Hollywood's fixation on lava is weird to me, because pyroclastic flows are MUCH more terrifying. Superheated clouds of ash rapidly barreling along the ground that pretty much destroy every life form they touch, and if you don't burn to death, you suffocate horribly. And let's not forget the potential for lahars and…

Weather in general, tornadoes/severe thunderstorms in particular. I've yet to see a movie that got tornadoes right; the sad thing is that "Twister", for all its hokiness, is not so bad compared to the tornado scenes in movies like "Man of Steel" (which features a classic "only the funnel has destructive winds,…

Curt is clearly dissastisfied with the current fossil record. All those missing transitional fossils and prehistoric species. Scientists have not yet caught 'em all.

Yes, and have you seen a child that small eat? Especially at the portion sizes that most toddlers can handle, drunkenness off of fish will not be an issue.

It WAS a misunderstanding - if you read the story, you'll see that the lady thought her child would get drunk off of the fish because alcohol was used in the batter. I'm pretty sure that beer-battered fish won't give you a buzz.

The secret shopper lady wanted to know if the fish would get her child drunk. It wouldn't have.

RIGHT?? I mean, even if the negative review just had some vague accusations of the server being rude, but without specifics (and I think that's giving the maximum benefit of the doubt to the management here), that would still mean they fired an employee over ONE complaint. If they knew that involved a misunderstanding…

"But for real, guys, NO cracked crab, okay? Haven't you heard about what those poor little crack babies go through?"

Ugh, fuck that secret shopper lady. I don't really think that misconceptions about foods cooked with alcohol are all that uncommon, but how could you possibly turn your server helpfully (and, from this account, politely) answering your question into a bad review? And a bad enough review to get them FIRED? That's by…

A larger issue with the flu is that even if you aren't in one of the more vulnerable groups (elderly, the very young, etc.), you can still be a carrier and expose those who ARE vulnerable to it. That's why those in some professions whose work requires them to interact with a wide variety of people in the general…

Human embryonic stem cells are only derived from embryos created for in-vitro fertilization procedures that are unsuitable to be implanted in the woman having the procedure done; stem cell derivation on an embryo is only done with the donors' consent. There is nothing "abortal" about the stem cell derivation process…

Flu is not "just" flu; it kills thousands of people in the U.S. each year, and many of those deaths are due to complications that can stem from the original illness such as pneumonia.

Two commentors on that post think the recipe sounds really good and they're going to try it. Oh please please PLEASE let them also be part of the ruse. Barf.

It wasn't so much the gist of the post that tipped me off that it's likely satire, but the fact that she actually went ahead and tossed "penis" in there instead of going for some cute metaphor about preserving the woman's purity or whatever.

Also, I'm fairly certain that that entire blog is satire anyway.

Came here to post the same thing. It's pretty clear from many, many of the other posts on that "blog" that it's satire. My main tip-offs were the blogger's desire to find a "mumps party" to take her kids to, and the quick-dinner casserole recipe that consists of frozen fish, garlic hummus, black-eyed peas, canned…

Seriously, knock it off with the grey uniforms already, sports people.

Oh for sure, anyone would have been better than Tillis. It just felt like there was so much apathy that made a lot of people stay home entirely, and maybe this wouldn't have been as much of an issue if there were a candidate that more people were excited to vote FOR, as opposed to just voting AGAINST someone else. I…

To be entirely fair to North Carolinians, in the Senate race our choices were: 1) Fucking Shitass Piece of Shit Fucking Asshole Thom Tillis; 2) some Libertarian dude who hardly anyone had ever heard of; and 3) Kay Hagan. Oh yeah, Kay Hagan was the one who spent all her ad money on TV spots where she talked about how…

I don't trust people who put an "H" in "Tom" any more than I trust those who tack an extra "G" onto the end of "Greg". By which I mean, not at all.