I’m incredibly introverted and hate confrontation, but I’ve never been afraid to ask questions, nor to answer questions when I know the answer. In fact, when I was in high school, I often found myself understanding what a teacher was trying (but in my opinion, failing) to teach the class, so if I thought I had a…

The adults doing this to 12 year olds, especially family members is just wrong. Let’s say that upfront.

You just proved his point. Condiment =/= sauce because there are condiments that are not sauces...and sauces that are not condiments.

To be fair, as the parent of a 2 year old, many of these “demands” make a lot of sense. My mother and, to a lesser extent, my mother-in-law have a tendency to buy my daughter things or make her things all the time. On one hand, I understand, she’s my mom’s first grandchild and my MIL’s first grand-daughter, but on the…

Yeah, anti-inflammatories would work at the site...can I blame it on typing too fast for my brain?

I was looking to see if anyone had said this already: ALL pain is mental, even with a cut or broken bone, the pain is being interpreted and felt in the brain. If the brain interprets pain, even without a physical cause, it will feel exactly the same. And as you say, even taking Tylenol or ibuprofen, you’re not doing…

My wife and I don't have joint accounts either, though we both have access to each other's account. Part of the reason is that I have my money in a credit union and she has hers in a bank, and neither of us wants to go to the other one. She likes her bank because they have ATMs all over the country (and world) so it's…

You know, when I read that story, I assumed the kid was thinking the "X" part of Pokemon X meant it was X-rated, or something.

I find a lot of these recommendations funny, or full of assumptions. My wife hates her job, she wants to leave, her company doesn't value her, her boss expects my wife to basically do her job for her, but gives her no authority to do so. (She's supposed to make sure the rest of the department is doing their jobs, but…

Some women like to make men work for it.

Consistency is the main thing when it comes to raising a kid. My daughter is 2, and the only punishment she's ever known is "time-out." She's very active and imaginative, but time-outs are like a life sentence in prison for her. She hates them. So when she's not listening, all I need to do is start counting in a stern…

I was once told a joke that purported to be, if not the worst joke, one of the worst jokes. I'm curious to know if yours is the same. (I doubt it, but who knows)

I've seen this from the other side. My parents divorced when I was in middle school. Before the divorce, we were comfortably middle class. My mother didn't have to work until towards the end of the marriage, and even then, I think it was more a choice on her part because my sister and I were in school and she was…

When I heard about the Mars One project, I very seriously considered applying...for about 5 minutes. Once I thought about it, despite really wanting to go into space, to explore Mars, I realized that I couldn't leave my friends, my family and my home to do it, especially on a one-way mission.

I've thought for a long time that brake lights should be pressure sensitive. The harder the person in front of you hits the brakes, the brighter the lights get. It will show the car following whether the car in front is just tapping their brakes or screeching to a halt.

My game group likes playing King of Tokyo. When we play, however, unless someone is doing something dumb (or trying some new tactic that just doesn't pay off) players are rarely eliminated. It is much more common for a player to win by getting the max points than by wiping everyone out. Though, I will say, one of the…

You realize there are more people in LA that aren't fans than those that are, right? So, say 1/4 of the city was a diehard fan of either the Rams or the Raiders and shouted from every window that they were willing to pay more for their teams, but the other 3/4 simply, quietly wrote to their elected officials and said,…

Ant wins. I hope global warming never produces Mega Ants.

DO approach a woman if you are interested and she is sending you signals (prolonged eye contact, a smile, etc).

When I was in high school, I started playing EverQuest. My mom was not interested in the least, she'd seen me play MUDs and things that were all text based and thought this was the same. Until I asked her to just come down and watch me play it. Once she did, she was so engrossed just watching it that a couple hours…