I am of the personal that anyone who says "Catcher in the Rye" is their favorite book has never read a book that wasn't assigned to them in high school English. Man, that book SUCKS. Also, so does Heart of Darkness. Seriously, as soon someone is like "Catcher in the Rye is my FAVE!" I stop talking to them because they…

I am so glad you wrote this. I think most people forget this. It is kind of unbelievable we even persecute anyone for something they committed at 11 years old and force them to deal with it for LIFE. Even juveniles who commit actual crimes are able to expunge most of them from their record once they turn 18.

This morning I made myself an egg over easy and two sausage links! Yay! It makes me so happy to have a nice breakfast, or even just to sit down with a cup of tea before taking on the day. I know a lot of people who feel like breakfast just makes them sick. I am weird though, because I can only do breakfast foods at…

My boyfriend washes his only set of sheets every week. Good right? Except now it has a giant hole in the middle of the sheet. Not sure why that happened, but I suspect the frequency of washes. It would probably be fine if he had two sets he alternated between. Has anyone else had this happen to them?

I am the records manager/archivist at my office. Part of my responsibility is to look through old documents of and analyze them. My problem has been that when I open documents that have an auto update field, particularly for the date, it updates to today. This happens even when I mark a doc as "read-only." The only…

Exactly, there is nothing that says she wasn't exercising at all. I've lost about 7 lbs on paleo over the last few months and I haven't increased my exercise, but I still bike probably around 15 miles a week.

I think I remember you mentioning in a different thread a long time ago that you were a doctor? Can you verify some of the things people have said on this thread. How healthy/unhealthy is this diet? How likely is she to keep the weight off? Is losing weight without significantly gaining muscle equally as unhealthy as…

I completely have this problem with Facebook/the World, that marriage and kids are the only "real" accomplishments. But the solution isn't "no one should get married!" or "no more weddings ever!" (although, shit, you like don't need spend a small fortune, and seriously ALL your weddings look exactly the same to me),…

I'm sorry your mom is so childlike, but applause to your grandfather.

I also imagine you don't comment on stories that show a girl going from straight hair to curly hair with some product or hair tricks and go "Hey some of us are just FINE with straight hair!"

well, I guess Jez should have made sure you were cool with every story they published.

I eat paleo and I find I am eating FAR healthier than I was before. This isn't due to the high fat, but I am eating more varied oils (coconut, olive, grapeseed, as opposed to just vegetable or corn), I am eating more whole foods and vegetables, and all kinds of flours (almond, tapioca, coconut, flaxseed meal, chia…

Yeah, I'm gonna put my money on she probably saw a doctor or nurse at least once in the course of the year who probably discussed nutrition with her. The phenomenon of regaining weight is often more psychological and related to people not sticking with the diet than something intrinsic about dieting.

Are you married? Because I felt a lot happier when I stopped giving a shit about getting married, and no one applauded me for just being happy with myself. Also, since I am happy not giving a fuck about being married, I don't think anyone else should have weddings. I mean, they're just glorifying marriage, which I…

I think what she actually says on reddit is that she did "minimal exercise" or something like that. My guess is that she was exercising like once or twice a week but not everyday as you might be led to believe based on her drastic weight loss.

Right, because nothing else people do is ever celebrated. We don't like celebrate like inventions, or successful protests, or people standing up publicly for their beliefs. I guess we don't celebrate kids that win the Google sponsored science fair. I totally didn't read anything about that girl. And we never celebrate…

I have been doing paleo (or as I like to call it, fail-eo. I think it's actually called paleo 80-20 or something, as in you eat paleo 80% of the time). I've definitely become more toned, lost a bit of weight. The weather has been nice so I've been riding my bike more, but I will definitely have to pick back up at the…

Sure, but human beings are complicated and this has an emotionally complex story. "Fuck that guy, I hope he rots in hell" is a very raw way of saying "I'm relieve at this." I'm no psychologist, but that's how I'm interpreting it.

Yes, I am aware of that caveat in the Norwegian system and I really support it. I think you're equating the raw feelings of relief, similar to the raw feelings of shock and support people felt when we all first heard the news of their escape, to some intense celebration of death as a process and the ending of a human…

Yes, I actually had to point that out to a bunch of outraged people. The Norwegian system does not just set you free in 25 years, but they give someone the opportunity to truly reform. I, personally, think that's a good system. But yes, he will likely never leave prison.