growing up in the Bible belt, this coincidence was definitely exploited by rumor-mongering Jesus-obsessed grade schoolers to convince us all to associate weed with Nazis

I mean if there’s some kind of medical issue, I can see needing to “force” your kid to eat... but honestly if your kid is of a relatively healthy weight, forcing them to eat seems kind of like a bad idea. Partly because we in this country already have a fucked up relationship with food/portions/dieting…

I’m really sorry for that long-ass post

I’ll share my thoughts; ymmv.

I’m struggling to find the article now, but I’m pretty sure the myth about “your vagina needs to breathe... if you wear synthetic underwear and it stays ‘moist,’ you’ll get a yeast infection” has been pretty soundly debunked

haaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha 10/10 masterful counter-troll. exceptionally well done.

but like not even a real nerd

Well in my case, it was “take the fucking rice cooker and the better dog, asshole, but all the accounts are in my name” (almost)

Well in my case, it was “take the fucking rice cooker and the better dog, asshole, but all the accounts are in my…

Not true, depends on state law

Not true, depends on state law

Came here to say this. Even if the cops could arrest someone for practicing law without a license because it’s a misdemeanor, the fact alone that the judge accepted the attorney at his word pretty much destroys any argument that the sheriff had that there was probable cause/reasonable suspicion. So yeah... sounds like…

I still kind of love “Sad Keanu.” I mean there is something so endearingly vulnerable and sweet about him looking a little melancholy... like it makes me want to sidle up to him and give him some hot chocolate in a thermos and ask him, “What’s up, sport?” even though he’s older than I am

Yeah... no. When she put him down, my mom’s Yorkshire Terrier hadn’t eaten for 3 days and wasn’t even getting up to use the restroom anymore, so he had been lying in his own soil for the entire night when she found him in the morning. Same goes for her cat a decade previously, (which she should should have been put…

I’m really sorry to hear this. I got out of a relationship with a LCSW and realize looking back how incredibly shitty he was to me in ways that he /should have known/ were deeply, possibly permanently damaging to me. Like deliberately triggering trauma that I had disclosed to him. He also turned a blind eye to the…

Yeah the problem isn’t really that we don’t love ourselves, the problem is that so many of us are constantly worn down by the pervasive psychological warfare that constantly tells women every minute of every day that no matter what, they’re not good enough. This is just one more way to try and prove to the world, and…

So the moral of this, and every other “X is going to kill you” story, is: everything in moderation. Maybe don’t rely on soda or liquid sugar or, hell, vodka/wine/beer as your sole source of hydration, just like you probably shouldn’t rely on cake as your sole source of nutrition, and you’ll probably be fine.

I think your dealbreakers go beyond someone who “might” relapse. All of the addicts I know (including myself - eating disorder), in recovery or not, are struggling with serious mental health issues... which is why they abused substances or have an addiction (gambling, shopping, food, whatever) to begin with. I get…

yeah now imagine what life is like when you have an eating disorder and how shitty it makes pretty much every social event, every family event, every work event, every time you watch television

yeah but maybe they have like crazy swinging from the rafters Tuesday sex so

Short answer: internalized misogyny

Oh my god yes. I always used to think that compatibility was this really narrow thing, but in reality, I think it has a lot less to do with compatible interests/personalities and a lot more to do with just having an open mind and similar approach to things. And after my breakup, I was just so excited that there was…