Interesting advice! Jolie, thoughts? I'm tempted to do this, but I don't want to ruin a new pair of jeans...

I was so with you—up until you mentioned that Cheerio's commercial. I still get mad when I think of that whole media circus, which was nothing more than an opportunity for bloggers and talk show hosts to show how appalled they were that some people in this fair nation hold racist beliefs. (Those beliefs, by the way,…

This sounds so intriguing! Mind walking me through a typical episode? I love food shows (Top Chef is my jam), and would love a new obsession!

That clip was freaking hilarious. Everyone, you have to watch it.

That's great that you do that across the board so it won't have an effect in promoting/demoting threads; I didn't realize! Thanks for the polite clarification.

Hey Burt, wanted to bring a quick thing to your attention that you might not be aware of: it seems like Kinja's thing is that when the author of a post participates in comments, those threads get moved all the way to the top. So right now, the 5-6 top comment threads are all those that you're participating in—not…

Do you have a citation for this? All the statistics I've seen show female rates of virginity over the age of 21 to be minuscule—but I've never seen it broken down by level of education. Please, share!

I think what you're describing here is a real thing; maybe not as much in this post, but I've definitely seen it happen to friends who are more about sex in established relationships. I think a lot of it has to do with context: when the girls are having a chatty conversation about a one-night-stand, it can feel less…

Ugh. We're still a week away from the anniversary of JFK's assassination, and I've hit my max. Not only is something Kennedy-related on the cover of every magazine, but my students are obsessed—OBSESSED—with all things related to conspiracy theories. Every day brings a new theory on the grassy knoll and Oswald's…

Texturally, does it make sense for it to be toasted? I've never had a fried fish sandwich, but I've had many fried chicken ones, and it almost needs that chewier/less crispy bread texture to work.

Tempura-fried lemon sounds like genius, but also like it would be so lemon-y that it would overpower everything else. T/F?

And the shout-outs to his frat brothers for their sartorial tendencies were adorbs. Frat boys: they're just like us!

Likewise, middle school teacher here. I had the same excitement! So much social learning happens at that age—very interested to learn how it can connect to overall brain development.

I think you can't confuse academic intelligence with brain region development. I'm sure the social complexities of being a "popular" kid—with, I'm guessing, a greater proportion of time spent interacting with different people and personalities—leads to increased development of some brain regions. But that won't…

Mind going into this:

Right? I remember being nervous going shopping in A&F with friends in high school because I was afraid what I tried on wouldn't fit me. High school me would be totally relieved by this news—not thinking about whether the store deserved my patronage.

I think lots of middle school and high school kids are going to be all over this. Which, considering their target market, is good news for them.

Word. Whenever someone pulls out the baby pictures—or even sonograms!—everyone starts going all, "He's got your eyes!" "He's got your uncle's ears!" and all the rest. Um, there is basically not even a face. Is this all a secret conspiracy where people say nonsensical shit and other people pretend it makes sense? Is…

Everything in Lean In felt so commonsense that it honestly astounds me every time someone says that their minds were changed by reading it. There was literally a chapter with the entire premise that having kids while being an executive is difficult. Is that something that people needed to hear from a COO to believe?

He exited the vehicle, fell to the ground, and was run over? This has "ghost riding the whip" gone awry written all over it.