They called ours a “Maturation Clinic” invited mothers to attend as well (though I don’t remember a lot of them showing up). As I recall it was sponsored by a tampon manufacturer and we were given a small sample pack along with the booklet - though the booklet was so old that it still mentioned the old-style pads with…

Yeah, I can’t formulate opinions on the quality of a movie I haven’t seen, any more than the people who bitched about the 2016 Ghostbusters movie without seeing it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I don’t think this movie is going to drive people to kill any more than I think that playing, say, Call of Duty will. However, I’m not interested in watching it because, if I want to see something about an angry white man who decides to kill people because they won’t recognize how supposedly amazing he is, I can just…

Exactly. My mother constantly telling us what an awful person my father was and blaming all of our financial difficulties on him (which may or may not have been deserved, I honestly have no idea) definitely contributed to the distance between us when we were younger, and had the added bonus of making us upset at our…

And, finally, never talk about what an asshole the other parent is in front of your kids.

I’ve been watching Age of Resistance slowly because when I watch it I have to actually watch it because the everything is so freaking beautiful I can’t be distracted. It makes me so happy.

I don’t think I will ever understand why someone would pay $2k to look like they wrapped a large pink towel around themselves.

I remember we taped this off the tv and my little sister watched it so many times I think the tape wore out. At this point it’s one of those things where I’m not sure if things I remember from it were real or just fever dreams I attached to it because it was weird enough anything would have made sense.

Charleston Chew were always my absolute favorite to freeze. Freeze it, then break it on the counter before unwrapping, and eat the little pieces.

Also not candy, but pretty much every Hostess cake is improved when frozen. (Note that I said cake there, I wouldn’t try freezing the apple pies or something.)

I still think this was the best cosplay at Dragon Con this year.

I very highly recommend The Magnus Archives. I’m not usually one for horror, but from the first episode I was absolutely hooked. The storytelling is excellent and the voice acting even more so, and the audio quality is superb - I tend to be really picky but their editing is super good and includes little audio cues…

The box, available in three fun colors, contains five compartments portioned specifically for tots, and it’s leaf-proof, dishwasher-safe, and microwave-safe.

The box, available in three fun colors, contains five compartments portioned specifically for tots, and it’s leaf-pr…

As I said to another commenter, I'm not talking about the actual sensation of pain, but rather how dramatic men will be about their "suffering". Around other guys, yes, definitely, it's all Stoic and Unfeeling, but around their close friends/relatives/significant others, I've definitely seen a lot of Woe Is Me.

Some people have cramps all the time, for one thing. Or other disorders of the reproductive system, of which there are many and none have been well studied so women get shrugged off by doctors. Or headaches - I don’t know if I just know an unusual group of women, but most of us get migraines. Or fibromyalgia, it's…

No, it’s not how the pain feels to them, it’s how much drama they make over it. Guys I know who get sick/hurt/whatever tend to make a huge deal about how awful it is, while I’ll see a female coworker with sunglasses on grimly getting through her work on day three of a migraine.

There is a vast difference between “censorship” and “choosing to be a nice person.” I see which option they went for.

I think the quote from NPR had it right - women are just used to having a certain amount of pain on a daily basis (pretty much all adult women I know own/carry around multiple bottles of ibuprofen) so when men experience it, it becomes The Worst Thing Ever. Kind of like when a toddler falls down and skins their knee,…

Food poisoning most definitely is not confined to throwing up - it can be quite deadly, depending on what you get, and I think “death” or “permanent organ damage requiring a transplant” kind of trumps “can’t see out of one eye.”

the estimated 45 million Americans who wear contact lenses probably aren’t going to switch over to glasses or opt for LASIK out of fear of contracting a parasitic infection

.........I never managed to wear contacts for long without having to take them out just because they would get dry and itchy. Were they monthly wear softs? Did you use eyedrops occasionally? Or are you just magic? :o