Here is a thing I wrote yesterday about this very article:

This sounds eerily familiar. You wouldn’t be talking about the World’s Greatest University, right?

I will never forget one occasion with my undergrad behavioral ecology professor. We were having a circle group class discussion, students were eating their lunches, and I spilled a little water from my bottle into the circle. I looked at the prof to apologize and make sure I could clean it up without disrupting the…

I had gotten accepted to two major universities, but chose one over the other because the faculty I would be in was more world renowned even though the other university was higher ranked. I was also excited to study under an extraordinary woman who was running the program. Fast forward to orientation and they told us…

We used to have to infer, however veiled who was the “biggest asshole in science”.

:Raises hand:

I fell victim to that maple syrup/lemon juice/cayenne pepper “cleanse” once in my 20s. I lasted three days and thought I was going to die. It took my digestive system WEEKS to recover. 

More people voted against him in 2016 than for him. So yeah, Trump supporters are by definition the minority.

It is amazing how many people will openly state how they disagree with the trump agenda, but know the trumps personally, and since the trumps are nice to them personally, they are nice people. The Trump agenda is far more radical than simple differences in politics, and anyone who supports them should not be surprised…

If one of your friends did a 180 on their personal values and suddenly started advocating racist social policies, wouldn’t you reevaluate your friendship?

Someone should interview the local Scottish people who have to catch those squirrels after Prince Charles leaves and put them back outside.

I mean if he was friends with Tiffany, who isn’t active in the administration or even a person Donald Trump remembers exists on a regular basis, it might be different. But Ivanka is very active. 

YES

I love my Instant Pot and I don’t care if that further cements my Basic AF status. My household has two working adults with 40 min commutes and two kiddos. The IP is a lifesaver. Especially since I am TERRIBLE about remembering to take things out in the morning to defrost.

I totally agree. I just turned 30 this year and it’s come up a lot, this idea of aging. But I honestly feel healthier now than I did in my early 20s. In my early 20s I drank a ton, didn’t exercise, and just generally gave zero fucks. Now I’m a way more responsible drinker, work out on a regular basis and enjoy it, eat…

To be fair they’re 100% more likely to get a disease on the cruise than a trip through rural Mongolia. Those cruises are like disease boats. *shudder* I would hands down rather go to rural Mongolia than step foot on a cruise ship. And I have agoraphobia!

I always wonder about the mindset of people who feel they need to carry a gun everywhere. Do they live in a more violent world than I do? I’m guessing they’re just like the old white people on nextdoor who post urgent alerts because someone driving slow down the street is obviously casing the place and isn’t a…

I agree 100%! People are always surprised at the age of my parents (80 and 76) because they don’t look like the typical people of their age. My parents also take a 3-week trip to some fun place every year (train ride from Zimbabwe to South Africa, tooling around Western Iceland, camping in Hawaii) and are active in…

Queen Victoria had a similarly long reign (63 years), and when she died, her 59 year-old son, Edward VII, succeeded her only to die nine years later. Short reigns are bound to happen following a lengthy one, and it’s certainly not unusual historically.

Oh, he’ll be king, or the monarchy means nothing (ha ha ha). But they might budget on all of the ceremony if it makes sense. When Elizabeth became queen, she used rationing coupons to buy her (modest by royal standards) dress. These people know PR. It doesn’t look good to flaunt wealth when the country is struggling,…