I think the same rule applies. Being able to address people by name makes them feel recognized as an individual and like you’re paying attention to them specifically instead of just seeking whoever the person in their role is: you’ll get better results if you on the conference if you make a point of speaking to “Susan”…

It’s interesting that men will volunteer to do the Charlie-work if there are no women around. I kind of just always assumed that the work wouldn’t get done at all. (Like how dudes would go into my bathroom at home and then comment excitedly about how I have actual hand towels by the sink and TP on the roll because…

I learned the best way to cook pancakes in a jewelry and metals class I took in high school. On the last day before summer break, the teacher brought in a plug-in griddle/hot plate situation and cooked brunch for the class: several pounds of bacon, then dozens and dozens of the most perfect golden brown and fluffy…

I would have no problem with an additional fee being charged for professional photographer access or amateur photographers carrying anything larger than a point and shoot (tripod, lighting gear, etc? Charge an access fee!).

The thing that pushes that desk over the edge from vapid kitsch to unforgivably ugly is the fact that the books are her books, so she probably thinks it’s super fancy and lacks the required self-awareness to realize it’s objectively trash.

you can be fired almost immediately with no employment protection;

High-five! I’m a bi woman and I also enjoy receiving unsolicited dick pics. (They’re hilarious!)

I’ve never used Uber or Lyft, can you block specific drivers so they won’t be able to pick you up again if you don’t like the way they drive or something?

I can confirm this is how it’s always worked when I was a customer service rep (not for DoorDash).

PSA: Based on what you wrote here, you are not as good at conveying emotion as you think you are.

As a fan of controlling exactly what and when things go into my mouth, I consider the extra knife work to be worth the effort.

Nah, dude. “6 weeks gestation” is based on “gestational age,” which is what this article is about. The bill doesn’t specify a time frame, it specifies being able to detect “a heartbeat” or, more accurately, “signs of potential cardiac activity” which is actually little sparks of nerve pulses from what would eventually…

PSA to the unaware: Most women don’t have a 28 day cycle, although that is within the normal range.

Yes, yes it does. My mother eventually had to go to the police because a guy wouldn’t stop calling her and leaving vile, threatening voicemails accusing her of calling him. It went on for like 3 weeks. She picked up once early on and told him he was mistaken and to stop calling, he threatened to assault her and shoot h…

Erotic friend fiction, obviously. I wonder what really happened and whether the ex-girlfriend knew what was going on?

I’m a woman and I got an upgrade to a better room once. I was wearing pinstripe slacks and a button-down shirt, not sure whether that’s what did it but I was definitely dressed better than the woman in front of me who was wearing yoga pants and an oversized t-shirt.

Dude. Literally every job I’ve had (customer service, food service, retail, call center, garbage like that) has had an arbitration clause in their new hire paperwork but it’s not just employers. Do you play video games? Have apps on your phone? I guarantee you that the EULA/ToS has an arbitration clause in damn near…

I was scared at first when you said “talk to your doctor” because my doctor has routinely told me to eat in ways that were immediately contradicted by the dietitian he sent me to specifically to help manage a chronic condition I have.

That happened to me, except it was a cousin I didn’t get along with.

I don’t want to invite anyone, so I’m just planning to elope, then send announcements, then do the hen- and stag-do after we’re married if that’s something either of us decides we want. I’ve been disappointing my family my whole life and I’m old enough to fully not give a fuck anymore. It’ll be perfect.