I was dating someone in the navy who was gone on a long deployment. I received a notice in the mail from Victoria’s Secret that basically said, “sorry we can’t fulfill your order from <navy boyfriend> because we’re out of stock.” He hadn’t marked that it was a gift, so I just got a notice that he tried to send me…

Same. Pushed him away and said no 3 times. Then went to find my friend who was with another guy and that dude’s response was “can’t blame him for trying.” Yes, I can.

I kind of like not seeing his face. He has to make his voice and gestures do all the acting because we don’t see his expressions.

I didn’t know who they were before I started seeing news about their series and checked it out, so I didn’t go into it as a fan. But I love makeup and liked watching their videos to see how they came up with the palette colors, names and packaging, and seeing the manufacturing facility where they pressed the shadows an…

This is my biggest question: she claimed to have passed a top security clearance check, which I would hope would be thorough. Did she, or was that another lie?

I loved the 2000 version and was bummed that I didn’t like this new one. I laughed a little and there were a few fun scenes. But I was so bored about two-thirds of the way through, and so many scenes just dragged on and on. One car chase felt like it was 10 minutes when it could have been 2.

For indoor plants, don’t use pots that have holes in the bottom. Use big enough pots that you can fill the bottom few inches with gravel or other material designed to hold the water that drains through soil. Then don’t over-water...stick your finger an inch into the soil to see if it needs more water. I also use a…

Taylor’s team says Big Machine owes her over $7M in unpaid royalties. https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/taylor-swift-rep-hits-back-at-big-machine-claims-shes-actually-owed-dollar79-million-in-unpaid-royalties/ar-BBWP294?li=BBnbfcL

Congratulations! One full year of podcasting is a big achievement.

Reading this gives me hope. If enough men stop getting away with this crap then maybe, eventually, men will stop doing it in the first place.

This is a huge loss. Thanks for the great work, Deadspin writers and editors!

I read the balloon story the first time it was posted and again this morning before I got out of bed. At the “more backstory” part today, I felt either the most powerful empathy I’ve ever had or the most visceral imagination. I had the deepest feeling of regret, misery and finality overtake my entire body. I…

I love Boulder! For me it has great energy. I’m not the most upbeat person but the time I spent there was some of my happiest days. Could be the sunshine, though.

I’m not ok with it if there are other subordinates because of favoritism. I worked for someone having a consensual relationship with one of my peers. That peer got better performance reviews and rewards than the rest of the team. The impact of that is on our permanent work records.

Sedona, Arizona. I have no sense of direction and didn’t want to get lost in the desert so I hired a hiking guide who took me through an area she said was used in Native American ceremonies. As we went past a deep indentation in the cliff face, I saw shimmering outlines of people moving around. It wasn’t scary but it…

He actually thinks that because what he wanted happened, he is so fucked up that he thinks it actually is consensual.

There’s a Chinese face-reading practice that is kind of like palm-reading, where you can supposedly learn about someone’s traits. If you look at a photo of a person’s face, the right side of the picture (the person’s left side in real life) shows their inner state and the left side shows what they want others to see.…

If only there was a way to tell if the ghosts are kind or menacing while it is happening!

I know a guy who acted like that to his wife - yelling vile, obscene accusations at her and being physically abusive. He did it when he drank alcohol but he was on prescription medications and clearly had mental health problems. It was horrifying.

I can’t put into words what it is like to live your life every day like you have idea what (or rather, who) is around the next corner.