Because Jesus died when he was 33.

The greatest taxonomic tragedy is that we do not follow naming convention and call Megalasaurus Scrotum Humanum. Part of a Magalasaur bone was discovered in the 17th century, and it was theorised to be a giant elephant femur or the bone of some mythical creature. It's first scientific name was Scrotum Humanum, but…

You are so full of shit I don't even know what to do with you. Just a few things:

You know the way you're meant to study for exams under exam conditions, as that means that when you're in the same context you are more likely to remember the info? That's the effect of context. There was an experiment done in California a few years ago where deep sea divers memorised words on the beach or under…

She has said at various conventions I have attended since Pratchett's diagnosis that she will work on adaptations of the books, rather than new books, but perhaps things have changed since then.

Yes, she's working on a production called The Watch for BBC. I'm quite excited about that.

That's not true. People with personality disorders often benefit from therapy, if it is the right kind of therapy.

The German translations of the Discworld books are actually really good, they're not a bad place to start at all. Glad you got to share in the magic :)

I locked myself in the bathroom at work to cry, and I've been crying on and off in the four hours since I heard. I picked up my first Pratchett book on my 11th birthday, and I had caught up by the time I was 15. I reread them then. I went to three Discworld Conventions. I can't believe there will be no more Discworld…

I locked myself in the bathroom at work to cry today. Not going in tomorrow, too sad.

This has happened in Ireland, in the UK, in France, in Germany, in the Netherlands, in Australia...I could go on, but I won't. Also, many diocese (plural? dioceses? diocese?) argue that they can't be prosecuted in the country where the abuse happened as their base is in the Vatican, another country. This absolutely…

That Monroe quote is dreadful, I cringe every time someone brings it up. Ulrich may also have said some stupid things, but that doesn't make the particular line I quoted any less true. The line has nothing to do with gender equality, and everything to do with the politics of change.

To take just one example, there was plenty of rage in the votes for women movement in the UK. Suffragettes planted bombs, cut communications lines, killed themselves publicly for the cause, got into physically violent altercations with police. Their violent methods were driven by rage at how they weren't listened to,…

Unbridled rage does nothing. At all. Ever.

I understand that Amber shopped her cellulite off but that doesn't mean all moms have cellulite.

I'm sorry to hear that :( I hope you have other outlets where you can talk about your mental health issues.

I agree, this seems much less problematic. I'm just a little cautious as I haven't seen any research showing that these types of intervention have a beneficial effect, and they may even have unforeseen deleterious effects, such as making it taboo to talk about mental health or reach out for help on Facebook - though I…

Samaritans in the UK tried this with their Radar app a few weeks ago. It was universally panned before being withdrawn:

As you say, you've run into this situation before - it sounds like removing this friend won't remove the problem of getting too attached to people. I'm so sorry to hear you're feeling such scary strong emotions, they sound very painful :( I promise it's possible to get them under control, though it can be a difficult…

Hi Kayen,