haha OK. Yesterday I was idly wondering if anyone thought I was in earnest so when you responded I thought "AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE CLEAR."

to be clear, I was kidding.

WAIT. It's not one consistent dude per customer?

yeah, the joke kind of hinged on the idea that you were like telemarketers who couldn't stop responding. That sucks though, must be a grueling job.

I just assumed most people here actively follow all of my comments through all the posts. Thanks for disillusioning me so gently.

I explained to them afterwards. Since there was a limit on the texts and it only lasted a short period, I figured it wasn't any extra work for the person involved. I imagine when you work with a gimmicky organization, the fact that it may be used as a prank is part and parcel with the gig, but if it any way made…

This is D level Kinja-ing Quashg. You should know better than to ask without reading a whole thread.

I don't know why you're being so negative. This is a wonderful meet-cute to tell the grandkids.

Really hypocritical of them when you consider Jezebel's previous stance on promoting unhealthy standards for babies. Shameful.

Thanks for this.

It is that clever. How often is a title a specific little play on science nerdery like that?

The second mother is specifically contributing mitochondrial DNA (mitochondria are the energy providers of the body and are where the defect for these diseases lie), not genomic. Scientists don't believe it will influence the characteristics of the child. It's not designer babies in the way we think of them from…

That's exactly what she would say...

Sometimes I wonder if you're actually Taylor Swift in disguise.

Yes, that's true, it was a joke. I work in health care and spend a disturbing amount of my day trying to convince people to vaccinate their kids.

I was joking.

You're living a lie. The CDC is in the pocket of Big Pharma.

huh?

I'm sure you're a very good person in other areas of life.

well then, I approve of your stance on domestic violence and my opinions, but think you have horrible taste in football.