"You must not work in medicine because if you did you wouldn't make such jokes."

This is a very unfair comparison. My friend from Hong Kong has a dog, and it understands what she tells it. You'd never get comprehension on that level when trying to teach science to Americans.

I'm aware of everything you've said. I joke about it because I'm not in a position to change any of these issues, and if I spent my spare time being super serious about it, I would probably go buy a gun and blow my fucking brains out, because I already have very little worth living for in this hopeless, doomed world.

No, I'm a scientist and I actually think that the misuse of antibiotics is a huge public health issue, and along with anti-vaccination idiots, the sort of nonsense that's probably going to end our civilization. But trying to teach the American public science is harder than teaching a dog Cantonese, and so faced with…

Put..in.. butt. Well, that goes without saying. Where else would you put a butt plug?

Keep in mind that race wasn't a thing to the English colonials for hundreds of years while this was going on. They literally just didn't think Africans people were human. Forget about race.

Hey now, don't bash 'em until you tried 'em.

I just made that point — missed your comment.

Oh no. I know my fair share of racist liberals too.

A Liberal Arts undergrad education is not meant to prepare you for the working world, or even adult life.

It's supposed to be an ivory tower, an ESCAPE from the toil and drudgery of the working world, to explore disciplines and arts that you wouldn't get to otherwise once embroiled in mere survival. It's meant to…

Wood doesn't always need to be varnished. For instance cutting boards are finished with mineral oil.

Can we please stop painting parenting as the only way to get "the highest highs" in life? It's extremely self-righteous and condescending to those who don't want kids, and a knife to the heart of those that do but are having fertility issues. People are different and varied and value different things. You do you &…

Was I the only one that thought the answer to the first question was a bit condescending? I don't know anything about Reiki, & maybe it's complete hooey, but it sounds like the one asking for help has found a personal benefit from their mentor. I don't disagree with the point - (she can hang out with whomever, but you…

What if I am a fucking Walton? Then can I drink without shame?

No - I don't plan on changing my mind, ever.

We're surrounded by people who tell us we'd make such great parents. How do they know that? Just because I'm nice to your kid during the limited interaction we've had? Because I enjoy the limited time I spend with my brothers' offspring? There's a limit to that time because I know after an hour of playing whatever…

Extremely happy that this is becoming a more respected choice. People get so offended when you dare to live your life in a non conventional way.

I do not find Mia Farrow's graphic illustration of the destruction of their family due to Woody Allen cheating on her with her teenage daughter to be as shocking as the actual destruction of their family due to Woody Allen cheating on her with her teenage daughter.

You do have a return. The return is that you live there, and that the place is nicer because you've made these upgrades.