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This was a rollercoaster of emotions for me. The rush of elation that more women are doing the DIY house projects, swiftly followed by the crushing depression of a list that includes changing lightbulbs and hanging pictures as major achievements in home improvement projects.

*sigh*

See that "Related" tab in the middle of the article? The one with the title "Peaches Geldof Dead at 25"? The blurb explains precisely who she is. People like you who need to be repeatedly spoonfed information are the worst. I bet your head spins if you miss the "previous on..." bit at the start of a TV show.

what exactly is middlemarch? i can't be bothered to google, so please explain.

Too highbrow to google Peaches Geldof, but not too highbrow to click on an article about Peached Geldof on a pop culture blog.

I was just impressed that apparently googling something and reading Middlemarch require similar enough levels of time & effort to be an either/or situation.

lol at your comment, implying that as a reader of middlemarch you're just too above the trivialities of current culture.

I'm from North America, not at all an Anglophile, and vaguely interested in celebrity gossip. I've known who she was for nearly a decade. Her fame was at the point that it's your responsibility to Google it if you don't know who she is, instead of post a comment about how you were too lazy to Google it yourself.

"Just drink the regular thing!"
Look, I'm no great fan of artificial sweeteners, but, as a diabetic, I do like occasionally having a drink option other than plain water or black coffee. You know, we're part of the reason diet slurpees, in spite of their consistency issues, even exist — the diabetic community requested

Why stop there? We should probably give pregnancy tests for women who do many dangerous things:

If I found out I was pregnant at a bar, my reaction would be "Whelp, better make it a double!" as I frantically called Planned Parenthood, but then again I'm an irresponsible hoor

The last guy should have worn a speedo. Just saying.

I feel like this is the only dance move you could do to it

This post needs at least two stars, people. Also a nebula, although I don't see where to give it a nebula.

Former heroin addict here. That's definitely a heroin nod. And from her daughter's behavior, it must seem normal. I'm sure she sees her mom do it a lot.

I know hippie women who think that.

Okay well... teach them about menstruation if you must. But don't you DARE tell them what goes on in the girls' bathroom. If they find out about the cotton candy machines, they will whine *SO* much....

Yeah, but he only joins in after the Second Coming.

Not at all obvious, particularly when HIS side of the story he admits that he treatened her when she tried to end it. HER side could easily be ... he subtly hit on me for months then showed up at a concert out of town. When my defenses were down, I ended up sleeping with him. Next thing I knew he was at my doorstep