They read about it on the news.

Just wait until they discover youtube.

I'm pretty sure they'll need to build a new supermax prison for all the offenders if we're going to start sending people to prison for twerking.

Ugly. You can have it.

Who gives a shit?

I think all of that goes (almost) without saying. It kind of gives you some insight into the pageant scene and how obsessed they must be with trimming weight. Anyway, it all looks ridiculous from the outside. I think Mallory Hagan might be luck to be the outgoing Miss America: get out of there while you still can!

Actually the kinetic energy associated with the speed is the thing that kills you, essentially.

I don't really see how it's a "myth". At higher speed it's more difficult to control the car, you have less time to respond to events on the road, longer stopping distance, and have a helluva lot more kinetic energy. All of which make it much easier to kill yourself or someone else.

Yep, this. ESC and traction can recover from things that even an extremely skilled human driver can't. Especially a human driver who's gotten into a situation out of their control and is freaking the hell out. It can happen to anyone...

One of my balls is a different size from the other. What does that mean? Help me commenters.

You have to spend a lot of money to make a vehicle look that ridiculous.

I think it's pretty clear that diet and exercise will help you lose weight. The physiology there is pretty straightforward, although you've got to watch out to make sure you do accidentally eat more to compensate. The difficulty people have is in making sustainable changes to their lifestyle.

But is the milk organic?

My impression is that it's actually exaggerated, and that fasting for days/parts of days isn't actually likely to cause any problems. Your body is pretty adaptable to different eating schedules.

How dare you do something so sensible :)

Urgh, sweetened milk is just so cloying. I don't want that crap in the morning.

Yep, this. I think one thing is that it requires a lot of exercise to drop any weight, particularly for people who aren't in good shape to start off with: I mean, for a lot of people, going jogging means being sore for days afterward and only burning enough energy for a snack. It's particularly bad when people start…

Geez, don't you know anything. I've learned from reading Lindy's posts that Science has conclusively proven that obesity isn't that bad and that even if it is bad, you can't do anything about it. I mean, I see your point if they only had one anecdote. But two anecdotes! Science! Stop the fat shaming!

So we shouldn't go after rapists until we've gotten all the murderers? And we shouldn't go after assaults until we've rounded up all the rapists? And we should just have a free-for-all on traffic laws until all violent crime is solved?

If I'm a chef, I don't get to make someone a toasted cheese sandwich and some grapes for lunch because that's what I have in the fridge. When I'm making my own lunch, then goddamn-it, then there isn't a problem because I get to set my own standards for what I want to eat for lunch.