This! I was coming here to say this! I am the only happy parent I know and I think it’s all to do with our choice to have one. There are some good studies “One and Only” that show that people with one kid are happier than people with no or more than one kid.

OH. MY. GAWD. My husband and I say to each other sotto voce every time we see people struggling with five kids and looking like they want to die, “One.” We have one, and will only have one. I feel like we just added the bitchenest person to our family and we are hardly ever miserable about it, and I truly believe it’s…

I think these guys are assholes because they are the kind of people who decided to become YouTube “personalities.” Their vegan-ness is just coincidental.

I hate the whole vegan purity nonsense. I try my best to not use any animal products, yet some vegans wouldn’t consider me a vegan because my dog eats meat like a dog should.

I think for an increasing number of people (or maybe they’re just more willing to own up to it), parenting is something they enjoy having done, rather than something they enjoy doing. Also, I think that the most rewarding moments of parenting (and family life, generally) are typically the ones that other people aren’t…

Which bloggers? I really only follow Minimalist Baker because her recipes are amazing.

This shit ultimately has nothing to do with being vegan. It’s dramatic Internet assholes starting shit for attention the same as all other dramatic internet assholes. I’m vegan, follow a lot of vegan cooking bloggers, and have never heard of any of these people.

Guurl, I know. It is so frustrating to watch these crazy-banana vegans get so much attention and I’m just over here like, “I just like plants. I’m not with them.”

Boom. I'm surrounded by vegans and you'd never know it if you didn't eat around them regularly. They make me tasty treats and I've gotten some great recipes

I’m totally with you on this. I eat a healthy vegan diet (ie., not 50 bananas or whatever nonsense this chick is claiming to subsist on). I don’t hide my diet, but I don’t live to talk about it, either. These people need to put the selfie stick down and get a real life.

Ugh why do my fellow vegans have to be so embarrassing. It's like for every single cool vegan, like Prince, there are a thousand militant assholes.

Fridge and washer every 5 years?!? Are you insane? This message brought to you by the fridge and washer union, motto: “buy yet another new machine today.”

Yeah, in writing I urge my students to be as precise as they can when articulating a point, but when it comes to speaking in class or informal assignments, I’m not concerned with how they preface their ideas unless it’s clear that there’s some sort of problem. And I absolutely agree that you can build upon your…

As a TA, I hear these kind of statements from my students a lot, but I don’t see it as a big deal. They’re just using “I feel” as a replacement for “I think.” And despite what Worthan argues, it’s not impossible to correct or build upon these statements. If I can do it with less than a year of teaching experience…

When I first got to undergrad back in 2008 and met the person who’d become my best friend, I was floored when we were having a conversation - can’t even remember about what - and she said “I feel...”

Academic condemns students “feeling” things as “tyranny.” The irony is rich and buttery.

It is not a “millennial” thing. People often use “I feel” as a qualifier when they have less power than the person they are speaking to - and are afraid of being shut down or dismissed. Most often, I hear it when someone is speaking to their boss or someone who has more authority in the work place.

This gal needs to read some affect theory

Worthen is full of shit. If she took better account of her own narrow perspective and how much of her conclusions are based on her feelings, then she might be able to make a decent point.

Interesting. I know I say “I feel like” a lot but I think it’s more a product of having been in therapy for so many years. Anyone else?