For every person who gets a job because of 'diversity' there's two or three incompetents who get jobs and promotions because they play golf with the boss or went to the same frat as the interviewer. Funny how people never seem to get outraged over that...

That part seems pretty normal to me. Gender shouldn't enter into it, but I know plenty of Western couples where one partner handles all the financial stuff. My dad pays so little attention to financial stuff that my mother keeps an "If I die" binder with all the information that he'd need if something happened to her.…

I suspect the production company writes the contract in such a way as to prevent the restaurant owners from backing out, no matter what happens. The worse the restaurant looks, the better the episode will play.

Considering how difficult it can be just to get some parents to fill out the free lunch form, I suspect there are a lot of kids who would suffer if their free lunch was replaced with more food stamps. The kids whose parents have it together might benefit, but the most vulnerable kids might be worse off.

My dad is great with little kids- they just love him, and he's always smiling at kids and chatting with them when they're around. I remember, very distinctly, the first time I realized other people might see this behavior as cause for concern. It was very difficult to wrap my head around the thought. Especially when I…

My point was that you weaken your argument by quoting three irrelevant paragraphs for the sake of a single sentence. I haven't done enough research to form an opinion on raw milk, but I still know misleading stats when I see them, and I distrust authors who use them.

Comparing the safety record of dairy products as a whole to other foods is irrelevant, since the vast majority of those dairy products are pasteurized. Those numbers tell you nothing about the safety of raw milk.

They may have edited out their first attempt at anal if it wasn't sufficiently photogenic. Or she could have practiced with toys before the shoot.

I was blown away when I learned that, had I been a boy, I would have gotten the name that they ended up giving to my little brother. I'm sure this is pretty common for opposite sex siblings, but it weirded me out at the time. And my brother was not happy to learn that he got my "leftover" name.

I think the 'unexplained kid' could probably be (awkwardly) explained as the result of an affair or one-night stand. This happened with a friend's family- her dad cheated and had a child with his mistress, who didn't even know he was married and dumped his ass when it all came to light. My friend's family tries to…

Risk goes up with numbers of partners more than with age. So the more partners you've had, the less likely you are to benefit, but there's no absolutes, and no one agrees on a cut-off for how many partners it takes before the vaccine isn't worthwhile. A lot of doctors will recommend an HPV vaccine to newly-divorced…

The only author I personally know (a woman who writes urban fantasy) did not have any choice in cover art. They asked her to describe her main character's appearance (pretty much just hair color, preferred clothing, any tattoos, weapons, etc) and then she got the standard "half naked woman holding a sword" cover. She…

If it makes you feel better, I figured it out pretty quickly once I started hanging out with guys, and attraction for me was always based more on personality than on looks. I never had a "type", and I'm so un-visual that I can't even tell from a photo whether I'll be attracted to someone. I was isolated and awkward…

The people who think they deserve a hot/wealthy/famous partner but still expect that partner to "love them for who they are" are absolutely infuriating. Especially when they get rejected and whine about how shallow the other gender is. I have some friends who are going to be single for a loooooong time because they…

Er, that probably didn't help your OCD. Sorry. It's a sore spot and the rant just kind of came out...

I cannot explain the amount of embarrassment I feel for being That Girl who was a lesbian all through college and then realized she was bi and fell for a dude. And now I just know that any LGBT child born to any of my mother's friends is going to get "Well, that Deeba girl said she was a lesbian, and now she's dating…

It's really easy to miss- try freezing the screen at :29. The video it labeled"Coming Out" and there's an 'it gets better' hashtag.

The gummy bear analogy is really weird. Why would I want a boyfriend who's selfish about food? My boyfriend loves feeding people- he cooks for me, he cooks for friends, he's always bringing treats into the office, and I think it's great. I guess I would have been kind of annoyed if I didn't get any of the Finals Week…

If she was sober enough to drive, she was sober enough to make her own decisions. I'm all for stopping a drunken idiot friend from making drunken mistakes, but if the person is sane and (relatively) sober, all you can do is offer your opinion and then drop it. In this case, you could maybe offer to go with her and the…

I think you're right about the awareness of the parents being a big factor. I had to take on a lot of household responsibilities, especially the care of my autistic brother, after my Mom's cancer diagnosis. It sucked, I had to grow up really fast, and my social life and schoolwork definitely suffered, but I never felt…