I would assume they are screening for an untreated mental health issue. If someone is medicated and is treating their depression, why wouldn’t they be allowed on the bachelor?

The answer is “no” we can’t have anything nice. Gov’t lands are like a shared apartment, unless everyone else in the US agrees, then no, you may not redecorate.

The “surprised” comment is very common (in my experience) for women in tech. So common that one of the “women in technology” conferences used it as an example of subtle gender bias in the workplace. When someone attempts to complement you by stating things like “You are a credit to your gender” because you are a good…

Even my conservative Republican father said the only thing Trump is offering is his ego, no policies, no plans, nothing for the country, he just wants to be President to feed his own ego.

To me this is similar to people who say “my parents hit me when I misbehaved and I turned out fine!” Human progress involves each generation doing better than the last. We know that power imbalances lead to sexual coercion and rape, we know that hitting children does not improve behavior. Trying to apply Lori’s…

My best guess is Brit’ s nerd is the opposite of K-Fed

I don’t think that this is truly gender-based and plays into the whole “women are spenders” trope. My parents were frugal and myself and my siblings (2 boys, 2 girls)were all focused on saving and paying off student loans ASAP. I work in a male-dominated field and know several guys who have to get approval of their…

I know you are kidding around, but I wonder how much traditionally female things like wardrobe and beauty products factor in as well. Women are under more pressure to dress and be coiffed in a certain way (not to get started at all on the ageism factor for women) in the workplace than men. I work in tech and I knew…

Yes! The Austin & Vanessa heart is completely bugging me because I know they must have etched it into the sandstone. All kinds of wrong.

I am so sorry for your loss. That is terrible that on top of that you weren’t notified before it was in the media.

I had a similar experience with a high school friend. Everyone (in this group) was into Led Zeppelin and Tolkien and would talk about elves and fairies what the band’s symbols meant, etc. Then post-high school, he was talking about elves but sincerely believed he was one and eventually was diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Hey there - If you have been running, running while pregnant shouldn’t be an issue but you should take it easy. If you are going to do long distance, wear a heart monitor as your heart rate is increased (as witnessed by this story) just by carrying the pregnancy. A few other things that people on here have alluded to,…

The US does this as well on very popular trails near large cities. You have to get a special day use permit to be on the trail that day. I understand the need, but it is kind of a bummer to have to plan for just a day hike. Overnights have always needed a permit, but those aren’t generally impromptu.

I came home from school in second grade after a classmate told me she was only going to have robot babies because she was never going to let a boy put his penis in her vagina. As soon as I got home I asked my parents as I assumed that this girl had it all wrong. My parents, much to their credit, simply said that this…

We live in an area where there are legitimate hunters. I know one house we go to has firearms and I know they are secured and they don’t mind me asking. My kids know there is a gun there and I’ve told them when they are older and want to know about guns, they can ask that owner and he will show them it and how to be…

It does have echoes of that mess although these are completely independent institutions and that the priests were committing criminal offenses, which. even if the Church wanted to forgive and work with the sinner, it was unconscionable to hide their behavior from the law and unsuspecting new parishes.

I don’t work in academia, but this is most certainly the protocol in industry. Every company I have worked for won’t give any official comment on an ex-employee or disclose any reasons for termination. They will only verify that you did in fact work there. I was told this is a legal issue where they can be sued for…

What is amazing to me is that this guy lost his prior job for this completely unacceptable behavior and then proceeded to do the exact same thing at the next place of employment. Universities need to get serious about coming up with harassment training that works instead of shuffling the offending academic off to…

It has been happening for the last 5 years or so. I would guess this will just accelerate it.

Yes, it is standard police protocol to place on office on admin leave (they still get paid) until the shooting is investigated. This is a good thing, the main improvement would be if we (like Canada) had an independent investigative team which might be less susceptible to clearing their co-workers.