"Listen to me because you'll learn." That is the most patronizing thing I've heard in a while. His tone! Can't stand it!

@Ima B. Me: HIV is not caused by a virus. It IS a virus.

@muzzyelgrande: I tried a female condom once, and in my opinion they are very unattractive, like a grocery bag stuffed in your vagina. If even porn with traditional condoms sells badly, I can't imagine how badly porn with female condoms would sell.

@highjump: It was last semester. We could buy anything from flowers to clothing in the main building except for anything with alcohol in it.

@bumpcitykitty: Priceless.

@highjump: I was at Moscow State. The closest place to buy alcohol was a 15 minute walk away. It was a kiosk on the Sparrow Hills, so I can't really complain. :)

@Cheesecake is for lovers: True. I had a Czech roommate (a conservative orthodox Christian for that matter) who said that during the exam period she "practically lives on beer". Also, she had a different alcoholic beverage for every ailment — she drank red wine mixed with water for insomnia, some awful herb liquor for…

When I studied abroad I drank way less than I thought I would. Surprisingly, just moving from one country to another didn't change boring old Poro into a partygirl.

@bumpcitykitty: Woooot what school was this? I studied in Russia too, and you couldn't buy alcohol anywhere near the campus area. It was also forbidden to bring alcohol to the dormitory — at least in theory.

I had never seen an Eminem interview before and I must admit I'm quite surprised by the fact that the man is unable to form a coherent sentence.

Once the Cuomo campaign blasted Paladino for his homophobia, Paladino's campaign responded by saying that some of their best campaign staffers — or one of them — is gay.

@heartsrevolution: Hippie parents, huh?

@Kajj: Why haven't I hearted you before?

@newyorkmuse: The Russian-Georgian war started. Certainly not a lucky day, that one!

@Vidya108: How are they being sexualized? We can see their underwear, but that's because they are in the middle of doing a huge kick.

@LutherNipperkin: What a dick. Har har.

@Kajj: Thank you. Naomi Wolf wrote about that in The Beauty Myth: women cannot criticise beauty standars, period. If you are conventionally attractive, you are not credible. If you are not — well, no wonder you are pissed off about being so ugly. Interesting to see how many Jezzies are bying into that doctrine.

@mosaiclobster: I would promote this comment if I could.

@muchdrama: Most people are naturally beautiful when they are young and have big smiles on their faces. They look like pretty regular high school kids to me. Or maybe my high school was just filled with abnormally beautiful people?

@Love Monkey: The political system is awful, but I'm quite sure most people live pretty ordinary lives. I meet a lot of tourists in my work (in Helsinki) and I've encountered a lot of Belarusian tourists lately. So the country is not as closed as you would assume. And 12 million inhabitants is not that little for an…