Did you seriously just tell someone who was kidnapped and tortured that they were "loser-ish" while living with their parents to recover from that experience? REALLY? Asking someone to analyze whether they were a "sadsack" while recovering, with a great support network I wouldn't have in similar circumstances, from a…

$80 doesn't seem bad to me either. There are collector's editions of new MMOs and stuff that come out with a higher price tag.

You seriously need to pick up Skyrim for your PC. The modding community has made some incredible things for the game. I've logged nearly 700 hours in Skyrim and I still feel like it's fresh and fun when I install new mods to check out. Too bad you missed the steam sale.

Hi Paul, I don't have any questions for you but I wanted to say as the parent of a child with high-functioning Autism that I appreciate your efforts at advocacy. Your comment was insightful and compassionate; I hope that many readers here on Jez get to see it and that your words help people understand Autism a little…

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Not necessarily true, and incredibly presumptive of you.

I thought that too, when figuring out my home birth. Yay, water and support an all that, blah blah ... but .... I think I could just take a shower for the relaxing effect and get all the benefits of a drain too.

I absolutely recommend intervention-free birth. I have three children. My first child was born with lots of interventions because I was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia (among other things) and my blood pressure skyrocketed. My second child was born in a hospital with pitocin-induced labor. My third child was born at home…

There are definitely comments snarking at the concept of home birth or epidural-free birthing. It's seriously fucked up for women to complain about natural-birth-advocates "looking down their noses" at interventions while also talking smack about women who choose to not be doped to the gills.

Not all of us do. I have three children and didn't get an epidural with any of them. For me, it wasn't necessary, and the casual "Oh, we know better than you do what your body will need" attitude in hospitals is part of why I had my third child at home. I got tired of arguing, while in labor, about whether I was…

These things are so ugly that I can't imagine that a candy version would taste good. Even if they were made out of food-dyed white chocolate the taste would still be tainted by the shape for me.

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One little factiod I thought I'd share with you is that a woman's body increases its blood volume by 60% over the course of pregnancy. Part of the deal with the uterus contracting is that even accounting for the blood loss during delivery, women still have a LOT of extra blood in their systems 24 hours after birth.…

My oldest son has Autism and sometimes (well, kind of frequently, I suppose) does things that are not really normal or socially acceptable. Our family's policy has always been to explain the first time to him that he shouldn't ... oh, pick his boogers and eat them, let's say, because boogers are the body's way of…

When it comes to a professional situation and sexual harassment, judge this gentleman (and I use the term loosely) without regard for any disorder or condition he may have. It is his job to police his behavior, not yours. I suggest you go with WhatTheThunderSaid's advice and lay out exactly WHAT is wrong with his…

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I sent this article to my boyfriend (because the title already had me eyerolling) knowing he'd have something to say about it. Immediately he said, "It's impossible to tell someone else that their core beliefs are wrong without coming off as a dick." The mere fact that I exist and I reject theism means that (to some…

My son is all about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. He eats them pretty much every day. I've just developed the habit of cleaning the knife between the peanut butter and the jelly.

Not all babies look gross for their first month. :P

Is anyone else now insanely curious about what their own children would say in response to the same questions? I'm SO going to ask my kids about it tomorrow.