The delusions and paranoias of people with paranoid schizophrenia tend to reflect the iconography and ills of the society that they live in. Do you honestly think it's a coincidence that in a country with a large evangelical religious influence that there are so many paranoid schizophrenics with fire and brimstone…

The things people say when they're off their meds aren't comparable to the things people say when they're drunk. There's a reason people with paranoid schizophrenia tend to have pretty across the board common themes to their delusions and outbursts, and it's definitely more of a commentary on the society they live in…

It's the same reason I get told all the time by continental Europeans that my English is easier to understand than my British and Irish colleagues' English, because the lions share of internationally popular music, television & movies is produced in the US, so people are more accustomed to hearing that accent. It's…

That's because the day after St Patrick's Day is a bank holiday in Ireland. The night before a bank holiday is always a packed pub night here, but it's not actually related to St Patrick's Day specifically for most of the Irish. There will probably be just as many* Irish in the pubs on the first Sundays of May, June…

Ah, sorry I misunderstood your point on that one; I also dislike a feigned accent. However, before I moved to Ireland, I actually assumed that the whole "ye" thing was based on some American stereotype of the Irish and not something that was actually used. Then I met someone from Cork.

While I agree with you on the rest, there are most definitely people in Ireland who say ye instead of you. They're most likely from the south/Cork area, but they exist!

Most of the people drunk in Dublin on St Patrick's Day are tourists or teenaged Dubliners. Not saying a lot of Irish won't go out tonight, but not really any more than they would on a normal Sunday before a bank holiday.

Yeah, I know a hardcore conservative who was vocally against "Obama-care" right up until his son-in-law got dropped from his company's insurance after getting diagnosed with cancer. These people are extremely myopic; they have to have it personally affect them before they give a shit.

While $10 million is nothing the scoff about, the Bronfman family is worth in excess of $2 billion, so they definitely have the upper hand with regards to financing a long protracted legal battle.

Yeah, seconding fro0tl0op, see a doctor about that. If you're drinking a lot of water, but peeing more than once an hour and still dehydrated that can be a sign of diabetes, a bladder disorder or (less commonly) bladder cancer.

There is no way a Britta filter isn't cheaper than consistently buying cases of bottle water. Not possible, sorry.

No, I wouldn't generally support alimony in the situation where both parties are working full-time even if there is a pay gap. That's why I said, I don't broadly support the idea of alimony, but I understand that there are specific situations (like the one that I outlined) where it is needs to be an option.

I guess I just don't get the objection to alimony for people who were married for a long time where one partner gave up career opportunities for the benefit of the other, even if their kids are all grown up. If we're married, and you gave up your career to stay at home and raise our hypothetical children for 25…

I was looking for the person who was going to point out that it's Paddy's not Patty's! I can't even deal with the rest of this sexist nonsense, but as soon as I saw the t-shirt in the header, my eye started to twitch. I get irrationally annoyed by the shortening of Patrick to Patty.

Cartier is French so you don't pronounce the R-sound at the end, it's pronounced roughly like "car-tee-ay". Therefore, cuntier as a play on that would be pronounced "cun-tee-ay" not "cun-tee-er".

I have no knowledge of the Indian legal system, but in the US, if someone gives testimony against someone but then dies before they can give it in court, it's still admissible evidence under certain circumstances. So, it will be interesting to see if this does actually change anything for the others he implicated.

I'm a big fainter, and my first sign is also nausea, but unless you've ever actually thrown up on yourself before/during fainting, you need to stop scurrying around when you get that feeling. Nausea preceding syncope is generally just a symptom of a swift blood pressure drop, and it's very unlikely that you will…

Tiny Furniture was pretty autobiographic for Dunham, and her character in that was insufferable on so many levels.

I watched it in Ireland...

Yes, I understand the problem of coded phrases, and that was also basically where my friend was coming from, but does it change your impression if I tell you that I specified in the same ad that I am (also) a foreigner in this country? English maybe my first language, so I'm less of an "other" than some, but I…