A very serious partner I was with for many years bore a striking resemblence. Also, a lovely and incredible woman in her own right. People would often ask me what she looked like while we lived through a long distance relationship and I'd reply: "almost exactly like a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg".

One of the catalysts for my enthusiasm in becoming the host of Reading Rainbow was experiencing just how powerful the medium of television can be. In 1977, in eight nights of television, ROOTS changed the way America views it's slave owning history. THAT'S POWERFUL. So when the idea was presented to me of using…

My grandmother smoked a pack a day, drank a bottle of wine a day (at least) and lived to be 92. It doesn't mean those things are good for you, it means good genetics are crazy.

The photo registered with my brain before the headline did, and my knee-jerk reaction was "that's a pile of e-coli!". I've been trained to avoid raw bean sprouts more than any other food out there, pretty much.

Stop doing that, especially the part where you eat a chunk of the plate.

That's true. Literally everyone who ever drank unpasteurized milk survived. They're still here! They won't freaking die! GO BACK TO YOUR GRAVE GRANDMA I'M NOT TELLING YOU AGAIN!

I'm pretty sure people know when you're full of shit. Like right now. Right now you are full of shit.

"Odd how these baseless anecdotes all say what I want them to say, as opposed to actual facts."

Here you go.

Oh, like my great grandmother who lived until 102 and my grandparents.. Y'know it's always funny, when I talk to people who have parents/grandparents from that era how none of them died young or knew of many who died young (except in the war). Odd that

Damn, you're totally right!

*sneaks out back door*

there's always the chance someone might be looking in your fridge. >.>

Considering the overlap between the unpasteurized milk people and the lunatic anti-vaxxer crowd

I cannot be 100 percent positive they caused my problems, but I've had... bad reactions twice in the last month after eating something with bean sprouts in them.

cheesemonger by trade with an embarrassing affinity for Velveeta here. we've all got our weaknesses.

I don't blame you, or the jus guy. If it's real it's great.