I'm so so sorry you lost your mom that way. My boyfriend's mom died in June of brain cancer, so I can really empathize. So many people were telling him 'at least she's not suffering' and 'she's in a better place' and it made me angry. No one really knows what happens when we die and shrugging your shoulders and…

Good luck! What city did you move to?

My dad is very interesting politically. He most closely identifies with Kropotkin anarchism but my parents started watching Fox News and it all went downhill from there. There is some seriously weird compartmentalizing going on. My parents are lovely people but I think they've been brainwashed.

Steiva gives me horrific migraines. The fridge at my work has stevia sweetened ginger and I indulged once. I had to sit in the bathroom with the lights off for an hour after taking my migraine medication.

That sucks! Stevia gives me horrible migraines too but Splenda doesn't give me problems.

Ugh. Remember when the earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan not too long ago and people trotted out the same bullshit? People were literally saying that they didn't feel bad because of Pearl Harbor. Fucking people.

My dad is super conservative (not a whackadoo like the new GOP but still conservative) and he hates Ayn Rand. I wonder if I should ask him about this new turn of events.

Exactly. Most processed food has a huge carb/sugar load coupled along with saturated fat. Separating the two is very important when looking at eating habits.

God, seriously.

I definitely think it's cultural. Many parents in the states don't give their kids any credit when it comes to food. You can't feed someone chicken tenders, mac n' cheese, Cheerios and hot dogs for 10-12 years and expect them to suddenly develop a palate.

I'm similarly private and I don't know how I'd handle being pregnant. I think I'd actually hit someone if they touched my stomach; I hate being touched SO MUCH.

People have bones! And muscle tone!

I never ask, even when a woman is very very obviously pregnant because I figure that it's pretty much all anyone will talk to her about.

Then you should actually focus on health and not weight. Some people are just bigger (and no I'm not talking about bedridden people who weigh 700lbs) and will reap health benefits of exercise and a good diet without suddenly becoming a size 2. Many people give up on exercise because they're frustrated at not losing…

I am not a hairy person (I haven't shaved my legs in a decade and people think I wax them) but even so, any time I had sex my pubic hair would get pulled in. That shit hurts and I got sick of it.

Sounds like someone's Crystal Castles cassette was left in the trunk of a car in 100 degree weather.

Cool I'm Little Pete. That show was so goddamn weird and amazing.

Aww, labs really do chunk up fast.

Haha, at my house it's basically a carnival every day. I have two rats (they are sisters that I got when they were teeny) and I love giving them treats. Though I don't give them bad stuff like candy, they have gotten quite corpulent from nuts, fruit, coconut oil and the like.

Exactly. We will never be able to separate 'innate' and 'socialized'. People even hold boy and girl infants differently and talk to them differently from birth.