You don't get it, clearly. You are saying that because you and your mother had shitty eating habits, that's why you had health problems. Well, yeah. That doesn't extrapolate to everybody. That's why I don't assume all people with health problems are shitty eaters. Just like how you shouldn't assume all people with…

SO GOOD.

The fact that you call it "weight class" pretty much sums up your subconscious feelings about it. That term doesn't exist outside of some sports. Maybe with regards to pets? But not with humans, aside from the aforementioned sports. People are the weight that they are. That's it. Even the terms that are used in…

Did you miss the part where I replied to a different person and a different part of the conversation? That's not the only topic in this thread.

Wow what a jerk! Hey, did you know that there is such a thing as gluten intolerance? That is not the same as a gluten allergy. Gluten intolerance, if not addressed, can in the long term lead to a variety of health issues. I know this because I've seen it happen to my mom. She went to doctors for over a decade…

I'm with you. And furthermore, I don't think there's anything strange or wrong about that. Part of the awesomeness of it is that while, yes, in real life, people should not be brutally slaughtered for being assholes in high school, when one has been in the position of being mercilessly victimized, it is kind of what…

I have had people tell me the same thing. One was a girl who was very clearly trying to be passive-aggressive. The others insisted that they meant it as a compliment. I've never watched the show, just read a lot about it (what with the incessant coverage here and elsewhere), and from what I've read, I don't think…

Haha I was a terrible liar when I was a kid but also had no impulse control and a poor grasp of why things were "bad" if it didn't "really" hurt anyone... used to love drawing on the walls with crayons (not easy to get off textured walls), and when I got in trouble for writing "[MY NAME] is great!!" for the umpteenth…

To all those who are saying "oh, it's hard for everybody, saying that you just aren't the type is just a lame excuse!" I think you're full of it. I am one of those people who just don't really enjoy exercising - do I enjoy certain activities that can sometimes be physically active? Yes. I like boating and swimming.…

The only sensory crossover I have is a relation between music tones and my right/left sides. It's mostly centered around my hips/legs/feet, but sometimes it happens in my sides and arms as well. My right side is a louder, brighter, higher note, my left side is a quieter, softer, lower note. When I was younger it used…

Haha spot on. I also do the screwy math where I tell myself that since I average about 1/4-1/3 pack a day it means that I am only doing at most like half the damage they talk about in smoking research and thus try to assure myself that I can continue enjoying my Spirits til the end of my lengthy, lengthy life. I also…

Because you aren't the only person that they are serving, and it's almost never worth a server's time to stand by and watch and wait til just the right moment. I mean, think about this for a second. Seriously play out the situation in your head. The waiter can either stand back and literally watch you and wait for…

I have totally reached the point of being happy as myself and as a single woman. What I need is some advice on how to get guys to stop assuming that means I must want to date them. Seriously, yeah, the advice sounds condescending when you are actually lonely, but it's pretty true for most people... and since I…

Agreed. In fact, I would go so far as to say that the lack of empathy she describes as if it were some sort of natural pre-parenthood state is in fact just a pretty typical selfish lack of awareness outside of oneself. I don't have children, I've never been responsible for the life and well-being of another living…

Oh, THIS LADY AGAIN. Didn't we decide already that she is terrible at giving advice?

And then once you do finally start to be able to tell people, you get to deal with the other end of the spectrum as well... it's almost more difficult for me to tell people that I know will be kind about it because the almost inevitable pity and coddling and the way that it tinges their perceptions of you as either…

You don't speak for every trans person. Marco clearly volunteered this information for the Vice article because he felt that it was important. Did you read the linked article? As SweetestPunch said, this story is about the transition - this human was physically a woman, named Erica, and now this human is physically a…

Makes sense, since rock climbing basically employs your own body as a weight - many, many strength training experts agree that body-weight strength training is extremely effective for the vast majority of people, but not all of them will admit it out loud because it's nice to make money off of people buying weights…

Yes, it is difficult. I don't think it's unreasonable for the vast majority of people... if you have small children, they will take up a lot of your time, yes, but you can work exercise into your lifestyle because you should have your kids out playing and running around anyway. If you have a job with long hours, then…

I would love to see a roster of all the non-directionless twenty-something men out there. Seems to me like the vast majority of people in my age range who really have direction are those who haven't changed much since their teens. I'm OK with being directionless if that's the case!