The point remains that DS could never go “extinct,” as the OP suggested, because the incidence is random chromosomal sorting errors during gametogenesis. It’s important to understand that distinction if that’s going to be someone’s argument on the issue.

Not to mention that Down Syndrome, and other trisomy conditions that allow fetal survival, will never “go extinct.” It’s not a Mendelian trait. It is a chromosomal abnormality that is not passed down (unless the person with Down Syndrome reproduces), and the only risk factor indication is age of the parents (and maybe…

Certainly I don’t know the details, but I imagine that there would at least have to be some “talkin’ to”s depending on whether a manager was alerted and what happened since. It could be viewed as a big problem if either the employee or the manager never took it to the next highest authority. That would also depend on…

Apparently, the guy I dated for a short time before he told me he was married. Found his standard email addresses no problem. Dude’s an idiot.

Sounds just like the camp my boyfriend worked at :o) (also in ADK). He loved it and all his best friends are camp friends. It’s definitely his happy place. He took me to visit it last summer, and there were two baby raccoons walking around one area, apparently lost from their nest. Someone reported them, and another…

This is my initial reaction to the idea of making it a required vaccination. Those “big ones” you named are also diseases that kids could conceivably catch at school if vaccinations weren’t required, but it’s much less likely (and actively discouraged) that kids would be able to pass along HPV at school. I see it as…

Last week, while waiting for the bus around closing time, very drunk man walks by: “Were you kicked out of bed by some guy? Hi, I’m Joe.”

Good friend of mine visited me with her boyfriend, now husband. They showered together with pretty much the same leadup as you experienced, with me just hanging out in the living room. I don’t believe they had sex in there, I think they must shower together usually (or just share bathroom space and take turns? I don’t…

My best friend had a gluten-free cake at her wedding. She had no need to have one, it just happened to be the best tasting of the various cakes that she tasted. When she called me to tell me (because cake decisions always warrant a phone call), I was reaaaally leery of her decision. Come the wedding, I had like 3.5…