They are actually super thorough about identity checks (it’s pretty invasive). They obviously have your credit card number, which is a form of ID, and then they require at minimum a photo of government-issued ID (driver’s license or passport or military) and then they require you confirm your identity with a phone…

May they be so lucky.

Cleanliness is not next to godliness, regardless of the idiom. That so many people buy into that in 2017 is so, so stupid. There is nothing moral about being clean. For proof, see a whole wash of fastidious serial killers.

My understanding is that Andy Weir essentially workshopped The Martian over a period of years back when it was available for free download; first through his personal website, and then as a .99 read on Amazon.

It’s totally possible in the US, just look for a ‘Certified Nurse Midwife’. They exist and they are very, very knowledgeable.

They probably won’t buy them, but that’s not how copyright works in the US, where Blizzard is based. Copyright exists from the moment of creation and belongs to the creator. Legally, that design is hers. If they wanted it, they’d have to deal with her, or she’d be able to sue and win fairly easily.

You just reminded me that I love Christina and I love that Burlesque movie she did with Cher.

Well, a lot of people schedule elective c sections to get out of pooping during labor... and stretching/tearing vaginally, and not being able to perfectly schedule a traditional birth, and other stuff deemed scary/embarrassing... It’s really well documented. Here’s one book that talks about it (there’s a list of…

Why should any business charge anyone’s car (even if they’re only providing the space)? Because at the end of the day, it benefits the business. My husband worked with Tesla to get a charging station set up at his winery, and it wasn’t that hard. I think it literally took a couple days to actual install? (Maybe a…

That’s a myopic attitude.

I tend to agree with this. I feel a bit squicky even commenting (because you’ll see...) but I first read It when I was about 11, and I was kind of obsessed with that scene. I didn’t find it odd because I knew kids roughly my age who were having sex or oral sex, and I was pretty well-educated in the essentials thanks…

That’s just disgusting and makes you just as shitty a person as him.

Yes, I believe it is.

I recommend everyone click through and read the GoFundMe firsthand account of this story. It has definitely brightened my day.

Have you seen BoJack Horseman’s take on George Clooney Jurj Clooners? It’s fucking hilarious. That show is fucking mean and I love it.

So you’ve worked service jobs, and come from a family of restaurateurs, and can’t see how much of that stuff clearly probably came from the kitchen staff’s mistakes?

This is the truth.

Word, nothing is real. I’ve had to do some photo editing for ad campaigns, and even more than from the stars, it comes from the top down. Clean up the stray hair, brighten the teeth, remove all peach fuzz, nuke blemishes...

In January 2018, for the first time, the state will allow marijuana to be used recreationally.

Anyone who says they wouldn’t take what they need to survive in a disaster is truly, genuinely, absolutely full of shit. My husband was in Hurricane Odile a few years ago (Mexico) and he and his buddies stole cartons of cigarettes and water from an abandoned hotel so they had something to trade people and something to…