Er, you kind of sound like the nightmare roommate in that scenario. “My roommate threw my rug in a dumpster when I went home to visit my parents and smashed our phone!”

I’m almost a doctor, and we generally say “Describe on a scale of 1-10, with 1 being nothing at all and 10 being the worst pain YOU’VE ever felt.” It’s supposed to be specific to you, not belittling other people’s pain!

One of the things that makes lung cancer so deadly is that it doesn’t usually cause pain until it’s too late to do much about it. The presenting symptom is usually a cough, and that’s treated very differently if you’re a lifelong smoker.

OK well now this is totally off topic and has just gone into the realm of interesting conversation. :) As a snotty English major, I have to disagree with you. No, of course you don’t need to read Lolita to get an English degree, but there are some works and authors that are so influential, or represent such an…

I was responding to her sentence that said: “They still mean what they have always meant, which is that instructors should have real conversations with students about the gravity of the content they’re consuming in the classroom and offer legitimate options for accommodation.”

Thank you so much for this. I’m a fellow survivor, and truly believe that it is is up to ME to develop ways for coping and living, instead of expecting the world to bend around me. And doing this has made me a stronger person, and has probably helped me heal.

I mean, is it really reasonable to ask for accommodations though? Can you be a film major and learn what you need to learn while refusing to watch any movie that depicts violence against women, a literature major while refusing to read Huckleberry Finn and Lolita, a history major who doesn’t want to examine the…

Not a parent but...At my grandmother’s funeral, to my sister, who’s standing beside my mother, an aunt says “Oh my god! You’re so beautiful! You’re the spitting image of your mother! Etc. etc. etc.”

WTF is this article?

Love it when there are deals on money I would spend anyway, it’s like finding free money! Hooray for cheap Starbucks cards!

Love it when there are deals on money I would spend anyway, it’s like finding free money! Hooray for cheap Starbucks…

Yup - I said this above, but we have a heroin epidemic here in Philadelphia and a lot of it is not people “choosing” to do heroin, it’s people getting addicted to prescription pain medication after injuries and then switching to heroin because it’s so much cheaper and easier to get on the street. Stocking Narcan…

I see from below that you’re coming from a personal place here, but FYI we’re dealing with a heroin epidemic right now that’s actually not because of people “choosing” to use it. People are being prescribed opioids for pain management, getting hooked, and then being unable to afford to buy prescription drugs on the…

Yes but this is as if someone found an elephant and a mouse in their yard and said “I found an elephant and an animal.” It would be weird, since an elephant IS an animal. It would be more appropriate to say “an elephant and a mouse,” or “an elephant and another animal.”

I hate this view - it completely ignores people’s physical limitations, natural ability, etc. I push myself really hard, and yet I’ll probably never even be able to run a 9 minute mile, much less run 26.1 of them. My body’s just not built for it. That doesn’t mean I’m not pushing myself. If you go out and your “jog”…

I guess I should just resign myself to the fact that I am old, because my reaction to this article was horror at the idea of 17 year olds twerking at their school dance. And yes, I realize that 60 years ago people were reacting to horror about people doing the twist. That’s why I am recognizing my advanced age and…

I mean, I get that this is funny, but Chris Christie’s job does not require him to be physically fit. Cunniff’s does. And apparently Cunniff had been repeatedly dodging physical fitness tests, that are also required as a part of his job.

So, I scrolled down and saw this while the stupid song was playing, and it is AMAZING. It’s perfectly coordinated.

100% agree. She’s the only one who doesn’t explicitly get named.

The only thing that redeems Bridget Jones 2 is that fight Hugh Grant and Colin Firth have in the fountain.

Your autocorrect keeps changing “awesome” to “terrible,” you should look into fixing that!