True, there are a TON of bad evo-psych studies that use statistics salad to sound like they’re saying something meaningful. But I do feel for them at times, because like theoretical physics, they are often pushing up against the boundaries of what’s actually testable.

I don’t know why my future children should get a better world than mine. Like eff them! What did those assholes ever do for me???

Because that’s not the question at hand: the question is specifically about the biological function of menopause. For the vast majority of species on Earth, both males and females retain their ability to reproduce until death, whether that death is gradual over many reproductive cycles, or sudden after a single…

It’s a valid biological question, because menopause appears to be the exception rather than the rule in the animal kingdom. Female dogs, for example, remain fertile throughout their lives (albeit with a reduction in reproductive fitness, as with most mammals). The same thing is true for the females of most mammalian…

Oh believe me, we die on the inside.

Habitat for Huge Manatees.

Ah yes, shall we just return to the mashed potato and twist to satisfy your generational needs?

I’m over crochetty old white people talking shit about Beyoncé and Cam Newton this morning. Dear fellow white people:

Okay, I’m fucking sick of this. The “Democratic Party establishment” is not a thing to be reflexively opposed. The Democratic Party establishment elected Barack Obama. It got Sotamayor and Kagan (KAGAN!) appointed. It promotes marriage equality, abortion rights, racial equality, feminism, and a social safety net.

My one thought, it’s possible that he brought the drugs to work with him. it doesn’t have to be morphine. Maybe he was inspired by Dr. Huxtable.

I really don’t know how people think people are coming in and out of ER examining rooms all the time. Every time I’ve had the pleasure, after triage and being put in an examination room, we’ve had to wait...and wait...and wait.

his manhood is entirely dependent upon winning a leisurely recreation involving tiny white balls.

Yes, but George, when you ruin your children, sometimes the state has to take them away from you for their own welfare.

I can do anything: I’m the DM.

What the fuck is with all the rules? What is this, Dungeons and Dragons?

Given the indictment rate (let alone the conviction rate) for rape, in many cases social media shaming has more real consequences than going through the justice system.

I find that a lot of men say that they don’t care about women’s extensive grooming and insist that it’s only gay men and women who care, but also get very turned off when women don’t do it. I think one problem is that women have been doing these things for so long that they’ve become the default.

Seriously? Have you ever seen Donald Trump? Bernie Sanders? Rush Limbaugh? Antonin Scalia? James Carville? Mitch McConnell? Peter King? John McCain? Samuel Alito? George Bush (I or II)? Jeb Bush? Donald Rumsfeld? George R. R. Martin? Neil Young? Mick Jagger? Bruce Springsteen? Charles Krauthammer? Bill O’Reilly? Rand…

Yeah, but sometimes it’s kinda fun to embarrass them, especially when they are teenage boys.

My IVF toddler told me yesterday ‘you didn’t buy me, mummy!’ and i was like ‘erm...i kinda did’.