Honestly, I think it’s done deliberately as a ‘deterrent’ for abuse, but really it’s just a perverse way to ‘punish’ addicts. Puritanical bullshit at its finest :-/

My doctor has told me that same thing when I’ve expressed amasement that people take these drugs ‘for fun’ because to me, it’s like “Do you never want to poop again?! What’s wrong with you?!” I have to take opioids, and have for years, and I will never understand the mentality of taking them recreationally given how…

I highly recommend the book Dreamland that addresses this issue in-depth. Basically, Perdue marketed the fuck out of MS Contin, then Oxycontin, at a time the coincided with the pain patients’ rights movement and it became a perfect storm. Pain was suddenly labelled “the 5th vital sign” and patient surveys on how well…

Actually, that makes a TON of sense considering opioids are notorious for inducing constipation...

So we’re all making donations in honour of Sen. Fuckface McFitzgerald from now on, yes?

Whole Foods lemon hummus is 100% the best and if you disagree I will fight you! Not really, but I have strong feelings on this subject!

I bit the bullet and ordered an XL....if it doesn’t fit, I know a friend it will look great on ;-)

Has anyone bought a shirt from here before? Because I like the Women’s T-shirt a lot and want to order it but the sizing seems.........off? Like, I’m a rather small person but based on the chart I need at least an XL because of my boobs, which at 36C are *not* that big. I may end up waiting until people have received…

As the daughter of a similar steely badass mother - in my case, with a myraid of unaddressed mental health issues thrown in for fun - I empathise deeply on this one. The first guy I slept with got drug into court when my mother tried to file a totally bogus restraining order against him...

These two are the epitome of déclassé by DC standards. If Trump wasn’t president, they’d have never made it into the chamber. It’s embarassing AF. 

Tea Tree Oil! Trader Joe’s makes a TTO shampoo and we all use it once a week here because the Great Licening of 2013 has permanently scarred the BallofStress family.

The only thing I can say is THANK FUCKING GOD it wasn’t John Bolton.

I honestly can’t even imagine more fucked up that Missouri Synod....they harshly disciplined a priest who participated in an inter-faith ceremony after the Newtown shooting. Not to mention that our ‘business letter writing exercise’ was writing to our Senators to oppose abortion....in 4th grade...

I do not disagree, but I also never said she was ‘outed.’ She obviously had a had life and made many bad decisions and dealt with it the best she could, which obviously wasn’t well. But she DID - intentionally or not - provide millions of women with the legal right to access abortion care and for that I will be…

I think it is also important to note that McCorvey continued to support legal abortion during the first trimester, even after her ‘conversion’ to evangelism.

Can I just ask if there is anyone else here who was raised in the Lutheran evangelical (Missouri Synod) fashion? Because until I was about 22, I legitimately thought ALL Lutherans were extreme evangelicals and it was only once Mr. BallofStress was like “But Lutherans are those nice Mid-Westerners with bad coffee!”…

I am honestly EXTREMELY disappointed in Jezebel for not including that McCorvey was in a lesbian relationship for 35 years, a source of much contention between her and the conservatives that have tried to ‘claim’ her legacy. This woman was clearly used as a pawn by both sides of the abortion wars - a situation she…

I didn’t, and I didn’t notice until you pointed it out, but I’ll take it ;-)

Trump’s blatant narcissism is so all-consuming that he can’t handle the realities of his new job - all that responsibility, all that criticism - so he’s going to try and relieve his ‘glory days’ on the campaign trail.

Neither Canada or Mexico would want to invade the US, because really, why take on that mess? Other than that, I can see us getting nuked and then invaded, but the Atlantic and Pacific are our best protection, not the 2nd Amendment.