You guys, I’m fostering a rabbit this week that was kept in a dirty, wire-bottomed hutch and then dumped in a park. All four of her feet have infected open sores, one so bad that she can’t put weight on it, and she needs at least 3 different medications every day. But she’s still a sweetheart and hobbles up for pets…

Dammit, I thought I was back in the grays.

Why not? Both people wanted to reproduce, now they both take a few months of leave to take care of it. What’s the big deal?

Or we should have mandated paternity leave like the Scandinavian countries, so fathers are shouldering some of the career hit for reproducing.

You seriously think there should be gender-segregated labs because of (1) love and (2) crying? I’m curious why this is such a massively overwhelming problem for Dr. Hunt, when literally almost every functioning business on earth has co-ed employees and doesn’t seem to be brought to a stand-still by these problems.

.....................wat.

It’s not me, but evidently someone else with excellent taste in snack cakes!! :)

YES, THANK YOU. Learning to take criticism calmly is a professional skill that most people start out not particularly stellar at and improve over time, like literally every other professional skill. Advisors should be able to handle the fact that dealing with imperfect professional skills is just a part of having…

I didn’t really do much besides roll my eyes at the original statement, but I’m really happy that sparked a “woooo female scientists are awesome!” internet party. Because we are! :)

It still seems plausible to me that the punishment did indeed fit the crime- they got a very light sentence for what is definitely very obscene behavior in a country where you can be fined for being alone in a house with someone of the opposite gender that you’re not related to or caned for drinking alcohol. I…

I mean, it sounds like they were punished because they violated local obscenity laws, the earthquake bit was just amazingly WTF speculation.

I’m totally nicking “at least no one has ever recalled booze” for my arsenal of rationalizations for why it’s okay to be drinking in questionable moments. :)

THIS 100% MADE MY NIGHT

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS MOUSE DEER:

I SUPPORT YOUR ACTION FIGURES DECISION

I have never liked a rosé I had in the US, but I went to a friend’s wedding in France and tried some DELICIOUS rosé there. I think the difference was that the US version was way too sweet and the French version was crisp and tart. But maybe you’ve already tried that and you’re just not a rosé person! Just don’t try to…

WHAT

Is it possible for you to ask one of the friends or relatives to tell him, without them saying you were in touch with them? It seems like that would give him immediate emotional support and maybe help stabilize him, but without dragging you into this- you absolutely deserve to maintain your no contact rule.

These are 100% my feelings. My place is messy as fuck, but I’m also barely there because I’m out doing things that are more fun, so I don’t really care.