Thanks very much for posting this. How many men in Western countries would have trouble marrying a woman who was more professionally successful than he was? (Yes, Jezebel, I know YOUR man isn't like that.) How many women are made to feel like they have an expiration date on their 30th birthday?

Word problems are always kind of try-hard, though. When I took the LSAT all of the logic problems were along the lines of "Julio, Lin, and Deonte take music lessons from the same teacher. If Julio does not play the oboe, which day of the week is Deonte's lesson?" Who are all of these multiethnic randoms and why do…

DING DING DING we have an analogy winner!

I know that 1% of TOTAL U.S. GDP is spent on medical care for people in their last year of life. It would be interesting to see how the statistic compares across other countries with different health systems.

Honestly, if I were her I wouldn't be able to help myself.

Genuine question: when is it safe to use "airplane mode"? I always assumed that, like other electronics (ipods, CD players, handheld video games, etc.) my smartphone was supposed to be entirely off during takeoff and landing, and that I could turn it on while at cruising altitude IF it was in "airplane mode." If…

It's being "taken away" for 20 minutes max. This young woman is obviously mature enough to understand why she can't use the iPad (very poorly worded on my part, but what I mean is that she isn't like a toddler, who can't understand why they would need to be quiet or put a toy away, for instance) briefly. In the…

Yes, but a pacemaker needs to be on at all times to help the heart function - if one's heart stops working properly, the results can be catastrophic over the time it takes to get a plane to cruising altitude. Conversely, it won't kill this young woman not to be able to speak for 20 minutes.

I've seen a couple ads in my college paper asking for Asians and Jews specifically (I know it's up for debate whether Jews are a racial group).

Thanks, good to know. My bf finished law school a couple years ago and didn't love his classmates (he referred to them as "all the assholes you knew from high school") but I'm going to a very different school, so hopefully I will have a better experience! Good luck to you too, and mazel tov on the job - I know it's…

I like that a lot. Thank you!

It does make sense - I definitely worry about being "the weird girl who said hi to me that one time) for my entire academic career, and it's good to remind myself how ridiculous that sounds. Thank you!

DERP double post. Kinja won't let me edit either. Thanks, Gawker!

I have a question about HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS.

I have a question about HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS.

I watched the Brazil/China women's beach volleyball match earlier today and was constantly giggling about how their bras said "bra" on them. Like, it's the abbreviation for their country, but also the name of the garment? Right? Right?

I noticed him first too. Dude is hot as hell (and older than me!)

Oh yes. Anyone who associates Seattle with gray skies and constant drizzle needs to check out our ten-day forecast:

There, but for the grace of God, goes my little brother.

Me too! I love Beck so much. I wish he would stop dicking around with the producing/releasing songs on compilations/doing music festivals and put out a real album and go on a real tour again. I miss you, Beck!