This anecdote fills me with so much rage I can't even... Please tell me he was at least verbally bitch slapped for that?

For a split second watching these guys read the book made me want to go pick it up. Then I realized it'd be nowhere near as funny without the narration, and instead I'd probably feel deeply uncomfortable the entire way through.

Trust me, my disdain for teenagers saying racist shit is not limited to Justin Bieber. I think I'd like to smack about 20% of the teenage population upside the head. Being a teenager is not an excuse to act like a dipshit. It's true that many dipshit teenagers grow up into responsible adults, and when that happens…

I had friends who told racist jokes because they thought they were funny too. I stopped being friends with them. Because they were racist.

Wait... what more do we know in this case?

She might be independent, but live in a country where being openly gay is dangerous. That is not my guess in this particular case, but the point is we never get the full story, so its hard to pass judgment.

Basic is the word that made me realize I'm getting old. It came out of nowhere (at least to me), all these people were using it and I had no clue what it meant, and I actually had to go look it up. And I'd feel absolutely ridiculous trying to use it in a sentence.

I figure a fair amount of people who like cruises are people who just think ships are neat. This is something I can relate to, even though I am personally Team Train myself.

Not to be a cynic (ok maybe I am) but I can't help but wonder how any of these moms would react if I told their kids to stop kicking the back of my seat on the plane.

I have a bad habit of lying when I don't think the truth is believable enough. I realize it makes no sense, and yet whenever I find myself having to explain a complicated situation a little voice in my head starts going: "Just simplify it! It's close enough to the truth!"

Dry weddings fill me with a completely batshit insane rage.

I do dinner food for breakfast all the damn time. It's called leftovers. Breakfast food for dinner, on the other hand, almost never happens. That's why it's an exciting treat.

Pretty sure that most fast food restaurants do not crack the eggs and cook them on site, which is perfectly acceptable for my Egg McMuffin but would not produce the delicious runny egg you want on your burger.

I was just coming on here to post that. They *never* change those rules. I'm also disqualified because of the Mad Cow thing. The worst part is, if I was ever exposed it was when I was a toddler. I gave as a teenager with no problem. But then the rules changed and now I've been barred (apparently for life) from ever…

I have nothing against fantasy (and would be intrigued rather than judgemental if I saw someone reading it on the train) but how can you get through sooooo many books that seem to focus more on women twirling their braids than the imminent doom that the reader was told to be concerned about in Book 1?

WHO DOESN'T LOVE MORE MONEY????

Oh god my younger self would cringe to see me now. I spent all of late elementary/middle/high school being terrified of being considered a nerd. It was ok for boys to be nerds, but not for girls. I was smart, good at school, and attracted to nerdy interests, and so I lived in fear that someone would take notice of…

I dunno... I really like fast food. I'm pretty sure I would magically like it less if the price doubled however.

I love Orphan Black! I hope it gets more women watching sci-fi; it makes me sad that so many women won't watch the genre I love. Don't judge the genre only by the bad examples out there; sci-fi is at its core just expanding the scope of possibilities for storytelling.

Thank you for posting that. The possibility of false convictions is why I'm against the death penalty. I hate the "but this time we really, really think we're right" argument.