I’ve never understood people’s obsession with the Olympics. It’s basically a bunch of people who’ve already won the genetic/financial lottery competing in pointless activities to see who is the most special. If they ever decide to do a publicized wold competition between a bunch of science nerds trying to cure cancer,…

I feel like a jerk. I’m older than her and have three kids with no cosmetic help but she looks more worn out than I do!

Thanks. She is pretty darn dedicated to making sure the next generation figures out a way to repair the planet. It’s just sad that the way the system works here the young teachers get totally screwed and most of her best colleagues have moved onto other professions because they can’t afford to sit on call for years…

This actually happens all the time in the school system. My sister is a teacher with a double major in biology and environmental science, graduated top of her class at teacher’s college. She was offered a job teaching an environmental science pilot program in a high school. The class was based on taking the kids out…

Woooooooooow. Just Woooooooow.

Delta did the same thing. The agent at the desk told me I was “lucky” I checked in the day before because now that the airlines keep changing the flight schedules many people who don’t check their email enough come to the airport and discover their flights have already left. I was like, “what!?”

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!! Totally horrific!

I’m not going unless they actually fill the wicker man with prisoners and then burn them alive. But I’m a Celtic purist.

Yes! When I’m old if someone puts on a Lifetime movie for me I’m going to LOSE. MY. SHIT.

My Mother is a physio in an old folks home. She says the residents could put a university dormitory to shame. They’ve had many STD outbreaks. Last time a 24 year old nurse drew the short straw and had to give them all “the talk.” Just because you can’t get pregnant anymore and we have a cure for syphilis doesn’t mean…

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

I remember I saw a BBC documentary mentioning how boracic acid was routinely mixed with milk to hide that it was old. Kids also used to contract bovine TB from the unpasteurized milk as well.

I’ve ran into more than one fellow mom of young kids in my life who make fairly horrific parenting and lifestyle choices on a regular basis but proudly exclaim that at least they’re breastfeeding it because that’s giving their baby “the best.” I’m just speculating that in this case maybe she was also doing the, “see…

This is hilarious. I may steal if the situation presents.

Good one! My personal fave (as in my husband and I cringing in uncomfortable laughter at the ridiculousness of our parents old shows) was when they landed on an alien planet full of highly advanced technology and there didn’t appear to be any men around. Kirk and Spock both were amazed and agreed the men had to be…

Yes, I totally LOVE that I could breastfeed uncovered anywhere I wanted and feel fine about it. It was just when I switched to bottle feeding that the stigma and nasty comments from both friends, family and strangers started. The sun screen thing kills me too. You know what is also dangerous? fucking melanoma!

Oh it’s totally a thing. I once had a coffee shop barista shout, “I’m not going to help you feed THAT to your baby!” When I asked her to please grab me some hot water for a bottle. This was years ago when I was a new and insecure mom and I started crying right there in the middle of the crowd. My neighbour stopped…

Yeah I see what you mean, I think I misused “autonomous” what I meant was that they are humans with basic rights that transcend their parents authority over them.

OMG Horrible! What about your right to a reasonably safe workplace!?

I live in British Columbia Canada and I can tell you that our naturalist earthy types can give the religious extremists a run for their money when it comes to zealotry. Being “natural” has serious devotion here. It’s permeating society. Lots of anti vaccine parents, people who stop you to say things like, “That better…