I think it's roughly the same principle as the glasses filled with different levels of water. The ones that contain more water make higher notes when you strike them. Interesting about the 6-packs though!

I knew a guy named Kavin and I felt really bad for him. People almost never got it right away, they always assumed it was Kevin, Gavin or Calvin.

I spend too much time trying to read vanity plates

Aesthetically, "fat" is subjective.

So you might know this — a person told me years ago that extra body mass can facilitate hitting higher notes. Myth?

Excellent point. Dylan Moran, one of my favorite cantankerous Irish comedians, has an "I'm getting old" rant where he pines for when talent used to be a priority in pop music, hence Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, etc. ... and current pop singers have body parts that are more famous than they are. Or something. He said…

I am pretty sure I win you guys. I know a guy named Kale WHO HAS A TWIN NAMED KYLE.

OT but related — does your name mean you are 3x divorced?

I read the title as "the reason you hate scary flying germs everywhere" and my inner hypochondriac nearly subdivided into 100,ooo mini-hypochondriacs.

Well color me educated.

Canadian Smarties look an awful lot like Spree

Right, which is why the grumpy little Marxist devil on my shoulder is whispering "let 'em wear gray uniforms! fuck competitive consumerism!"

At my high school, clothes were more about status and adhering to impossibly fickle trends than comfort or self-expression. Teen fashion tends to be the height of store-bought "individuality".

I couldn't do it myself, but I am guessing that for some people it isn't such a terrible struggle? There are asexual people as it is, and people who are naturally closer to that end of the libido spectrum. I think that combined with feeling like your dedication to your faith is worth eschewing sex is probably a-ok…

I agree that context should matter. I kind of hope these connotations don't last, because it does cause a lot of confusion when used in a neutral or well-meaning way.

The negative connotation of "female" comes from its increasing use as part of a transparently faux-objective veneer assumed by *certain* guys when making condescending pronouncements about gender. Essentially a few assholes are ruining it for everyone. Like the (more extreme) example of people no longer using…

"no male who has been shamed like that has the fortitude to write those details - he's been literally shamed in the most basic, animal way, by another male." No male? As I'm sure MANY others have pointed out, there are many men who have cuckold fetishes. You've seriously never heard of this? Browse CL and some…

It was his motivation people are criticizing. He didn't really want an "open" relationship, as it turns out — he wanted the green light to pursue hotter women for himself. Lots of guys have similar crises when the shoe is on the other foot. They think they'll be happy when they get to screw other chicks, but get…

"monogamy *does* tend to favor the man from what I've seen" BAM. In these situations it's nearly always the guy who gets jealous. Realistically however, I would add "monogamy on the part of their partner tends to favor men". Regardless of how each partner conducts themselves, in the end men tend to respond more…