I think the lyrics can be considered a tiny bit creepy but the video adds another layer of creepy when you see Robin Thicke leering at the women in a really creepy predatory fashion.

That was my theory... well, not so much that fidelity doesn't matter, but that she's ok with his sexting internet philandering habits. The part where she "forgives him" during the press conference seemed more of a "I'm forgiving him for not being discreet enough or making me do this stupid speech about how I am…

Ok, now I have to watch this...

I think you can still be polite but firm about what you want from customer service. I think sometimes people think that being polite = accepting whatever happens and accepting whatever the customer service rep says, but that's not really true. You can still get what you want by laying out what is expected while…

At least for me, it's the tone in which people ask...

Yes, Korea is very xenophobic, but many countries are. Xenophobia is not unique to Korea. This isn't some kind of fake incident where Koreans all hate on westerners. In the past, there have been numerous incidents with many U.S. soldiers who had sexually assaulted and/raped women in Korea. They used to just whisk…

I can't believe your relatives would send hate mail to you! That sucks! Was she disapproving of his ethnic background or his atheism (or both?)?

Before I turned 25, my parents kept trying to set me up with someone (while I was seeing someone...for more than 2 years). The moment I turned 25, they told me that I was getting old and there will not be any suitors for me, that I'd be lucky if some eligible bachelor would want me (again, still dating the same guy…

My general rule is, if it's bursting out of my undies (which are just regular panties), I'll trim a bit, but otherwise leave it alone.

It is common to think that your guests will be subsidizing your wedding cost?

Yes, we've made huge advances in medical science, and mapped most of the genome, but that doesn't mean that we have discovered how all mutations occur. We have a wealth of information and more to come, but we are still at the stage of interpreting what it all means. To assume that we're just sitting around on a cure…

Another anecdote here. I have three brothers, two who are much older and another who is closer to my age. The two eldest brothers are feminists and very liberal. The brother closest in age turned out very conservative and adheres to strict gender roles (doesn't want wife to work, wants wife to spit out babies,…

I just had a discussion about the existence of these watermelon oreos. My friend did not believe me that they existed. I kept on telling her "But Lindy ate them on youtube!" She probably was confused, since she doesn't know who you are. lol

This. I'm Korean and I have darker skin, and my mother would lament that I didn't take after her pale skin tone. It was an indicator of my father's southern coastal roots, who are considered less respectable. Think GoT style, if white skin means you are related to the Lannisters, darker skin would mean you MIGHT be…

Thank you for the rant. Exactly how I feel.

Exactly. Also, the pearly white skin was an indicator of class and economic status before Westerners arrived to Korea.

It's not just tattoos. Even a few extra piercings can get the stink eye from Korean women at the spa. I'm Korean, and when I got a second piercing on my ear, my mother flipped out. She said only people with loose morals had more than one ear piercing. So normal ear piercing = good morals, more than 1 = loose…

As my mother says when we argue about religion and sex "you think you're so smart with your logic..."

Yes, this is common in Korea. These cosmetic surgery clinics offer group rates, so students will get a "graduation present" and go in groups to get their eyelids done.

By your logic, doesn't that somehow justify Michael Richards' racist rants because he was heckled? Oh sure, what Richards said was offensive, but hey! he was heckled! Tosh's retort wasn't even a joke. It was a thinly veiled threat. And that is what is messed up about it. What she did doesn't justify such a…