I’m very close to my sister, and she suffers from some deep clinical depression. This past year has been incredibly difficult for her, and as a result, it has been incredibly difficult for those that love her. Cancelling plans with a flaky excuse is NOT a snow day for those you love when they’re worried that you’re…

Agree. I have a number of friends who struggle with depression and anxiety and I appreciate and prefer their honesty 100% with no judgement.

A friend cancelled plans on a trip this weekend and all she had to say was that she’s having one of those days with her anxiety and depression. I think people get mental health and how it effects daily life now more than ever. Honesty is really the best policy. You might even get some soup and company brought over by…

Whaaaaa? Thatz Not Okay. (Hi, Caity, if you’re out there.)

*IF* the judging of the competition was done blind (that is, the judges did not see the competitors or the competitor’s name in relation to the project being judged, and did not know the gender of the competitors) - then I think this is fine. On an even playing field, women can win on the merits - NO PROBLEM. They…

Umm... Not more so than other women do? I was more referring to the apparent custom of handing out prizes/recognition/etc to dudes more often than equally-deserving women.

Maybe they were just trying to give girls a realistic look at what it’s like to be a woman in a STEM field. They did a pretty good job in that regard!

The worst thing about meeting different kinds of people is that you start to think of them as, in fact, people.

I dunno, Cory Booker was probably shoveling snow in between rescuing old ladies from burning buildings and serving hot coffee to homeless people.

What a teaching moment! That kid will ALWAYS remember that night he didn’t get paid for being in a shoe commercial.

whenever this article suggests itself or i think of it when i’m sad i always come read it again and poke through the comments because there is nothing better somehow than all of whats happening here

The writing on that one is the BEST. I lost it at fleeing the great Fucks Famine of 2015.

I’ve never seen a restaurant that had onion dip and potato chips on the menu.

Don’t be a dick.

You are doing the lord’s work.

I live in MN, land of pop. Just to be different, I call it soda. Some people look at me like....wha?

“I was informed that it had been sent back because the drink was “too cold.” For those who may not be bar savvy, this would be the equivalent of sending a bowl of soup back to the kitchen for being too hot.”

Horribly excellent.

It’s big in the South.

“So, your table stopped me and asked what kind of fish they had was because they thought you were lying to them; I told them it was cod and they asked why we didn’t have real fish.”