Nope. My dog is not a bigger deal than the health and safety of others. Full stop.

Well, that sounds a little too much like solid scientific methodology to me. I mean, this one dog could be the missing link for all we know. Wouldn't it just be bananas if just ONE sample subject somehow cured the whole problem? It would be worth all the risk and money because it's totally statistically probable…

Yes, one dog study sounds like totally solid science to me. How about you volunteer to study this dog and make up your hypothesis from the total safety of your own quarantined home? Win/Win.

Rabies? Are you really comparing rabies to Ebola? Jesus Christ. Of course quarantine is common for contagious animals, but Ebola is no fucking rabies. Are you going to compare Ebola to Kennel Cough now?

You do understand that lab animals used for testing don't just come in "infectious" off the street, right? "Scientists" are people who use carefully controlled test populations, someone's randomly infected dog is not a controlled experiment, there is literally no scientific value in keeping a potentially infectious…

I also lurk the cassiebear and love her. She's hella funny, smart, irreverant and isn't preoccupied with if her comments make her a "good" feminist or not, that's the whole point. The article is about a conventionally good looking woman who thinks her good looks are a problem and technically, well, girl needs some…

Nap taken, son. See? Not a nice word unless, as I stated above, you actually were my son. It's used as a way to otherize and infantilize when directed at someone not in a position of power. Just as "thug" isn't inherently nasty, but has been appropriated as code for Nig....I'm not even going to write it. Peace…

Way to be deliberately obtuse...do you really not understand how the word "son" has been used in the pejorative to refer to black men? Dummy.

First of all, anytime Jez tells me to be mad about a pop song that I would never normally be exposed to, I end up loving it. Second, why is it ok for you to say "Come on, son" when "son" is a more problematic word than "thug" when we're talking about racially insensitive vernacular? There is literally no reason to…

Eh, it wasn't the worst thing. Just a little flap of skin that needed to go.

No harsh intended, I assure you as a person who has to pop a Xanax to get through "grocery store" that I was just cheerleading. And good on you for taking care of the animals! Cheers.

Hey, didn't call you a moron or stupid and not judging. Just spreading that knowledge as I thought for the last 20yrs I was an HPVer because like 2/3's of sexually active women have it and it does make the cancer and it turns out I'm just pre-cancery with no help from HPV for some lucky reason. Wasn't trying to be a…

Sorry to hear and perhaps time for a new doctor? Experiences like that simply should NOT be happening. Obviously if you are in for an actual issue that is already painful, the exam may not be pleasant, but if you came out of your *normal* yearly feeling that terrible, your doctor's an asshole or you may have a…

Is it wrong that I PREFERRED my previous gay man doctor over all the doctors? In general, he was a great doctor, but we had a good rapport that made the experience of him inspecting my bits like something we were in it together which added some levity to the situation.

You do realize you can get cervical cancer without having HPV? Fun fact, I found that out after having two colposcopies that I didn't even have HPV. I was like "huh?" because I presumed that all those cells must've been HPV. Nope. There are other abnormal cell growths that are not related to HPV, so pop a Xanax…

Come on, it's not that bad. For at least the last 10 years, I've never had an exam where they didn't make an attempt to make me comfortable. Chilly room? They give you a nice warming heat lamp directed at your bits! Spread Eagle? No, that would be uncomfortable, it's more of a spread squat, not an acrobatic feat. …

I'm not trying to bash you, however referring to gyno exams in such dramatic terms (wildly invasive, instruments of torture) is a bit hyperbolic if you are just having your yearly and don't have any troublesome issues. I say this as I knew an alarming number of women in my 20's who NEVER got their junk checked out,…

Concur. Rollies on my arm second that. Sean Jean says they had it goin on.

Oh gawd. I served at the GR in college and people were SO FUCKING PISSED ABOUT THE PEANUTS, they'd throw garbage on the floor just because it used to be OK. They were also SO FUCKING PISSED about no GR no longer doing "pay what you weigh" for your kid to have AYCE GR cuisine. Honestly, when it comes to chains, I…

I don't know why, but the idea of one's mother attracting random shitters has me cackling my ass off more than the endless tales of clenching on this board.