“If humans evolved from apes, then why are there still apes around today?”

Easy: SPIRITUALITY.

If someone says they want kids someday...

I think you misunderstood. Jokes are supposed to be funny.

No one said dietary choices are black and white. We have "labels" — that is, words — for different styles because it makes it possible to communicate efficiently. It's exactly the same with colors: there's red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet — but of course, there are lots of things in between: …

I imagine the label exists to make it a) easily identifiable b) build community, just like most other labels on lifestyle choices. A person is by no means required to adhere to a labelled diet, and can very well say "I try my best, by my own definition." If the label helps people in the aforementioned ways, however,…

Do I get a prize??

Good chocolate is heavenly. Most chocolate is crap.

I refuse to punish myself because cavemen were too stupid to figure out carbs.

Well...no. It's not that I thought I was beautiful when I was a kid, it's more that, at a certain age, I realized that I'm not. I'm not unattractive, and I have times when I feel really pretty (like my wedding day), but mostly, I don't want my picture taken because I am spectacularly unphotogenic and I feel ugly. I…

Oh, THANK YOU! Always soda, never pop!

They don't handle POC characters perfectly, no, but you cannot imagine what a big deal it still was to me to see Jasmine at 8 and hear a Filipino woman's singing voice behind her or Mulan when I was 12, shy and living in Appalachia, or Lilo when I was 16(?) who was weird and hilarious and human and whose sister had…

I could be wrong, but I think it's a textual clue that the post is meant to be read as sarcastic or facetious. Since there's no tone in text I think that, if true, that's a pretty darn useful shorthand.

Well, I'm single and childless and I think my afterwork activities and obligations (which if it mattered, which it shouldn't frequently involve helping other people's kids as a volunteer) actually ARE just as important and I have every right to have them respected as real obligations, mainly b/c they ARE.

But why should you be weighing your those two things against each other or think one must be at the expense of the other? Why must so and so's kids and your flabby ass, or shall we say, improved ass be at odds? Not to mention those kids could be a great future president or a serial killer OR a totally feckless person…

Your "Theory of Ice Cream" sounds like the exact kind of science I like. Also, BREAD. Oh my lord, nothing like fresh-baked bread.

You can get really good vegan ice cream!

I have met detached, non-lovey-dovey cats, but I've also met dogs with similar personalities. I've met snappy, irritable members of both species. My general thought about people who think that all cats have the aloof personality is that most of them have probably never taken the time to get to know a cat well. I've…

I wish people would stop saying cats are aloof and uncaring, even as a joke- that idea still takes root in people's brains and sticks there. There are so many out there that need homes, they don't need any other marks against them :(

The same doesn't apply to animals. You would be considered a monster if you tried to "re-home" your kids because your new apartment won't take them,