That's not the argument at all. These products give you a false sense of security, giving you an unwarranted impression that you are safe if they have not activated. Just as bad, they can give false positives with alarming frequency, which could lead you to randomly accuse people of trying to drug you on completely…

No, the dude was my dad's friend, not my friend's dad. He also made some pretty insulting, sexist comments about my possible future career prospects.

I'm curious about this talk of getting moles removed. Did a doctor tell you that they needed to be removed, or was it for cosmetic reasons? I have a bunch of moles, many of which have gotten larger as I get older, but I just thought that was normal. I never thought of them as being connected to sun damage - a…

Even when I spend a lot of time in the sun, I never hold a tan for long, so people used to give me a lot of grief for being pale. I distinctly remember when I was fifteen, a friend of my dad said, "You need to put down those books and go outside once in a while!" I promptly informed him, "I actually just got back…

Even if the man might have been equally drunk? If two drunk people have sex, are you really going to say that it is always rape? Who raped whom then?

Yeah. We don't solve problems by just yelling at everyone who speaks out about the reality of those problems.

Her observations seem pretty reasonable. She's not saying that it is right for it to be that way; she's just describing the way it is. The juries are doing as they're instructed - only convicting if guilt is proven beyond a reasonable doubt. And when the only witness and accuser is not reliable, because they were…

I don't think any Sunday school teachers actually get paid.

Why don't you read the dozens of testimonies below from people saying that their families are exactly like that? Clearly my observation about family dynamics has resonated with a lot of people.

In both commercials, I couldn't even tell which actress was supposed to be the "too dark" one until she started looking sad.

I don't even mind so much that some parents like to spend a lot of time talking about their kids. That's normal; it's a big part of their life. What annoys me is when they try to police what we're allowed to say in reply, because they interpret everything we say as trying to draw an equivalence between our completely…

Yeah, I understand why it's obnoxious to the mom, but I can see the other side of that issue too. Are childless people just supposed to endlessly nod and say, "Oh, yes, you have it so hard. Nothing I have ever done could ever compare to what you do," over and over again?

Yeah, that's absolutely true. When you feel like you already look pretty damn good, it's easier to put in the effort to improve/maintain your look. If you feel like a fat schlub, it feels like there's no point, like your goal is just too far out of reach to even bother.

Well, I work out by walking/jogging around a busy neighborhood where I'm quite likely to run into someone I know, so I can sympathize with a desire for flattering exercise wear. Recently a guy texted me to ask me out as a result of seeing me out jogging, and all I could think was, "Oh, god, what did I look like?" (I…

Ah, yes. I was always expected to sleep on a couch when I came home for the holidays, while my brother got a bedroom, because he was a guest. And I always ended up doing most of the cooking, and then my brother would complain about the mealtimes and criticize me for not doing enough, while he did nothing at all.

That really just makes me want to take away the star I gave you to get you out of the grey so that your voice could be heard.

Hey, I am an expert on horse boners! At last my chance to shine! At least, I grew up around horses, and have witnessed pretty much all their natural functions from birth to death at various times. I can testify that AdRants is right - there's nothing sexual about the configuration of that horse's dick. Even…

Unfortunately, that's often true around here. But if No1251 wants to give ample anecdotal evidence of all the times he's seen male offspring judged more harshly than their sisters for similar actions, I won't dismiss him.

This is a discussion board, not a scientific journal, asshole. Anecdotal evidence/experience is not prohibited here; it's the whole point. I have seen this effect play out many times in many family dynamics, including my own, over a range of issues.

I imagine in a lot of families, there's also the effect where if a son does anything at all, he is applauded as being so generous and attentive. But no matter how much the daughter does, she gets nit-picked for not doing enough or not doing it exactly right.