Shoes serve both the practical purpose of protecting our feet from the ground, and also a whole host of other purposes (which involve making women look a certain way) that provide real benefit to the people who wear them. I'd be willing to bet that Sheryl Sandberg has a sizable collection of pumps, but it's not like…

I wear a padded bra because it's really hard to find cute non-padded bras in my size.

While we're on the subject... hey dudes: protein consumption is not an indefinite upward climb of muscle gain. Beyond a certain point, all you're doing is increasing your risk of kidney stones. And you'd be much better off simply eating meals with good sources of protein than drinking meathead milkshakes.

Gendered expectations regarding child rearing responsibilities and encouraging boys more than girls to partake in STEM is most definitely sexism.

I like how "sexism" doesn't count as a logical explanation.

What made Jenny McCarthy double down on things is that you have a vocal minority of parents of kids with autism who claim that their kids were perfectly normal right up until they got their vaccinations around the age of two.

I wouldn't forgive her.

When they leave "science" articles like this one up? If there is a stated and consistent standard, that is one thing. This is something else.

"Hi! Cool costume (or just happy halloween). I don't have that much candy, so kids only please :)" with a southern lady "oh I'm so sweet" grin. You can think "ha, none for you you parasitic fuck" and smile beatifically.

OMG your comment is so meta!

Maybe he actually read the book. It's almost like anyone who wants their career taken seriously doesn't want anything to do with this movie. Or something.

"I'm so sorry, what can I do?" is always a good one. The rest *gestures* well, although I suspect the author doesn't want to hear it, the dating landscape does change when you hit 30, and the not wanting kids makes it a lot worse. (I know this firsthand.) So when you have people saying "there's someone else" etc, and…

The thing to say is just, "I'm sorry. I'm here for you. *hug*"

If you don't like cold temperatures, does that mean you're thinking about a southern state? That would be a mistake, IMO. You're better off in the northeast corridor or in select cities on the west coast. Chicago is OK, but it's practically Canada in terms of weather. LA is an option, but it's a.) really expensive and…

How do these people not recognize Aasif and other Daily Show correspondents? I don't get it. If Aasif came to interview me about my vast Beanie Baby and Hamster Pixel Art Collection, I would have to do everything I could to not hump his leg. My internal humping mechanism would recognize him immediately and everything…

Damn it, Kinja.

I wasn't talking about you, Josh. I said "otherwise awesome people," that was your clue.

Every time anyone wants to talk about a universal group ('white people', 'women', 'men', 'Americans', 'whatever') someone inevitably chimes in to point out that they aren't like that as an individual.

At first glance, I thought this was a very intricately molded chocolate bar. Yum.