Yep, Just like men just HAVE to be viril and can’t get a vasectomy, women have to be available wombs or how can they catch a good man?

Because having sex was seen as a momentary lapse, a mistake “in the heat of the moment” and you could go to church on Sunday and pray away the sin.

Extra facts to make it worse- Appalachia has one of the highest rates of birth defects, especially ones effecting the brain stem. No idea if it’s from environmental effects of the mining or all the smoking or what, but the statistics freaked me out when I was a young woman who had lived her whole life there.

You can be born there and never accepted your whole life if you have an outsider family.

That left me flabbergasted too. She must mean she’s scared of making such a permanent decision, because what the heck otherwise?

20% is also so much easier to calculate. Move the decimal over (to get %10) and just roughly double it.

Yep. You don’t have to send grieving families to jail, but there should be SOME rational consequences. Like the Red Flag laws that take guns away from domestic abusers, just don’t let them have guns.

Chicken lifespan can depend on the breed, since some were bred for quick eating rather than long lives.

I literally grab and hide all shakers on the table when we go out to eat, because my toddler thinks they must be the most amazing toys in the world.

I was horrified to learn last year that I live in a state where there is NO minimum age to wed at all as long as there is parental permission.

I mean, are you honestly surprised they can’t admit it’s guns? These are the exact same people who have toddlers accidentally blowing their heads off because of extreme negligence with deadly weapons, and they all collectively shake their heads in total denial and say “that would never happen in MY home, I’m a good…

Just going to mention: changing your name can be a total pain in the ass, especially if you’ve just gone through a big life upheaval and lost essential paperwork, so it’s not that weird for a person to avoid the hassle until some good motivation comes along (ie you meet someone new).

The weird thing is that police officer isn’t even the most dangerous job out there. There’s a whole list of jobs with higher death or injury rates.

I accidentally took 14 inch long, super sharp carpet shears through TSA. You could definitely kill people with them, they’re basically two giant knives stuck together with a screw.

Weird, when I hear someone say “We’re going to a tavern,” I think fancy food and craft beers. Or rolling dice in D&D. A seedy place for adults, I’d usually just call a “bar.” Is this a regional thing?

A relative: “Should we let the kids say bad things about the president? What if they get bullied in school?”

Me: “They’re multiracial, anyone who gets upset about negative Trump talk would bully them anyway.”

Wait, this study is fundamentally flawed. Anyone who watches movies knows that eating apples makes you an asshole.

I don’t think any trailer has made me gasp so loud in horror, ever.

Too bad it’s broken. Judging by how much my kid loves the PBS Kids video maker (scratch jr, I think?), he would love to play with this if it worked better.

Minors who are married off face so many struggles too. For example, some women’s domestic violence shelters won’t take minors over the objections of their legal guardian. GUESS who is the legal guardian of a married 14 year old girl.