Depends how they define "notice." In the regular sense of the word, you're right. But I suspect they interpret "notice" to mean "notice as a potential mate."

Sorry, Phoenix, but I don't think you got that right. :(

Well, he called their traditional costumes "monkey suits," so I'm guessing he thinks mariachi is a crude parody of Mexican culture rather than the real deal. It's like calling the city of Chongqing (pr. Chong-ching) China racist because it sounds like a parody of Mandarin. But it's not! It's real! And maybe the person…

Ooh, wowwww. You're probably trolling, but just in case not: Mariachi is a legitimate musical art form. It's authentic. I live in New Mexico and mariachi is pretty popular here. People listen to it non-ironically. Maybe you're a tad racist if you think that something is wrong just for being quintessentially Mexican?…

No WAY. Is this a common occurrence that all hotel managers are aware of? I can't believe this happened to someone else, too! It just seemed so bizarre to me.

Oh yeah, I mentioned the exceptions to the Policy because I think that sex-selective abortions are even becoming less of a problem within China. But I'm not sure on that. At the very least, the Chinese government has realized that it's a problem and has loosened its grip on the One Child Policy to try and balance out…

Sex-selective abortion IS a problem in China. But that doesn't mean it would be a problem among Chinese-Americans in the States. See my response to someone else below. China's One Child Policy greatly exacerbates the problem, because when couples can only have one child, they want to make sure it's a boy. Even so, the…

I was trying to point out that the One Child Policy greatly exacerbates the cultural bias for boys. When most families can only have one child, there is often great pressure to make sure that one child is a boy. Without the One Child Policy, many Chinese couples would be fine with a girl or two and would keep trying…

I'm glad someone brought this racist, pretextual garbage to light. The only reason that sex-selective abortion is sometimes practiced in China is because of the One Child Policy, which we don't have here. So Chinese-Americans would have no reason to "import" this "practice" (ugh). Further, studies show that in China,…

Yeah, I get it now (see below comments), but I don't think the sarcasm really came across in this retelling. Maybe it's just because I don't really know Jon Hamm.

Aww, this reminds me of a documentary I saw last year. It was about this man who lived to be really old, recounting the story of his life. His wife was in a bad accident (car accident?) before they met and had her reproductive parts removed, so she definitely couldn't have children. The man was crazy about kids and…

Thanks! My husband had gone to the lobby earlier that morning, and he swore that he didn't let her out, but that was the only explanation we could imagine. He might have been more upset than me because he felt guilty for opening the door and because this particular cat is his little buddy (we have two, and the other…

Where did you hear that?

I get that now. But for those of us who don't know Jon Hamm, or who only know him from Mad Men (a relatively serious role), the humor might not come across. It didn't for me, and I actually do find it funny now that I know he was joking. The title of the article made me think that he was just being really sexist, and…

"Have you ever been pregnant for the first time and about to give birth?"

Message to everyone: I think the headline of this piece set me up to read this story as serious rather than humorous, so I didn't realize that he was joking until Amy Poehler said she started laughing (and even then, I wasn't positive). I personally don't think the deadpan humor comes across in this re-telling. Then…

Lol, I'm actually pregnant.

Which is kind of ironic because Amy Poehler was making her doctor's death all about her. (<3 her though!)

Am I missing something? Because Jon Hamm sounds like a huge dick in this story.

Woah. Did your ferrets come out of the AC unit on their own? Or did you have to fish them out somehow? So panic-inducing!