I hate the pressure to hug when it comes from men or women - I’d be curious to know if there are woman you work with who go along with it so they don’t come across as unfriendly but would prefer handshakes

Not sure if you listen to the podcast “You Must Remember This” - she’s doing a series right now on Jane Fonda and Jean Seburg, and goes into detail on Jane’s history of eating disorders and body dismorphia. Not only was her thin frame helped by genetics, but she had extremely unhealthy eating and exercise habits to…

I’m convinced men are just, as a general rule, not good at writing from a female perspective. Female authors can write male narrators/main characters pretty deftly, but men so rarely consume media that forces them to identify with women and see the world through their eyes that they don’t pick up that skill.

I take all polls with a grain of salt because there is a certain portion of the population who will always pick the troll answer for fun. “Do you approve of Christie?” “You know what... yeah. He’s like my favorite movie villain but real.”

I had my ears pierced both ways - kiosk in the mall with a gun, and in a piercing parlor. 100% recommend to everyone I know to just get piercings done in a piercing/tattoo place.

She posts a disclaimer about fair use at the bottom of every post... she’s done some homework.

So... it’s a bus.

Oh geez - I’ll sometimes ask if someone has any brothers or sisters if it kind of comes up in conversation (“I eat kind of quickly” “Oh, do you have a lot of siblings? I feel like people who eat fast had to fight for seconds”) but wouldn’t bat an eye if you said no, you don’t.

I love watching What’s My Line for all the jobs that just don’t need to exist anymore. Thanks for sharing this one!

It’s just wasteful to take up a doctor’s time with colds etc. If you’re too sick to go to work, you should be able to stay home. Anything beyond the usual (long term, more sick days than the policy allows, etc) would maybe warrant confirmation from a doctor, but requiring it every time is stupid.

I’m OK with dress guidelines - sometimes it’s nice to know ahead of time what upper management expects you to wear. But the stricter the dress code (I worked in one retail store where our shoes had to be pure white/black, no other colors - try finding affordable comfortable sneakers you can stand on all day that meet…

I’d recommend waiting if you can’t go on a weekday. I would have loved to spend more time on some things but it was frustratingly crowded even with timed ticketing. I’m also hoping they fix some of their reflective signs that are nearly impossible to read. But that’s a nitpick - overall it was a great museum, I just…

There are also some nice basic “thank you” cards out there. Seconding this recommendation to not go for a specific Mother’s Day card, especially if you’re going to write something thoughtful inside.

I have a coworker who does the vague question aaaalll the time, and usually my feelings of apprehension end up being warranted. “How busy are you today?” “...Why?” “I need help writing thank you cards” “Yeah I’m not going to do that.” (for extra fun interpreting that exchange, he’s in his 60s & I’m a woman in my 20s…

I read your comment in Sobchak’s voice and it was wonderful.

Thanks for the correction - I just assumed because why would they bother suing the Daily Mail in the US? :)

That would fit right in over here on the Eastern side of PA. I love watching the #nosavesies posts on Twitter each winter, especially when the Philly police chime in.

Gaaah. I know here in Philly, city-designated handicap spots are ridiculously huge, so that’s just super bad form. You’ve already taken up a spot and a half at that point, which I don’t begrudge you (as competitive a parker as I am on my crowded street, I’m glad people with handicaps can get their spot reserved so I…

Hopefully not - while Gaffigan traffics in some lazy-slob-husband stereotypes, his wife seems pretty boss and he sounds like he both respects her and is baffled by her boss-ness. I’m taking that as a good sign.

I had a Brazilian friend ask me why black people in the US complain about slavery all the time, since it never comes up in Brazil. She just had no background on systemic racism, Jim Crow laws, segregation, etc., so I thought it was a pretty productive conversation until I realized that she left the conversation…