I love yum cha! But can I ask - what is that one that’s crispy, flat-dumpling shaped, with a filling of chives? That’s my number 1 favourite (though I also love numbers 1 - 4 on this list). Also, fried stuff like fried squid and spring rolls - are they traditional or not? Some places have them and some don’t, and I’ve…

Can confirm the whole ‘people look at you like you’re nuts’ thing when you’re having one sided conversations with your babies in public (I had twins so was chatting for two!) But that’s pretty much what I did: “Which honey should we buy? Did you know, they’re all the same? So let’s get the cheapest! Awesome! Oh... do…

Re your last paragraph: In New Zealand specialist care/hospital care is covered by the government (yes, our taxes). If you’re refused under that system though (rare, but it can happen for minor things) you have the opportunity to go private, and from what I understand the cost to do that here is much less than in the…

Oh my God. I’m so sorry for your loss honey.

We’re starting to see the tap and go method of paying where I live, and I’m amazed anyone actually does it - it just seems so dodgy to me, you just wave your wallet or phone and hope like hell the right amount has gone out to the right person. What if you step around someone to get out and your card/phone gets…

Also school trips, buying lunch at school, etc - it’s all cash.

And lots and lots of (American, white) babies for the elites suffering from infertility to choose from. Ick.

Yes, that gets me too. But I’m also a heavy bleeder with huge clots so no, a menstrual cup is not something I’m going to try.

I’ve never really understood tampon applicators at all. It’s so much easier to insert without them, you don’t need 10 foot long arms if you just do it yourself.

“Until the ‘Good Girls’ who want to avoid dressing like JLaw did in that pic so as not to be seen as promiscuous/whores start getting the same “Your choice doesn’t exist in a vacuum. You must be a victim. Sad” treatment as the women in the revealing gowns do, the conversation is about woman’s modesty, not feminism.”

I suspect she is offended but is a politician enough to know that showing that offence will only bring her bad publicity.

Go get checked out. And be comforted by knowing that there are a lot of things that can cause chest pain that are not even remotely connected to your heart... like the time I got a full work up for what turned out to be a chest infection rather than a heart attack :)

And on the other side, don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself when you’re fat and being told you’ll “die any moment” despite there being nothing physically wrong with you! Doctors are too keen to rely on lazy diagnostics (like weight) rather than evidence of illness IMO. Case in point: I’m obese and every time I…

“- The stats for gun related deaths in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland and a few other first world nations with gun control laws are even lower. None of these countries have citizens screaming for more “freedoms” or guns.

I think it’s insane to have an armed cop - or any guns! - anywhere near a school (I’m not American though, which may be colouring my opinion somewhat).

Yeah this is my take too. Reminds me of a job I had once, where the (female) boss expected us female employees to be dressed to the nines with hair and makeup whereas the males were allowed to wear jeans and t-shirts despite having more customer facing roles. The argument “but she wanted to!” is fine on one level, but…

I’m a Kiwi and I can’t get my head around what Americans consider normal. Security guards in schools? Metal detectors? Not being able, as a member of the public, to just wander into any school while it’s in session? Oh, and being able to own a gun, just because. Not for hunting or farming, not for sport/recreational…

Yep, this is me. And I could take them off, but if I did, I wouldn’t be able to see more than a few feet in front of me (seriously, I can’t make out faces at all at 4 feet without glasses).

Sorry! Assumed you were American, my bad :)

“ never mind that literally no other country has this problem on anything close to this scale”