I keep hearing this, but in my all years of reading paper books I never once noticed how they smelled. All this talk about smell has me wondering if my nose is defective or something.

SES definitely has an effect. My grandfather and my mother both used to take walks through their neighborhood to help with health and fitness, but as poverty has taken a stronger hold and the neighborhood has become less safe, my mom's stopped taking walks altogether. She's privileged enough to afford a gym…

I looked at this stylus when I was shopping around, but a lot of reviewers of various floating disc styli mentioned screen scratches. I ended up opting for a rubber-tipped stylus just to be on the safe side, but this stylus was definitely in the running while I was shopping.

Plus sized clothing regularly costs more than straight sized clothing. I've had a multitude of experiences where an plus size item is the cost of the straight size item + x%. Plus size shoppers are used to this.

I think a lot of her appeal comes from the fact that she got started in country music at a time when a lot of these things (being a girl/young woman who played instruments and wrote her own songs) just weren't happening. It may seem like a low barrier to entry, but there was so much dude country,…

Excellent rebuttal! :) Kazan had the quirk turned up a little high for me, but I did like her performance.

Weirdly sad is a really good way to describe how I felt walking out of the theater. I'm with you on that.

Word of advice, y'all: Do not see What If. The main character talks about how love just gives people an excuse to be a selfish asshole, and then he proceeds to be a selfish asshole and a friendzoned Nice Guy, all without a hint of awareness or irony. Driver and Mackenzie Davis (the girlfriend of Driver's character)…

I don't understand why this is so unclear to people. She's clearly mocking herself, and not mocking anyone else or appropriating anyone else's culture. For quite a while, some of the writers here (or perhaps just one; I haven't paid that much attention to bylines) have been over the top with their criticism of her.…

Right? This is almost too sad to be true. (Also, Hillary, that should be "toe the line," not "tow the line.")

The Albuquerque PD has already been investigated by the DOJ for an excessive number of fatal shootings. After the DOJ investigation wrapped up, they responded by purchasing over 350 AR-15s. It's a shitshow.

Bikers Against Child Abuse! Yup. How badass would it be if there were a similar group for reproductive rights?

If the gray/promotion system is coming back, then I think being able to somehow delete or hide posts is going to be important. People aren't going to want to lose their accounts once they've been starred/promoted, but there are likely instances in which someone might want to post something and then delete or hide it…

I have no interest in watching the show, but I'll keep an eye out for the soundtrack. I loved the music from BSG!

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How people dress and thereby signal group membership is part of the essential definition of culture. regardless of whether or not you find it tasteful.

I thought your username looked familiar. The trolls have been so active around here lately; I should've paid better attention before feeding.

Not everyone who dresses like this is a gang member, and people have a right to be upset at a negative and demeaning portrayal of their culture. The fact that people assume this style of dress solely signals gangbanger is problematic in and of itself.

Somehow we managed to have spirit week at my high school every year without anyone wearing blackface or disrespecting someone else's culture (because as I said elsewhere, not everyone who dresses like a gang member is actually a gang member, and my culture is not your costume). Perhaps the fact that the majority of…

Not everyone who dresses like this is a gang member. And apparently it bears repeating: my culture is not someone else's costume.