I got one that said my friends were lucky to have me—that same night, the friend I was with when I had the Chinese food decided he was pissed at me (as in he quit talking to me for a few weeks) because I corrected his pronunciation in public.

And I doubly cosign with my <$1000 salary.

I've read 1984 and I loved it. I'm a big fan of dystopian fiction. That's why I was disappointed that I didn't like Brave New World.

I don't think listening on tape will help. I have auditory processing issues. I will try reading it again in an attempt to see it from a different pov. It's worked with other books—if I'm at a different point in my life, I tend to read things differently.

When I was fourteen or so, Forrest Gump came out in theaters. My aunt and sister took me to see it. And then they both kept covering my eyes (one was on each side of me). I lost my contacts a couple of times that night because they kept knocking them out.

I really don't get it, either. I live in a very conservative area and was raised in a similarly conservative area. I was always hearing people complain that schools shouldn't teach certain things (sex ed, evolution, civics, etc) because THAT IS THE PARENT'S JOB. And then these same people would whine that there…

I read Brave New World in college and hated it, which is weird because I absolutely love dystopian fiction. I think I hated it, though, because the book takes a very negative view of sex and I didn't like the way women were portrayed (they all seemed really, really stupid to me). And I think my prof assigned the…

Thank you. I needed that heart. I will give one to you as well. :)

Oh, yeah. Eugenics was a really popular idea all through the world for the first couple of decades of the twentieth century. Even after everyone knew about the Nazi's crimes, it was still practiced quietly against minorities, the disabled, and the poor. As a woman with epilepsy, every time someone brings up…

I made almost the same joke upthread. I should have read further.

I have an irrational hatred for people who sit on airplanes with their legs spread wide so I have to scoot to the side in order not to be constantly touching them. I'm a little tiny person. If you just put your legs together, we don't have to be touching each other at all.

I'm just hoping it was in ebook form and she was wiping with a Kindle.

I hate reading the comments on posts like these and only got through about half on this. People, restricting the rights of individuals to procreate is not a good idea. Really. Eugenics is a very, very bad thing. It was one of those very, very bad things the Nazis practiced. Saying someone should have to take an…

I'm still disgusted about Pete being a rapist. He's such a horrible, horrible character. Just slimy.

Somehow I think Kate and Leo will survive Titanic's sinking at the box office—or at least Kate will. Their hearts will go on.

I cut my hair off and looked unsettlingly like my brother (until I bleached and straightened it). Now I just look awesome because pixies RULE!

@luistpuig below. I don't want to approve your vile, hateful comment, but I think you should know that your entire point about homosexuality not being genetic was really lost when you called the human genome "the humane geno". And your abuse of ellipsis and unnecessary capitals sprinkled throughout really don't help…

Well now we see where "TheRudeDog" name comes from. Jesus. Way harsh, Tai.

You mean there really is a Hunky Jesus contest!!!! That is awesome!

Haven't you heard? The truncated arm look is ALL the rage this year.