I got the fitbit charge or whichever one measures heart rate, and I liked that it would add in exercise automatically if my heart rate went up for long enough, so you could set daily/weekly goals of exercise beyond just steps.

Thanks! Every time I see this kind of thing, I sigh for all of the unemployed or underpaid copy editors out there :)

As much as I thought this story was interesting, could you please edit it to be consistent with Mary Stone Ross’s name? Either call her Ross or Stone - or Stone Ross. But switching back and forth from Stone to Ross and back again confused me into thinking there were 2 people involved.

My first thought was this so-real scene from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend:

I usually assume Jehovah’s Witness or Mormon if they’re traveling in pairs. I probably would’ve pegged this woman as a salesperson based on traveling on her own and taking notes on her phone - totally natural for someone trying to sell something.

This is Kitty - so far we’ve guessed black lab because of her coloring, though I’ll have to revisit German Shepherd now. We think she’s mixed with some sort of terrier because she’s nicely medium-sized and is a bundle of energy! 

OMG please tell me all about your dog because they kind of look like our new-ish shelter dog, who is all black with that longer neck fur and serious bat ears. She’s only knee-high and 40 lbs (and a bundle of energy).

Oh God Chasing Amy - my boyfriend was so excited to share it with me since I generally like rom-coms, and he went through a Kevin Smith phase in high school. I don’t know why he was so surprised that I *hated* that movie and its attitude towards women.

Fun fact! “Féminin” is actually the masculine form of the French word for feminine/female. When it’s used to describe a woman there’s an “e” on the end (“Féminine”). So it’s an odd choice.

My dad told me a “cute” story about how my parents’ black friend at their wedding asked if she was there as their token, and they all laughed. And I was like, how come I’ve never met this friend? And I wonder if the wedding was her last straw. (The one thing in my parents defense is that they have giant families from…

... you mean confirm that it’s a false history, right? Your comment makes it sound like you think wikipedia confirmed your point when it certainly does not.

Please no - this is how women get stuck with “female” tasks unrelated to their actual jobs like lunch/coffee orders, cleaning up communal kitchens, etc.

Fair enough. I just hear this kind of thing outside of this article’s comment section and think it’s worth examining instead of normalizing.

Fair enough - but I think conflating “happy hour” with mandatory drinking is still a problem. You may need to attend these kinds of events to get ahead, but rarely will having a seltzer in hand the whole time bring you down.

I’m with the other commenter - framing happy hour as “mandatory” is a bizarre way to think about things. It sounds like it’s helpful for networking to attend happy hours - but again, is *drinking* at a happy hour mandatory? I find at most things, it isn’t.

The thing is, Aladdin and Simba (and most other heroes in films/cultural products like this) aren’t given lower-class or regional accents. They’re just not. Sidekicks speak with “non-standard” accents that mark them as lower-class (or foreign), but never heroes or love interests.

I don’t know if it’s acceptable etiquette where you are, but offering to bring a dish with you takes some of the pressure off. “Oh, don’t worry about making the whole meal vegetarian - I’ll bring [delicious dish], with extra to share.”

OMG It’s almost too easy to believe that a college sophomore would think he’s taken “a lot” of English courses.

Wait, what do you mean, “Since you usually don’t place furniture close to the radiator either” - who are these people who don’t have any furniture close to their radiators??

I’m feeling that strain, too - still dating, but long enough that I want to give something to his parents & siblings since they might be getting things for me, too. So I’m buying twice as many gifts as if I was fully single. My rule this year is one gift per couple or family, though, which is cutting down on some…