*clutches pearls*

My mother would have had me institutionalized after such an event!

There's a nice phrase that's used to dismiss behaviors that are WASP-disapproved: "It just isn't done." It does nothing to explain why, but just conveys that something is inherently wrong and must cease. It's the WASP version of "Oh honey, no."

This isn't going to be a popular opinion, but I'm very much skeeved out by women buying vibrators, too. It's just gross to me, and even grosser when women talk about it as if it's a regular funny thing. I am a prude and was raised a WASP. This belief was genetically bred into me.

I came here specifically to see if that would be posted.

This all seems really sad to me.

I agree. I also think that the text of his original response about doubting her sincerity makes perfect sense if you didn't actually see the interview or read his follow-up question. It's a cynical view, but it's reasonable to question whether someone is exploiting a tragedy. However, I think it's clear that he…

I converted to Judaism as an adult. I was raised in an ostensibly Christian household with both Christian and Jewish relatives, but was an atheist for many years. I wanted to convert to Judaism as a child because the culture felt like "me" I suppose, but was not allowed, so once I got older and out on my own, I went…

I get headaches from watching HD or 3D content. Since I struggle with migraines, it's not worth it to me to have to take medication to watch HD programs, when it really doesn't make any difference to me in terms of enjoyment.

No! Don't burn it! This Jew will take it!

That's a "call children's services" level of horror.

I've always wanted that but it's too expensive for me to justify it.

Maybe it's because I associate Steve Martin with the 1970s, but I feel like this is a 70s-style joke that just doesn't fly in the current cultural climate. I could imagine Richard Pryor saying something like this, or maybe Freddie Prinze. I'm not the first person to point out that you couldn't make a Mel Brooks…

Worse story - One year my uncle and his new wife gave everyone lottery tickets, but they'd gotten antsy on the drive over and scratched off all of them ahead of time, so they gave used, worthless tickets. You can bet that if any of them had paid out, they wouldn't have been gifted. People still talk about this…

My mother legitimately loves that stuff and begs for it every year. I don't get it.

I know! Everything in the stores is all about heel pain from heels. Noooo, it's ball of foot pain! Male shoe sales staff look at me like I'm crazy when I ask about something that has padding under the ball of the foot. It's as if they think that high heels = heel pain because the words are the same.

That's true. Universities often grant doctorates and so on when colleges don't, but then I've seen some colleges that grant advanced degrees, so who knows. There's probably some accrediting body that has specific standards. I just mean that in terms of general conversation, they tend to be the same thing. When I…

I've had this conversation with a lot of Canadians, so I can help you out here. In the U.S., there's no real difference between getting a degree at "college" or "university." It's like saying "soda" or "pop." In the UK and other Commonwealth countries, it's normal to say, "I went to university," or "Back when I was…

Do people still have bars in their houses? I associate that with the 70s and 80s. Seems tacky.