It may have something to do with how many drug names there already are. I was listening to a commentary on Psych, and they discussed how difficult it was coming up with fake drug names for Gus (who is in pharmaceutical sales). Every name they came up with already existed, and it took forever to generate the ones they…

I think it's less competing and more distancing, no-true-scotsman style. By separating themselves from those who commit these offenses, it keeps them from feeling any need or responsibility to do something about it, like call their friends out or analyze their own behavior in a critical way.

I wonder how young her son was? She may have been trying to avoid saying she didn't like something so he wouldn't use it as an excuse later, as smaller kids do. You know, "You didn't eat something you don't like, so why do I have to?" sort-of thing. Not justifying something that minimizes the legitimacy of real…

No lie, every time my fiance and I go out to diner-style restaurants, he orders the veggie burger and I order a steak, or a regular burger, or a chicken sandwich, or something carnivorous (I am a woman). Without fail, they always try to give me the veggie burger and him the the meat. Different restaurants, different…

I stopped buying women's clothing at Target years ago, before I even hit plus sizes, because of the quality. Now that I'm in plus sizes, there's no way in hell I'd buy anything they sell for me - the swimsuits look just like the ones my mom bought in the early 80s, and I couldn't find the other clothes even when they…

Yeah, and the same dress in the same color in "regular" sizes had a different name. Like, not one of a giant animal.

Also, Whedon and Edlund wrote Titan A.E., the movie that bankrupted Fox Animation Studios and caused their shutdown just two years before Firefly came out. It's amazing that FOX picked up the show at all, and it's very likely they were biased going in.

Mine does this bizarre forward roll into doors that are pulled to, but not closed all the way. It worked for her when she was a tiny kitten and not very strong, so she still does it today as a grown kitty. Hilarious to watch.

Pro tip: When I worked at Old Navy, the conversion factor was +22 (women's size 10 = men's size 32). I find it works pretty well most places that are similarly priced (and is a least a good starting point if you have no idea what size you are in the men's department). It does have to be women's sizes, though - I have…

Yes. All the time. I got pulled over once for "bumping" the line dividing the lanes once. He just wanted an excuse to try and search my car. Welcome to Atlanta.

Raphael all the way. From Rob Paulsen to Josh Pais to this guy (even though I won't see the new movie unless they Rifftrax it):

Cynthia Rothrock, Karen Sheppard, Michelle Yeoh, Zoe Bell, and Sophia Crawford all should've been in this movie before Ronda Rousey. And I'm still amazed that Michael Jai White isn't part of the male cast.

Some cops in metro Atlanta will pull you over for this. The people I know who've been pulled over have been issued "warnings", because it's not technically against the law (I think). In Florida, you can't count on the traffic going the other way not to run the light and hit you. It's pretty much a given that at least…

Well, in your hypothetical, the Golden rule works just as well, too: "Didn't it bother you when they didn't stop when you asked them to?"

I don't really see how using the Golden Rule would solve those problems, either. In those hypotheticals, the parents wouldn't be letting kids do those things because they don't want to be allowed to do them either, if they were using the Golden Rule. No over-simplified tennet fixes everything or teaches all the…

Every time I've seen the "treat others as they want to be treated" idea discussed, it's encouraging people to talk to each other as ask how they want to be treated on a basic, human level as opposed to making assumptions. "Treat others as they want to be treated" doesn't mean be subservient or a kiss-ass. I think…

The Platinum Rule, yes? The Golden Rule is based on bad statistics. Take the life experiences of one person (the generic "you") and generalize them to 7 billion people.

I've seen very similar things on Hot Topic's website.

Oh, but didn't you know? He's a "genetic freak".

Exactly - there's nothing gritty, or controversial, or edgy about maintaining the status quo, despite what all the photographers, filmmakers, and comedians want to think.