If gambling isn't "wasting time" because it's a social activity, why is sharing thoughts and pictures on SOCIAL media considered wasting time? Today I posted an Excel formula that wasn't working as I expected on my Facebook account, hoping for some feedback. I don't play Facebook games, but I don't consider the…

This article seems to imply that you're better off not using ANY birth control pills than using these faulty ones. I don't think that's true. At worst, these defective packs offer zero benefit - they don't make you MORE fertile. So yes, your chance of pregnancy is increased over the chance while on proper pills, but…

Obama was on SNL about a year ago. He attended a Halloween party as himself.

@Kaehoku: That "quote" from Cokie Roberts in your initial post in this thread isn't actually a direct quote, right? "Exotic" subtexts aside, I have a hard time believing she'd throw a "fucking" into any statement on the record...

My best friend and I have gone through various periods of dating, friends-with-benefits and just-friends. Some girlfriends have been insecure about it and some have had real problems with it, but I've never been told to stop hanging out with her. I don't think any of them would win that fight, and they knew it. It's…

The full study is available here:

@CreoleSugar: Questioning the makeup, sure, so you know if it's useful to extrapolate the results from these 911 people to the population in general. But questioning and disbelieving are different things. I don't personally find the findings to be that remarkable, but I'm hardly an expert in the area. If the study…

@CreoleSugar: Why do you not believe the study is valid? If it's because of your two examples, well, they're in the majority - the article says the study found 45% of women over 90 have dementia, implying that 55% don't. If it's because the brief article doesn't address your specific questions, maybe the study itself…

I'd think any half-decent doctor would already be informing patients of the possible risks of surgical procedures, physical and psychological. So that part of the law is redundant. And the part about a "whole, separate, unique, living human being" is just quackery. Even newborn, 9-month-gestated babies aren't as…

Does the wax Tyra's skin look a little ... I dunno ... lighter? Maybe it's the flash. Yeah, I'm sure it's the flash.

@kavitabk: The free speech issue is moot, because Amazon is a private company.

Oh geez. NO, I don't think date rape should be legal. I really don't care one way or the other personally about marijuana. The point is that they are both illegal. The relative harm of each is irrelevant. Many currently legal things used to be illegal. Abortion, for one. Women voting. Black people voting. Black people…

@newageamazon: I think the problem with people today is that they don't understand that parody and satire need to be FUNNY in order to qualify.

@gherkinfiend: There are tons of shirts (and magazines, and Web sites, and books...) that promote the smoking of marijuana. Indeed, I'd hate to live in a world where no one was allowed to say that something currently illegal should be made legal.

@mizprickers: "Anti-vasectomy but pro nut-kicking"

Not particularly funny, no, but clearly not actually advocating date rape either. It's trying to equate two equally (?) ignorant mindsets, and doing a poor job of it. It'd hardly be the first novelty T-shirt that wasn't funny.

Would Danica be in sexy commercials if she were not a race car driver? Very probably not. She's certainly good looking and fit, but she's not a model. I'd venture to say it WAS her skill that led to her being marketed the way she is. Immediately upon entering the IndyCar series, she showed promise. She was Rookie of…

@redheadedstepchild: Apparently, one of the fratties had raised a competency defense - If she was not capable of giving consent b/c she was drunk, how could I be responsible, as I was drunk.