I was so jealous of kids with double beds when I was young, My brother had a double bed, because our folks knew he'd eventually be tall enough to need either a double or an extra long twin. Also because one of our beds needed to be a double so it could, uh, double as a guest bed. Totally reasonable, but at the time it…

This may be supremely lazy, but I just stopped wearing white clothes so I wouldn't have to sort my laundry. Sometimes I'll buy white gym socks or undies, but I really don't care if those get dyed pink.

Yup. I honestly don't think either of my parents did a single load of laundry between my 12th birthday and when I left for college. My mother actually called me up a few days after I'd moved out because she didn't know where we kept the detergent. My folks were pretty moderate about chores in other respects, but they…

I'm not sure I get the whole 'too stupid to read' comment- did you actually click through to the study? Because the study participants weren't given anything to read that would help them make an accurate decision. They were just shown a picture of the candy label, which included a calorie count written in either red…

The fact that people bond with inanimate objects doesn't surprise me. People develop emotional bonds to all kinds of things that can't possibly reciprocate, like potted plants or their cars or fictional characters. I think it's just a quirk of the human brain- we tend to attribute intent and emotion to objects, even…

Stats about the "average wedding" usually come from polls in bridal magazines and websites- I'm not convinced that's a representative sampling of newlyweds. I'd guess that bridal websites and magazines are more popular among women planning larger or more expensive weddings.

It can be sexual harassment if the employee is exposed to sexual humor and the management makes no attempt to stop the jokes, despite complaints, or if the employee is punished for complaining. So if she worked with the jokers and they made these kinds of comments around her frequently despite being asked to stop, and…

I sort of mentally categorize investing as a riskier, longer-term savings account. Money I need in the next month or so goes to checking, money for an emergency fund or planned expenses goes to a savings account, and money I don't expect to need for years is invested. It's overly simplistic, but I find it eaiser to…

Did the pictures not load for you? The illustration clearly shows an empty seat directly in front of the steering wheel- "Alice", sitting on the other side, has to reach across the empty seat to hold the wheel.

Cotton takes about six months to decompose. Which is pretty good from the perspective of a landfill, but it still leaves plenty of time for mostly-intact tampons to wedge themselves into a pipe and block if off.

In my state at least, the security deposit cannot be applied to normal wear and tear. It's only for avoidable damage- you can't prevent a 7 year old carpet from getting frayed. I don't know if that's true for all states.

In my household it's about time, not money. Right now my partner and I make about the same amount, but he works 100 hour weeks to my 40 hours. I do much more housework, partly because it's the only way we have any time together and mostly because it just seems fair. Even though I do ~80% of the housework, he's…

I'd recommend bringing one but not mentioning it unless she specifically asks. Anyone who gets mad at you for having something they just asked for isn't worth dating.

During my very first week in the freshman dorms, the girls in the room next to mine mentioned there was something wrong with their university-provided minifridge and asked me to take a look. Turns out, they'd just discovered the ice cube tray. But having never seen one before, they thought it was a part of the freezer…

Cancer risk is affected by literally thousands of different genes. The BRCA genes are the most well known because they carry such a high risk, but they're not the only genes that can influence cancer development.

I think it's less that people misunderstand the phrase and more that the phrase has several different meanings. Language is flexible, and sometimes the same phrase is used to describe both a faultless-but-awkward scenario and the complaints of assholes who think they're entitled to sex. Since the phrase wasn't even in…

I was wondering this too. And in many places the national chains are the only ones that post nutritional info. If you're counting calories, it's easier to get a sandwich at Subway or Panera than at a sit-down restaurant.

Thank you for posting this.

The violence might not have been foreseeable, but mentally ill people with access to guns are much, much more likely to commit suicide than those without guns. I would never have a gun in the house if I lived with someone who had any history of mental illness.

Safer =/= Safe. Her kids are much less likely to get the disease they've been vaccinated against, but it's still possible.