.

The website itself says that you are supposed to give it to your child and not tell him/her what it's really for.

Those idiots. High-speed trains are awesome!

Well, what is childbirth but pooping out a baby from your uterus?

How are we supposed to have an open thread like this?

I UNDERSTAND YOU

Shit. I hate stuff like that. Way to generalize each half of the population there, that's obviously a healthy way to go about life.

What the fuck. Does that mean that the whole list is satire?

Ugh, I agree. I know that doing something distracting when driving is a bad idea, and am self-aware enough of my clumsiness not to even try.

EL James is actually her pen name.

My friend is planning on doing this too. I'm gonna be one of her editors.