Yeah, I honestly never expected to be like, “I’d be down to hang with J-Lo” but she seems pretty hilarious and self-aware.

30. My mom gave a really half-hearted attempt at one when I moved in with my boyfriend but I was like, sorry mom. I literally have no friends who haven’t moved in with their SOs before marriage. She was like, *sigh* I know.

Yeah, I mean, who cares. I was kinda sad when they broke up cause I always wanted to see them but never got around to it. Now they’re back together for money/because it seems fun again, just like many bands after some time apart! I am older and have more disposable income and could probably see them! I’m okay with all…

This is legit. I had three Blockbuster DVDs I never returned because I picked them up right before a severe hurricane hit (this was 2008 or so) and we lost electricity, city services and etc. for more than a month. A year or so later I discovered Blockbuster was trying to charge me $300 or so dollars in fines to my…

I think if there are enough old people in your town you can still support movie rentals. My parents live in a small beach town thriving with snowbirds (seasonal retired travelers) and other vacationers, and our IGA has managed to maintain a robust DVD rental service into 2016. $1 per night!

Yeah, down in south Louisiana they have family tombs because people get buried above ground due to the high water table. As soon as your spouse goes in they usually engrave a spot for you as well. Always thought it was creepy that you just have a spot waiting for you.

This makes me thankful that I obviously look related to my dad complete with very distinct matching facial features, because that would straight up make me wanna die.

I think you’re essentially misunderstanding how women (and maybe people in general) derive identity from their names.

The green sauce! It’s a standard at taco stands and Mexican joints in Texas and Mexico. It’s basically just straight up peppers emulsified with oil and a little salt, garlic and onions.

I work under the CFO for an academic research institute, a very business-like lady who has to take people to task to ensure that they use their funding efficiently so we can all, you know, continue to get grants and remain employed. She’s a normal and even hilarious person, so I was super disturbed by the number of…

And I’ll add that I came from private industry, so it is constantly bewildering to see people do unprofessional things and treat their coworkers in ways that would have gotten you disiplined or fired in a commercial sector in but in academia is accepted as a personality quirk.

I work in communications for a science institute so I don’t have as much day-to-day interaction with researchers but the stories I hear are horrendous, and it does get a little degrading to be treated like a glorified secretary by PhDs all the time when I’m a professional with 10 years of industry experience (but no…

Academia is a strange place that props up socially malajusted people and allows their antisocial behavior to flourish.

I was a journalist. I got out (through an excruciatingly long job hunt during the recession conducted in my spare time) when it became evident that I couldn’t support myself and my loved ones and now work a day job and freelance in my spare time to scratch my creative itch. This dude’s story annoys me.

I grew up on an island with a shorter ferry ride (Port Aransas, Texas) and have used the somewhat longer Galveston ferry. No waiver, they both have shorter rides and stop operating in crazy weather, though. At a certain point the ferry operators will determine that the pitch and roll of the water makes it too…

I dunno. I’ve been with dudes who thought it was fun to “trade war stories” as sexy talk and I’ve been with dudes who never wanted to think about the fact that other dudes I’ve fucked existed in the world. But I’ve never had a “what’s your number” convo. I’m 32.

Oh my God, I love that video of the pelican biting that guy’s ass.

I mean, a lot of people do try to have personal boundaries about dating people at work too though because when those workplace relationships go bad they can go really bad. I grew up in academia (dad is a research scientist) and I work in a lab today, and I can tell you as many stories about inter- and intra-lab…

A++ Lois and Clark reference.

Angola is a super fucked up prison, tho. Anna mentions it, but the inmates ride in a rodeo for spectators every year and are allowed to sell crafts but someone of them are literally displayed in cages and sell their wares to you through the chain link fence. It is super gross.