I think it's useful to distinguish between poor decisions that could lead to someone else being harmed and poor decisions that could lead to the person involved facing exaggerated legal consequences. An 18 year old who doesn't know that public urination could get him on the sex offender registry might still grow up…

H&M's sizes are really unpredictable- last time I went there I bought two skirts with very similar cuts, but I still needed to buy one of them 4 whole sizes bigger than the other. Though to be honest, I kind of like knowing that the number on the tag is completely meaningless...

I've also noticed that straight size stores seem to be stopping at 14 instead of 16- maybe they vanity sized so much that what would have been size 16 is the same size as what's sold in plus size stores? Vanity sizing is absolutely nuts- Marilyn would probably wear an 8 today because they've tweaked the measurements…

I think she tagged that one as #finally because she had finally found a guy who responded normally. I don't think it was mocking him.

Rubbing alcohol has a pretty unmistakable smell- you might, if you were already quite drunk, mistake a rubbing alcohol screwdriver for a standard vodka and orange juice. But if you were expecting a plain orange juice and got one with rubbing alcohol, it would be quite obvious.

That analogy doesn't work, because keys and locks have fundamentally different purposes and uses. It may be easier for women to get sex when they want it, but that's a difference of degree, not of kind. There's no reason why the ease of obtaining sex would negatively affect the worth of the participants. And it's not…

I'd really recommend you read some of the comments here supporting her decision and talking about similar situations other people have been through. The concept of a 'maintenance visit' may seem odd- it certainly did to me, until someone I loved was diagnosed with bipolar disorder- but it's a good choice for people…

My rule for pets has always been that if it weighs more than 5 pounds and has a prey drive, it had better have been domesticated for a couple millennia.

It comes across as very condescending- like she wants to go to some disadvantaged school and sit the kids down to explain that "vegetables" are grown on "plants", and that plants are made at places called "farms". It would have been fine if she'd said she wanted to teach inner city kids about nutrition or healthy…

Cleanses of any variety are ineffective at their main claims- they have no actual "detox" effects and while you might lose a few pounds, you'll gain it back immediately. Reports of higher energy or better focus are almost certainly due to the placebo effect. But I wouldn't go quite as far as to say that fruit juice is…

It does happen, but the vast majority of vegans I've met were doing it for ethical reasons. Some of those people tended to eat a LOT of technically-vegan junk food like potato chips and cookies, so I really doubt they were trying to hide anorexia.

If we're talking about Serious Romantic Feelings, then I agree. It sucks, but at that point the friendship is usually unsalvageable, and hanging out in the hopes that your crush will develop similar feelings is just going to be painful for all involved. And if sex/love was the only thing you wanted from the…

It's complicated and varies from state to state, as well as from decade to decade. In 1968 it would not have been murder. In the years since then, many states have passed laws specifically related to drunk driving and hit and runs, and some states allow drunk driving or hit and run cases to be tried as second degree…

I guess it works for him, but yeah, I'd end up eating everything so it wouldn't spoil. What I really need is something that shuts off my wifi when I miss too many workouts...

Ah, the joys of research. Some of my coworkers have had to smuggle chemical samples through airports, because no amount of paperwork will convince a TSA screener to let you keep that little bottle of white powder once they've spotted it.

Seriously. One of my first introductions to the concept of class privilege was seeing a college classmate get mocked ruthlessly for taking his girlfriend to the Cheesecake Factory for a big anniversary dinner. He had been so excited about taking her on a nice date and was shocked that our wealthier classmates thought…

They're equally responsible for the fact that they had sex and for the poor choice of location, but the monk bears more responsibility for the broken vow of celibacy. It was his vow, and he's the one who broke it.

Is there any chance that she's trying to get you to initiate sex earlier in the evening, but isn't interested by the time you actually get around it?

An optimistic reading of this would be that the guy just wants to sit quietly for a bit when he comes home, and is (foolishly) assuming that all men are the same way. Gender essentialism aside, that's fine- some people need to relax quietly before they can be social, even with their significant others.

It's not really about how many cancers go undetected on a population level vs how many are caused by radiation. The question is whether a specific population will benefit from widespread screening. Men and young children clearly won't- breast cancer is rare enough in those groups that mammograms would do far more…