It's uter-us, not uter-you.

I hear you. But as tempting as it is to say "how are we still having this debate" because God knows we shouldn't be, I think this debate will sadly be around for a long time. In the long, historical view, reliable birth control is such a new thing and it's changed so much about female autonomy and human sexuality and…

To be fair, I feel like the poll was kind of a "when did you stop beating your spouse" question. If you ask someone when they think someone should have "their first kid" that presupposes 1. that they want kids, 2. that they want more than one kid, 3. that someone wants your opinion on what a good age to have one is.…

That applies to almost everything if you consider yourself a choice-based feminist. You want to wax your junk because you prefer the look and feel of it? That's your choice. It's only problematic when it becomes a requirement. The same way women shouldn't be told that they have to be a homemaker, but there is nothing…

I think one could make that argument about the movie and the way it's advertised, but not so much about the book series. The actual games take up only about a third of the first book, about the same amount of time in the second, and none of the third. It's not a series about Katniss kicking the butts of the other…

I think that shirt was just the product of three internet memes getting in a pile up on the highway.

It's perfectly understandable that you were disgusted and saddened by the suffering of the characters and the violent injuries and deaths they went though, but doesn't that show that the violence was supposed to be disgusting and saddening?

On one hand, professional male athletes really do get away with murder, but on the other hand, I do hear the words "good role model" or "bad role model" mentioned more in reference to them than to male entertainers, politicians or really anything else that comes to mind.

But it's popular on the internet to say that x, y, z makes you a shitty parent, especially among people who don't have kids.

Speaking as someone from Chicago, I promise not to judge you based on your shitty mayor.

It's a little disappointing.

That's one of many theories surrounding the dietary laws and the many other laws in Leviticus, yeah. Personally, I don't think it really explains everything. Pigs? Sure, I can buy pigs are more prone to disease than other livestock. Bottom feeders? Sure, there might be some heightened risk of contamination. But…

I'm assuming they didn't allow her to. Not for any religious reason, probably just because trading or reassigning numbers would have meant more paperwork for them.

Either that, or because she truly believes running under a number like this is damaging to someone's soul, she didn't want to inflict it on someone else…

You know, I thought that keeping kosher was meaningless until a friend of mine told me that it brings a mindfulness to every meal. It forces you to think about what you eat, where it comes from, and your dependence on it. By bringing a religious and ethical aspect to a mundane, daily thing, it further integrates…

Well said.

Yeah. If I was in the race I'd have happily traded with her if it made it easier. Partly cause I'm just immature enough that I'd think running with 666 was kinda cool, but...mostly so this poor girl doesn't have to chose between this race and her religious beliefs are telling her.

It's good that you don't date religious people, then. I'm a reformed Jew who has a very casual attitude towards religion. Most of my friends are atheists and agnostics, and I certainly have more in common with them than I would an orthodox Jew or a very devout right wing Christian. But I'm annoyed by the atheists I've…

Yeah...of course I feel sad for her family. But they wouldn't have felt any LESS sad had she died in her 90s. They will miss her either way. And to me, it seems like such a good way to go. You have the satisfaction of an accomplishment and doing something you love. Maybe you're in pain, but it's a satisfied pain. You…

Doesn't the law work differently for a patient committed to a facility for being a danger to themselves/others than someone who hasn't? And I'm not sure how fluoride in the water relates, since adding it to our water supply is not a medical procedure carried out by a doctor, (even if it's "medicating us"…

Law regarding the participation of medical professionals in lethal injection varies by state. Most states have the procedure done by non-medical professionals. Others specifically define lethal injection as a non-medical procedure for the purpose of law. The American Medical Association's policy is that physicians…