I saw this argument recently, and actually had to go rant about it. Because the logical conclusion of a raised minimum would be raised all-the-rest-of-the-jobs pay as well. Economics. More people should study it. (Says the English major)

Yeah, definitely sticking with medical disease, if only because it explains why anti-depressants legitimately help me, and I don’t want to consider the implications otherwise. I’ll stick to my ostrich pose, thanks.

I also have depression, and this is making me want to tell people I have “unbalanced serotonin levels” just so they don’t judge my so-called “mental disorder.” A disorder caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain is no different from a disorder caused by a chemical imbalance in the liver. One of my organs is…

Am I a horrible person for being that friend? Should I begin striving to be at least 10 minutes late (if I do that I'll still be on time, just not early. Side affects of being raised by one perpetually sorry for being late person and one just early because it's better person (note, if you are one of these, don't marry…

Not that I know of, but I've been lucky enough to avoid touching poison ivy so far, so who knows. Actually, it surprises me I've gotten this far in life without getting poison ivy'd. I once stepped on a bee and then, not ten minutes later, almost got run over by a train (in a car).

I mean, I drank a cup of pure butter once, but I was seven. In seven-year-old logic, the fact that it tastes good on the artichokes/crab we were dipping it in means it should taste good by itself. Seven-year-old logic was quickly proven wrong. Sidenote: Did you know the best way to get butter out of your throat is by…

There was a time in my life where I was an accidental vegetarian who didn't eat vegetables (Meat didn't occur to me as an option—it's not that I don't like it or intentionally didn't eat it for reasons [any reason], it just wasn't a thing I thought to buy/cook. And I really didn't like vegetables). But that's because…

Also: Cucumbers. An aunt of mine is allergic to cucumbers and found out in dental-hygiene school that a cucumber allergy is a pretty sure sign of a latex allergy. Who knew?

You....How do you...you ice a cappucino? But the only difference between a cappucino and a shot of espresso plus milk is that the milk has been steamed to frothy, ladle-able perfection. Which isn't possible cold?

My boyfriend's sister has recently decided refined sugar is on her (growing) list of things that she's "allergic" to (she does an elimination diet to confirm, instead of seeing an actual allergist, that's why the shade), in addition to: dairy, gluten, soy, beans and corn. She's 5'6" and told me she weighs 135, and…

It wasn't until I started working at a coffee shop and physically looked at the sticker on the POS that I figured out it meant Point of Sale, not Piece of Shit. I read your stuff for months trying to figure out why everyone consistently called this one restaurant thing a Piece of Shit.

Thanks, that's actually a really great idea! (now to just get our lives together to that point that we can realistically care for a cat). And I'll pass on the bunnies. I'm a dog person through and through, it's just that it's breaking my boyfriend's heart that there can't be cats in his life. And I don't want him to…

I'm on zyrtec daily, but it can handle either dust/pollen/air in general or cats. Not both. So I'm afraid to get a cat and then have to take it back because I can't handle it/we got the cat during the spring and pollen is everywhere, because that's just a terrible thing to do to a kitty.

Okay, I'm curious. I'm allergic to cats (and possibly dogs). I didn't know about the cat allergy until my cat died (which was also around the time I hit puberty), and I've been unable to be in a room with a cat for more than 10 minutes without reacting. Faster, if I touch the cat in any way. I think I may also be…

Parisian gyro stands, when giving you a gyro to go, put the french fries on top of the (triangular-looking) gyro. They are arguably better than gyros with the fries on the side. But maybe I just think that because Paris.

In addition to all of the reasons above, my mother the HS teacher introduces the topic of dress code like this: "Look around you. How many of your peers are wearing a (slight) variation on the same thing you are wearing? [Usually jeans and a shirt] Did you all do the same yesterday? And the day before? Before you…

One of my facebook acquaintances from high school got married a few years ago. Given that I barely know her, I wasn't there, but one of our teachers (a friend of my mother's—my mom is also a teacher) was. Now, this teacher had been married for about 45 years at this point. So the newlyweds get married, and as they're…

It makes such a big difference not to be shopping with your mom. I mean, I love my mom, and I love shopping with her, but i went with my aunt, and was so glad I did. My aunt is 10 years younger than my mom, and it made such a big difference. There was no screaming or crying, just hanging out with the cool aunt who's…

Allergens take a few years to really start to affect most people if they move to a place with a drastically different climate. It took until last year for me to be totally felled by Iowan pollen, but whenever I go home to WA during pollination season it's almost instant felling. So, sorry, but it probably won't last…

I'm super thankful that you do that, and sorry so many people take advantage of that. I'm not allergic to anything that isn't easily avoidable (only mangoes, which are really only a problem in smoothie places and usually in the title of the meal), but I have a cousin who's deathly allergic to peanuts, and like I…