But there’s still a very real, high cost to women of choosing a sexual partner who is violent.

Doesn’t need to be made true when it’s true already. Evolution doesn’t care who has sex. Evolution cares who has grandchildren.

Remember that in evolutionary biology, genetic exchange alone is not a success. The success of a trait or tactic requires reproductive age offspring. Resources available to offspring is the primary indicator of offspring reaching reproductive age.

End up at his house because he’s 60 years old, disabled and not really threatening?

Making jackass radio hosts uncomfortable with jackass behavior is an impressive, and useful, superpower.

The anti-abortion groups wanted, I think, to make the case that because some fetal tissues could be used (for any reason) that there is then a profit motive for planned parenthood to discourage women from completing a pregnancy. It would make more sense than the other argument that PP is full of evil people who just…

Because parents have a big influence on college decision making?

Why do popular, attractive and talented people catch the flu? Rain falls on the just and the unjust.

How could daycare workers not notice enormous blisters on the kids? I hope the other kids were checked for sunstroke and dehydration.

The canary islands were named for the large, drooling mastiffs: Perro de Presa Canario. I kinda doubt that cats are hanging out at “the island of the dogs” during the dog days of summer.

I think the fence jumping idiot wasn’t the one at risk, it was the cougar. Fencejumper might have been carrying disease from a domestic cat (FeLuk and FIV both transfer to cougars and FeLuk is very contagious).

The stereotype might have kept other people (teachers, coworkers, friends) from looking at her home situation close enough to see the abuse.

Because they’ve been trained to think that it’s the words they use and not the meaning that is offensive.

Spoon rest. Basically a bigger spoon with a flat bottom that you put under another, dirtier spoon so that the spoon rest gets messy instead of the table or counter. We had to buy it because it matched the dishes.

My mother has twice tried to give me a fondue set, despite repeatedly telling me the story of her unused fondue set wedding gift. One I think I passed along during one of those “secret santa” things at work, and the other I returned so I could use the cash for my Kitchenaid mixer.

Donate it to a Springer Spaniel rescue as an auction item. If your grandmother ever asks where it is, tell her a story about the puppy mill rescue of a blind, three legged springer spaniel that needed tons of vet care and you donated your beloved bowl to help her live a good life.

I can’t imagine what it would be like to have created a movie that caused a man to target its audience.

Yeah, I think there are a lot of parents who don’t realize that the world is not child-proofed.

I saw someone doing that dog-as-pony thing with their own Great Pyrenees at the dog park, I asked him if he knew how much back surgery cost for a dog that size. That fixed the issue, at least briefly.

Seems like a fair rule, you have 15-20 years to indoctrinate your children. If you fail to make it stick by then, the rest of the world gets a chance.