My father is a scientist with two post-grad degrees. He reiterated throughout my childhood that there would always be someone smarter than me, just like there were loads of people smarter than him. He was the smartest person I could imagine, so it meant all the more to me, and taught me never to believe I was the…

I just had Chipotle a few days ago, yet survived so far without any ill effects. Perhaps I am made of Penicillin?

I love poetry (literally have favorite poems, poets, lines that make me tear up a little, etc) but also I am very very mentally ill. So like much of art, it only makes sense to people who are overdramatic and wrong in the head.

I was coming here to comment “all you really need are basic communication skills and the ability to vocalize your feelings”.

Yeah with sweet talk like that, you must be beating the sex away with a stick.

Bravo! I was wondering what you meant by being “a fucking beatdown”, but then you went and demonstrated it! Self-referential and educational; well-played!

The obvious solution is to drink at work

what if you’re not restrained you’re just dead inside

“Sounds to me like the people were looking to sue whomever they could”, you need to read the article again. It’s a criminal charge of manslaughter, no one is trying to sue against anyone. VT is one of the least litigious states in the country, people don’t just sue each other every time things go wrong or because…

As someone of Native American ancestry; you need to eat more fiber. Constantly looking at the negative causes blockage. Instead of dwelling about the past, do something to change the present. Contribute to a Native American charity for the 4th. But do your research, like any other charity groups, some are scams and…

“You can’t get involved and break up a fight nowadays the way lawsuits are and everything? Liable to get yourself arrested. Nah. Let’s just stand here and enjoy it. Matter of fact, get yourself a Honey Bun and while you’re at it, get me one too. Two is even better than one. That ain’t right. Look. The little one just…

Try hitting a farm store (like, at an actual farm where they grow their own) in June. Put it on your calendar. I promise, well worth it :)

Also, chocolate milk is the best post-workout recovery beverage. That's not an opinion, that's SCIENCE.

Where is your doctor getting these numbers? According to Heinz Valtin of the Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, there's no scientific basis for even the 8 cups that pop science recommends, let alone these larger numbers. The closest thing to a scientific recommendation is 8 glasses, INCLUDING THE FREE…

I really wish this didn't say that coffee and tea are dehydrating. Technically, yes, caffeine is a diuretic so that sounds like it should dehydrate you, but since these drinks are made up of mostly water, you end up with a net gain of water. Adding sugar etc does no one and favors, but it isn't fair to claim that you…

There was a simmering anger about people like me — "Social Justice Warriors", as they call us — who are asking for change in the game industry: a better, broader representation of characters, among other things. We're "the cancer that's killing games", and Kotaku is seen as the key enemy site, with Polygon a close…

I just bought my car: $1000. '94 Civic EG8 VTi (JD import) with low kms, manual, and a sunroof. Heaven :P

It's my dream car, because it's what I've got now, it's a car I've always wanted, it drives and handles like it's brand new even if it looks beat to shit, and I love it :D

THEY NEED TO DO WAY INSTAIN DRIVER WHO KILL THEIR COMPEITORS. BECAUSE OHTER DRIVERS CANT FRIGTH BACK?

Pearl clutching it is too. Beer is not poison. A sip of beer is arguably less harmful than Coke or Pepsi.

I agree. There is quite likely way more to this story. Like: she gave him a tiny sip, which is not effing big deal, or she put some in there as a "teaching" moment, as in" Stop grabbing this; you wont' like it; see, try a sip; it is bitter." I imagine lots of us had sips of beer as toddlers and lived through it.