You are the best.

I need exercise tips! I do yoga, but I’m stuck on inversions. It’s mostly fear, probably, but I’d love to have more upper body strength, particularly my back, shoulders, and upper arms. I don’t have a fancy gym, just body weight and dumbbells. I’m also happy to hear advice from people who used to have a fear of…

Oh, not a chance. The thing is, these people would never make such a huge lapse in judgment. They are responsible. They have self-restraint. They should not be made to pay tax dollars to support your bad decisions, so they certainly will not have their lives ruined by raising your child. That child is your…

I think you’re thinking of the celebrity videos where actors “Draw The Line” for women sharing their abortion stories. There was one - I forget who narrated it - where the woman described exactly that scenario.

I want tampons with their faces on them. If they want to be that involved, I should be able to cram them up there on my terms.

“Actually, it’s about ethics in gaming journalism.”

And then, as I was about to tell them directly that I was not interested, one of them TOOK MY NOTEBOOK AND PEN OUT OF MY HANDS and said, “Why would you want to spend time in a fantasy world when you could spend it in reality with us?”

Call the hotline number: 1-800-799-7233. When you call, the hotline worker will ask if you’re safe, then talk through your situation and try to figure out the best solution for you. It will give you a chance to speak to a real person who’s sympathetic and who wants to help you be safe and happy again. You can call…

The books in general are guilty of making their female characters more one-dimensional in terms of morality.

My high school physics teacher demonstrated conservation of energy by attaching a weight to the ceiling with a long rope, pulling it taut, having a student stand with his back against the blackboard, pulling the weighted pendulum back until it was practically touching the student’s nose, saying, “Don’t move an inch,”…

I’m fairly sure that I’m an artificial intelligence and/or a sentient extraterrestrial with a fledgling grasp of both English and human emotions.

Truth. It’s also incredibly bizarre that he thinks our idea of a good time is to dress in slutty businesswear and sashay into the Kansas Senate Ethics and Elections Committee to testify on ethics and elections bills. Dude, that’s your kinky fantasy, not ours.

The word “alarm” always triggers this music video for me:

I think the complaint is more that they’re getting praised for a specific piece of their work that isn’t actually more difficult than the rest. And when you make it seem like writing women specifically is hard for men, it reinforces the idea that women are fundamentally different and unfathomable to men. So in your…

What. The. Fuck.

I have played this response variant as well — a completely deadpan “Wow, no one has EVER made that joke before, you are SO original, what is it like to be a disruptor in EVERYTHING you do?” It usually gets my point across and they don't get too offended because, well, it really is unoriginal.

When you tell women and minorities that they just have to be “so good they can’t ignore you” and then they ignore you anyway when you’re doing your best, it’s a really great way to make someone feel as if their best is worthless, and it’s their own fault.

Full disclosure: I am not a gun owner. That said, I’ve heard variations of the following arguments:

You got a lot of great responses already; some of them were good advice for me as well, so thanks for asking the question because I learned things! Also, both of those are shitty situations and you’re not to blame for failing to have an immediate response at the ready. We’ve all been there. :/

Jigsaw puzzles? I used them a few years ago when a friend’s father was in his last days. Small talk was hard and no one really felt like having “fun,” so I brought over a half dozen REALLY FUCKING HARD - but still doable - puzzles and we’d sit there for hours without saying more than “Do you see a purple one with wavy…