So yeah $9k is a shit ton to drop on a tent, but it looks like it's probably not for actual camping-anything purposes, and more for if you're hosting expensive galas/fundraiser on a huge lawn area and need some sort of covered area. In which case, as someone who has been catering staff at one of these, $9k is nothing…

If I had money I would SOOO hire a male escort, all the time. My friend circle of as now is so crazy-drama filled that I refuse to try and find a "fwb" among them, because I know it will blow up and everyone will know (this has happened with another girl recently and god they would not stop talking about it for…

If it makes you feel any better, not being able to not have any thoughts doesn't mean you suck/are doing it wrong! That's how I felt for years (and mostly being taught not by people who actually know how to meditate). The best description I've heard is that you will always have thoughts, you just let them float by, as…

Ugh, wanted to share this anecdote from my recent life:

From what I understand from my Chinese professor in college (as in my Chinese courses, not like some random Asian person) the one-child policy is not a strict law if you have money. You can have more than one child, there's just a high fine. It's kinda like the internet access - you can get uncensored, "normal"…

What do you wear? I'm also a 32C and currently VS's wireless bras have me on monopoly, and also they recently discontinued "my brand."

I fucking hate this show now, but I'm hate-watching it to the end, teeth gritted. I started it/watched it with my siblings (who loved it) so now I feel like I MUST FINISH but god it hurts

I feel insecure if the woman in my life has no need for me economically

Dude, if you can have carob brownies, you were not poor like people in actual poverty in America

I've been wondering about this (even so much as to ask Facebook!), but will the body even be able to sustain and nourish a fetus til birth? I didn't think that pregnancy was such a baseline thing as like, say breathing, that it could be facilitated by machines. I didn't think a brain dead body would be able to…

I love Jhumpa Lahiri too, and I wish authors like her were as prolific as more popcorn-and-candy books (I know by nature they can't be, but it still makes me sad). Particularly I feel ZZ Packer is punishing me by not releasing any new books after Drinking Coffee Elsewhere.

Did you mean Jhumpa Lahiri?

They cut my sister off after 3 bowls! We were pissed! She once won a pizza contest by eating something like...40? Slices of pizza and we wanted to see how many pasta bowls she could do

Holy photoshop ETA: Ughh the photo was supposed to be Alison William's legs, which have been photoshopped skinny to the extreme.

I'm confused - when I clicked on the HarvardX link, it says it's $350 for the certificate, and like $2,000 if I want credit? Do I have to audit it to take it for free? What is the downside of auditing, like...if everyone could audit for free and get the full experience, why would they offer a paid option?

So...how are they going to birth this child? Either option I've thought of sounds horrid - either medically inducing a dead woman to have contractions or performing a c-section on a dead woman. Even if somehow this fetus is born healthy, imagine having that hanging over your head for the rest of your life. "Oh your…

Yeah...but you're a lady. There is a much lower statistic of men being killed by women, so the context is a bit different.

Omfg. That's like a serial killer alert. Did he run around stealing people's cats or adopt them and kill them?

Well, I had a couple of male friends on it who are probably decent guys, so it's definitely not everyone. But my personal experience has been too high/setting off my "creep" factor too much for me to want to keep using it presently

...are you serious? I'm not looking for my Prince Charming, and my being worried about my safety isn't just me "not relaxing." I've had a hook-up with someone before where he started choking me during sex, and asked no consent for eroto-asphyxia beforehand (and I didn't ask). Do you know how hard it is to say stop or…