A lot of places have the written rule that you stand right, walk left. As in, it is written at the top and bottom of the escalators. People still fuck it up.

This is exactly what I thought. Trump never had any intention of being president, and things sort of...got out of hand. I think he was just as shocked as the rest of us when he started leading the polls.

I just got married three months ago, and while I realise that my experiences are not universal and that some people might have external or internal pressures that I don’t, it was just...not that hard to be pretty chill about everything. I mean, that falls on a spectrum, because I did have a big party and a white…

I feel like plenty of literate adults don’t know how nutrition and healthy eating works. It’s a skill set like anything else; being literate is not the only thing needed to be able to understand how to navigate diet and nutrition.

This series by Lauren tends to go this way. In theory, it’s about the experience of a feminist-ish bride-to-be exploring the wedding industry and reflecting on her feelings about it, but in practice, it’s kind of...wishy-washy? Basically every post follows the format of

I feel like you are hardcore missing the point here. Disrael wasn’t commenting on your specific ability to understand “literature,” any more than Charlie Jane Anders is arguing that you shouldn’t read books that have spawned cliches. Anders is pointing out that cliches are not limited to genre fiction, and that…

I have never conceptualized it that way, but wow, that is so accurate. I have totally gotten mad at my future hunger before, or at least tried to block and control it.

I am so glad you’re all saying this, because I am the same way. In fact, I finally gave up on actively dieting, because the whole thing stresses me out so that I inevitably gain weight, and then I feel bad about that and double down on the diet, and it is a whole spiral. When I am chill about my body, I tend to settle…

I moved to a different country 5 years ago, so I don’t see my family as often as I used to - even when we skype, it’s not like they are seeing my whole body. Right before I moved, I was depressed and in a rut, and had put on a bunch of weight, which I quickly lost as I adjusted to my happier, healthier new life.

I used to wish I could make a rule that you could only bring high-quality shit you were trying to get rid of to work. I don’t want to eat the fucking candy that even your children don’t want, but if it’s here, I will eat it. How about it’s homemade baked goods or nothing?

This comment thread has really spiralled out, hasn’t it? I personally read your comment as an attempt to cheerfully offer up a practical solution to the problem of feeling crappy and confused, since the overall tone of the article was definitely “bemused at both how one loses weight and whether or not to take weight…

See, I do not love going down on my partner. I love giving him pleasure, and I love that he enjoys it, so I do it - and I’d say we are approximately equal in terms of how often we give each other oral - but the actuality of having a penis in my mouth is generally unpleasant for me. It’s gotten a lot better; I used to…

You are absolutely right. I still feel viscerally that it’s different, but I think that is something I need to examine in myself, because logically I know that you are right. Although I did roll my eyes at the original article that called Alison Stevenson a hero, and I rolled my eyes at it again here.

My husband and I got together pretty quickly after he and his ex broke up (I mean, we didn’t meet until after they had broken up, but we started dating right away). I’m pretty sure that she cheated on him, but I am less sure that he is aware of this. He generally doesn’t see the bad in people, so...he just might not…

Mostly its just luck, I think. If 100 couples get married after two months, it’ll probably work out for one of them. Like, I knew I wanted to marry my husband after two months - I just didn’t, because I am not a nutcase. If I had, it would have worked out the same as if I had waited until I knew him better (like I…

What you wanna do is have a baby as soon as possible. That’s sure to keep you together for TWICE as long!

Yeah, I actually don’t mind the ring so much (in theory - in practice, get that fucking thing away from me right now), but this quote

I always think it’s weird because, like...there is already a term to explain that relationship. It’s “partner” (or boy/girlfriend, or spouse, whatever). It’s so weird to feel like you need another term to describe it. If my husband wasn’t my husband, then he would probably be my best friend, but he is my husband, so I…

Oh my God. I can’t even be mad, that’s how bad it is. They are creatures from the stars. From the fucking stars. And that is represented by starlings, because creativity. I am so happy.

I’m with you on not really liking the tone of this article shitting on this particular guy if he doesn’t want to.