I think he’s very attractive and I think it’s so hilarious how some people are so insistent that he’s not.

Yeah, this is my major issue with the “if you do X, It’s because you’re giving into the patriarchy” argument. I know a tonne of men who hate visible make-up on a woman. Red lipstick is one of those things that gets coded as heteronormatively sexy but I’d say the majority of men I’ve heard give an opinion actually hate…

I agree. I have only ever used my horn once, when I was in line to get out of a cark park and someone reversed out of their spot and into me. Even then I actually waited until they continued trying to back out before honking. But I see so many people honking because they are waiting for lights to change, because they…

People ignore those lines. I don’t even know why they bother with them.

There’s also a peer pressure effect. I am an admittedly cautious driver, and I’ve had people honk at me for not doing pretty much exactely what Venus did. Also for not driving 80+ in the left lane. There are a lot of people who drive sloppily because no-one else is obeying the rules either.

This is what happens when someone confuses hyperbole for coherance. Trump and his supporters are always claiming he’s so forthright and plain-spoken, but without a fuckin adjective this guy has nothing. He literally gets lost in his own speech pattern.

I believe this is why a lot of salons don’t offer eyelash and eyebrow tinting anymore.

I wouldn’t personally go to see this because I am very well aware of my tolerance levels for physical violence, but I honestly think that if you aren’t deeply and viscerally disturbed by an onstage production of 1984, they probably aren’t doing it right.

Very occasionally I’ll come across a Reisling I don’t hate, and it’s usually a “dry” one. But I’m afraid I do think of reisling as being a gateway wine for people who don’t really like wine.

I used to feel the same way but I’ve had some really nice Chardonnays recently, particularly now the unoaked varietals are getting more popular. My theory is that Chardonnay was so ubiquitous for a long time that people just came to associate it with bad, cheap wine. Then the demand dropped in favor of Pino Grigio,…

I felt really bad for not drinking the wine my parents in law brought to Christmas dinner, but it was barefoot reisling. I mean, they are not wine drinkers so I that explains a lot, but it did annoy me a bit that they brought a $3 bottle of wine when I’d just spent a fair bit on a beef tenderloin for Christmas dinner…

I think it’s because of the whole millennial pink thing. And these things are cyclical- I remember not drinking rose for years because it was difficult to find a decent one outside a dedicated wine store. Reisling is having a resurgence too I think by next year we’ll be over-saturated and people will move on.

Lena Dunham is one of those people who has made a personal cross out of having a bad attitude. I think we’ve all known some who’s pretty smart or funny or whatever but who is so convinced everyone is going to hate them that they just start pissing people off on purpose so they can feel like it’s at least on their…

Very true. I am also a natural strawberry blonde (I think; I’ve been shaving it off for the last two years so who knows what it’s like now) and in winter my hair would be almost ash brown, and then by the end of summer it would be coppery red. I used to do a semi-permanent dye in winter (much gentler) to lift it a bit…

I like a long-sleeved blouse or t shirt with a statement necklace. This is a very deceptive look because it fools people into thinking you have an *aesthetic* but in fact if you buy all the fabric bits in black, white and grey you just don’t have to think about combining them and then you throw on a big ol necklace…

Same deal with mandatory minimums. Because the hell with nuance and practical decisions that take into account individual context and social utility. Let’s just apply blanket rules that clog up the system. Sure, it might actually make the problem it’s meant to solve worse, but at least you can tell people you’re tough…

This is why we don’t have a dog. When we had our Gracie, I was working 10 minutes from home and could come home at lunch to let her out and make a fuss of her and it was honestly lovely. By the time we were ready for another dog I was working further away and for longer hours. Ten hour days are normal for me. I feel…

I was IMMEDIATELY suspicious because the headline image is clearly a British postbox.

That’s very true; I don’t plan on ever having children, which does leave me in a less vulnerable position than many women.

I feel you. I married a slob. A funny, kind, intellectually brilliant slob. I’m not as smart as him but I’m smart enough to know that if you leave dirty dishes by the sink for a week they will start to smell and maybe attract ants. Over the three years we have been married I have seen tiny, incremental changes for the…