Pierce, you seriously need to move on.

Hi! I used to work with persons with intellectual disabilities, mainly with those with co-occurring seizure disorders.

Also, don't attempt to stick anything in their mouth to keep the airway open (eg. Finger, Spoon, etc.) They won't swallow their tongue. Just make sure they don't aspirate (Which is why you lay them on their side if possible.) Don't try to restrain them. The main thing is to keep them from harming themselves.

alternate version of events: obvious sarcasm is obvious.

Next time I fly to Hawaii, I'm only buying a one way ticket. Then when I'm ready to go home I'll tell them I'm homeless but would love to go back to my family in Europe (which I don't have) to finally get around to having a European vacation.

It depends on why the person is unreliable. If it's because they procrastinate, or simply don't care, then you don't. But sometimes people who fail do so because they don't know how to complete a task, and are afraid to ask for help. And breaking things down to their component tasks is a great way to make jobs easier.…

A couple of key rules:

My nephews were staying over while their parents were out of town. They were 5 and 3. There is a donut shop about a half mile from my house and the rules were that if they were out of bed before 8:00 am and woke us up.. no donuts. He was used to this kind of lock down from his parents. The 5 year old had figured out…

I like to think that if that were my child I would respond to "How will they know you're a little girl??" with a nice, dry, "They can changer her diaper if they want."

Not only is that stupid, it's not even how serfdom works.

Problem is, your emotional toolbox is all rusted and laced with tetanus. And since you're a dumbass, you never got your booster shot.

I figured the 'secret' was that she was already knocked up before the wedding *shrug*

I think the same thing that applies to law school applies to business school. Unless you are going to one of the very top schools in the country (there are about 10 of them), do not take out $150K in student loans. If you really want to be a lawyer or MBA-person for a very specific job or role you otherwise couldn't…

Facebook liked's has nothing on Lifehacker recommended's.

This is why I leave comments on everything, everywhere I go. There's nothing like the rush I get from finding out I've gotten top comment on a YouTube video, or 18 recommendations on a Lifehacker comment, and every time something like that happens, it absolutely encourages me to keep going.

Rather timely: http://zenpencils.com/comic/129-marc…

True. We humans are generally selfish, "what's-in-it-for-me" types that will continue to do things as long as we see a potential benefit. Even if you're just relaying the fact that you are currently ingesting a banana (which one of my friends does quite often) and no one "likes" it, there is still a cathartic…

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Wouldn't this process also explain, well, almost everything we do? Forming friendships, choosing careers, hobbies. It's all about the little affirmations along the way. And of course we're coming back for more.

@TheNimboo: Had a bad case of "You have so much potential!" here, which I think is a similar problem. Once you're told, "Oh, your IQ is higher than Einstein's!" or some similar line, it goes to your head (ehe) and you stop thinking you need to try.