It's certainly bad flirting to not read cues and try to set up any kind of fun/meaningful interaction. I agree that bad flirting is not fun and I certainly agree that I rarely reciprocate or respond positively to "You are beautiful" on the subway, but I think it's still, nevertheless, flirting.

Are you saying that until recently, small penises were preferred? I want to make sure I'm not misreading; I hadn't heard this before.

I think there's definitely an element of "minimal endowment necessary" that's definitely not overrated. Unless a guy is very skilled in the sack, a smaller size is going to be a drawback. I think that's where a lot of this size queen rhetoric comes from: it's less the appeal of the maximum as it is disappointment with…

Ha! Good point. I'm guessing the penis size data was self-reported. Cue: "Yeah, it's twelve inches uncut, baby, ain't no rubber gonna fit on this dick" responses.

When it comes to physical manifestations of masculinity, guys certainly have it rough. Can't make your dick bigger. Can't make yourself taller. Can't make your hair not fall out.

Maybe it's because now most dudes and ladies are hauling protection with them? I know that I provide the condoms about 50% of the time when it's casual, and I certainly have never gotten—or, to be fair, inquired after—requests for brands or sizes.

A condom breaking every couple months? Jesus Christ. I've been having protected sex since I was 16, I've hooked up with dicks of varying shapes and sizes, and I think I've had a condom break...once. Am I an anomaly? Are these guys not using condoms right? Or are the respondents who are reporting such frequent…

I oppose mixing Matrix and Willy Wonka metaphors. Don't cross the streams, bro.

I think your first point is spot-on. Even the use of "hot" in the phrase, as opposed to "handsome" or "good-looking" is a clue—hot is a term that can be as fairly applied to someone because of his geeky referential humor or his cheekbones. If you're attracted to him, it negates the idea of it being unwanted one-sided…

I hate this the most at parties, when someone corners you with a lame conversation-starter and then stands there, motionless, putting the burden of continuing an interaction (that you didn't even initiate!) on you.

Seeing a library card in a guy's wallet is legitimately swoon-worthy.

Theory on the majority of Cosmo readers saying they don't mind being hit on at any time of day: I think there are two different kids of "getting hit on" that people are thinking of here. There's the kind that POA artists teach, which is based around the end goal of interlocking body parts and orgasms. But then there's…

The only exceptions I've seen to this is if you're just older, boss is an outside hire, and you're the most experienced worker of your level, with some social power over your fellow employees. Then they tend to see any effort to reach out in a positive way. But it's a delicate balance—if you're younger, they'll sneer;…

My problem is that I have a rotating door of bosses: my job has a high rate of burnout, so most of my coworkers and higher-ups are new pretty much every year. I've had three bosses who were completely new to the job, all in the last two years alone. What do you do when learning how to work with a new boss is basically…

Gotcha. I mentioned it only because you said that you could be in the library from 9am-5pm, then go home to relax for the rest of the night—which didn't sound like you needed to be putting on a uniform and taking orders for Frappuccinos.

See, those statuses irritate me way more now that I'm out in the real world and realize what a cakewalk college was. Every time I see a "college is hell" "two more hours to survive" "final stretch" post, I want to scream at them, "YOU KNOW NOT THE HEAVEN YOU ARE IN." Compared to the grinding day-in, day-out of real…

Guess you're lucky you didn't have to have a job? I wasn't a procrastinator either, but work would eat up enough of my day that I had to pull quite a few all-nighters just so I could get things done.

Yeah, I teach middle school, and those kids loooove their energy drinks. The number of them I see walking around with Monsters at lunch blows my mind.

Your "stop crying" was needlessly hostile, so I read through your comments. Your views on Trayvon Martin, gun control, the gender wage gap—why do you read this site? Do you need an outlet to vent some frustration? I ask out of genuine curiosity. I would never think of commenting on Fox or the Drudge Report, and…

I get monthly Brazilians done by a cute tattooed 20-something who uses soft wax. We talk about the Patriots, she lifts up a leg, and we're done in eleven minutes flat. I love it. (The mix of liking how it looks and getting less inhibited about people touching my private parts has also made me way less self-conscious…