Reading the most recent paper, it does draw a correlation between vaccination and IBS, but it specifies that IBS is more common in higher income communities and may be related to improved sanitation and hygiene, which to me indicates that vaccination and IBS are correlated the same way low TV ownership and high infant…

I guess cross-dressing isn't ideal for politics, but Izzard is still a wealthy cisgender white straight male... not exactly challenging the status quo.

Also, in that last live action version, Tiger Lily was played by Haida woman. It's not like it's impossible to cast someone appropriate.

She's not asking for minimal class time, she's asking for minimal NEW classes. As the daughter of a professor and friend to a number of people fighting for tenure, prepping new classes is 10 times the work of running a class you've done previously. While you still have to update content regularly, working from an…

Not sure about Italy specifically, although other recent incidents make it look pretty awful, but in countries without the same racial history as America there's often a lack of understanding of why it's wrong. I'm from New Zealand and lots of people there have golliwogs and have no clue why they're offensive. You…

I once bought a tin of flavoured tuna that said "1.85 servings per can". Honestly, if I'd noticed that in store I wouldn't have bought it. It bugged me so much.

Thank you.

One thing I miss from living in New Zealand (also see:everything except the price tags) is that the labels there all have two columns of numbers, one for "per serving" and one for "per 100gm/ml" (you could translate that to American units for the sake of sticking to an absurd system of measurement). It's convenient…

I live in Toronto and I'm pretty sure it's my fault the Leafs lost their last playoff game last season. I came home on a bus 20 minutes after we won game six and everyone was so obnoxious and rude and gross I thought "Toronto doesn't deserve to win until they can react like grown ups." Jinxing like a pro.

I love when this happens. I rarely have any strong feelings about actors/musicians but when they say something that hits home they suddenly join the list of "famous people who seem like they're really cool and smart and who maybe I would want to hang out with sometime."

The total value of your house counts into your net worth so assuming your house would sell for $220k then you have a net worth of $70k. And as your house appreciates your net worth goes up. Yay!

Yeah, I loved it when I figured out that my retirement fund (401k equivalent) balanced out my student loan. At the moment my focus is on paying off debt rather than boosting savings beyond my standard contributions so I'm tracking my success by net worth and I love it. My goal is to have $10k net worth by the end of…

Oh god, SO WHITE! It played originally when I was in high school and I didn't really notice the whiteness (obviously a reflection of my own privilege and ignorance at the time) but I was rewatching it last month and holy mother of white people... My favourite shows at the moment are Scandal, Parks and Rec, and House…

I think you're confused about my answer. The word desert as in a dry place that has camels is not related to the word deserve. But in the phrase "just deserts" THAT word is related to "deserve", meaning something along the lines of "what they deserve". It's archaic now and only gets used in this phrase, and because…

Yes, actually. Just deserts comes from the same root as the word "deserve" - i.e. getting what they deserve. While there are many puns to be made about "just desserts" that's not the correct spelling for the meaning of the phrase.

My cousin's kids are four and five and they play it quite frequently and really enjoy it. Maybe the issue is that it says 4-9 so for the nine year olds it's probably too basic. Can't comment on the quality, they've only had it a month and it hasn't broken... yet.

Is this the standard system in the USA, that kids get lunch from school? Is it the same in other places? I grew up in NZ and there everyone brings their lunch from home, or gets money from their parents to buy lunch at the tuck shop - but they're the exception. At primary school I know some teachers/principals keep an…

Yeah, I have definitely ever lied about how often I shower! Luckily Mr Penguin is an every other day/when he feels gross person, too, because we just moved in together which would make lying about showers much more difficult.

Yay! Found my "shower match" thread! Toronto is super humid in summer so I shower two out of three days then because I feel gross and sticky, but winter is so dry if I shower every day I start flaking, plus in winter I can wash my hair only once or twice a week. Of course "Shower when you feel like you need a shower"…

Yeah, I'm not even that tall and this is a huge issue for me, to the point that I measured a bunch of dresses I own so when I order online I know not to order anything shorter than 34 inches. It's just not worth owning anything shorter because I so rarely wear them. Is this fashion? Or is it cheaper to pretend it's…