Based on my own experiences growing up, there's such a huge difference between getting yelled at when you've done something wrong (usually something that you've been repeatedly told not to do), and experiencing your parent lose their shit on you (slinging insults, red-faced, slamming or throwing things). It always…

I need to find a way to incorporate the phrase "Cry me a river, build me a bridge and GET OVER IT" into my daily parlance, post-haste.

Two things: 1. Evolutionary psychology is not science. 2. Science is awesome; Scientists are steeped in the norms and look through the lenses of their own cultural contexts, even when they try not to, and some scientists get it wrong.

Pensatucky is such a horrible bitch, though, whereas Suzanne is freaking fantastic. That said, I agree wholeheartedly that if Julianne had worn the hair knots and orange uniform and quoted Shakespeare, her costume would have been obvious without any change to her hair and skin colors.

The point here is that no 19 yr old white kids are claiming to have been hassled or cuffed by cops after buying something at Barney's.

The Bro is finally a reality!

I'd like to see a reality show that involves him speaking half a sentence and then getting the shit pummeled out of him by Honey Boo Boo while she orders him to redneckognize.

This is performance art. It has to be, no one can actually be an idiot on this kind of galactic scale.

I'm sorry this has happened to you. I know how stupid that sounds, but I am, it sucks.

Ugh, this is nauseating. Sue the shit out of 'em, Christian.

I don't know, without Pinterest there'd be no Pinterest Fail memes, and that shit cracks me up. (but I still hate Pinterest. Maybe I'm being too Panglossian?)

I think anyone who'd want to kick you out of the feminist club for seeking help for a problem isn't keeping with any spirit of feminism.

So much more awesome than my high school chem class.

I replied to another commenter with a similar response, and I'm really glad to know that there are progressive Catholic schools out there. The friends I grew up with went to Catholic schools that sounded like something out of "Another Brick in the Wall."

"Cooking boner" is such a perfect phrase for it! That pie crust is life-changing, as is their baked ziti recipe. (Although Mr. Denim's and my heads exploded once when they talked up a recipe for pulled pork that involved a broiler and liquid smoke, and claimed to rival any traditional southern smokehouse version. That…

That's exactly what I was aiming for; they have the right to do it, and I have the right to think they're shitheads for doing it.

I do want to be clear that I do think that their policies are discriminatory and fundamentally wrong, and that laws are part of living documents that often can and should be changed; that said, I very strongly believe in rights to religious freedom (as a flaming atheist) and the separation of church and state. That…

You should totally do that. A class with no product placement or other marketing motives would be freaking awesome.

Ron Swanson would have installed a homemade V8 engine in that puppy and it would have promptly chilled everything in it down to zero Kelvin.

yeah, my home ec experience was pretty much Antiquated Gender Roles 101, though I did learn how to scramble an egg. Luckily I had more opportunities to learn practical skills at home.