This post hits very close to home for me. My fiance and I are on very unequal financial footing. It is definitely more of the traditional male/female salary breakdown, and it kind of kills me sometimes.

Agree, and that’s totally fair. I was raised in a house that rarely ate meat so it wasn’t a big deal to me. But I know it has been more of a struggle for others. Keep doing what you’re doing! I think we should stop pretending that a generic diet works for everyone. Everyone should find their own balanced diet,…

Aughhhhh yes sometimes my fiance aka love-of-my-life-when-he-isn’t-filling-our-home-with-the-smell-of-dead-animals-and-oil cooks bacon.

I had that same realization this year! It also made me feel old.

oh brother. We would any sane person listen to a Palin about anything, especially in a topic where she is notoriously and publicly kind of the exact opposite of an expert. (Is there a word for this?)

Soooo if we take it to its logical extension, he will still be campaigning when we’re swearing in the new person. Awesome. What a great use of money.

Well if Iran and Russia say so, both known for their openness and not at all for massive state propaganda machines....it must totally be true!

Yes, there is something to be said for dictatorships! They are extremely efficient (even if they can’t aim their weapons properly).

There was a GREAT article in the Times about this— how the NRA is actively working against its own constituents against safer gun measures.

Some people above have said that maybe it’s not a real school shooting because it’s not a mass murderer wearing combat boots who is angry about women/minorities/lack of cereal options in the cafeteria. It’s just like, a normal school shooting about drugs.

That’s what’s in Party Mix! Knock-off Doritos and Cheetohs and Fritos...not a single thing is actually brand name. I believe the fake Doritos are just called “nachos.” The Cheetohs are called “crunchy curls.”

“There isn’t any meat in that— just lamb.”

So I’ve been a vegetarian for more than half of my life, so to me (like you), meat actually nauseates me. I’ve had friends jokingly try to tempt me, or to ask when I’ve ever broken down and eaten a burger, and the answer is quite honestly never ever. I’ve never even wanted to.

You are literally the only person in the entire world to GET ME.

Ah I love that other people are uncontrollable, drunk food machines.

Same...it’s probably been conditioned out of our systems.

I’ve been a vegetarian for about 15 years and never once felt the urge to eat meat...ever. I wonder if this study controlled for how long they’ve been vegetarian?

I was in high school nearly ten years ago, and the administrator anguish over “freaking” and “grinding” was so. real.

We need more wedding stories about Eastern Europe. They got crazy wedding shit on lock there. ON LOCK.

I know! I still watch most of the series almost yearly. The sad thing I’ve noticed, though, is that the qualities that Bartlet embraces are definitely considered a thing of the past now. Like, a phD economist with a passion for Latin and a refusal to pander to hateful right-wing groups? Yeaaaah, he wouldn’t get…