"Each day, I choose my age."

True! The Psychology of Attractiveness podcast said that the carotenoid glow was an indicator of good health, as those antioxidants are utilized by the immune system.

All that's really important is the under-age incest here. Let's not quibble over degrees of relation.

Holy crap, can this be a show, though? I'd watch the shit out of it.

Actually, the Psychology of Attractiveness podcast did a recent episode about this study, and the preference for carotenoid coloring vs. tanning held true across racial lines.

Back when I was twelve, we read V.C. Andrews novels about good old-fashioned, wholesome brother/sister sex. None of this Internet filth.

I'm really frustrated that Kinja is not letting me star your comment because this is an excellent point.

Oh, you may be right.

I would be genuinely curious to see the reasons behind the "only winners get trophies" mindset.

Oh God, you must tell us what you remember about it

No, no, no. Men are waffles because a waffle is part of a big, hearty breakfast that you eat before clearing stumps, or hauling stuff in your pick-up.

Well, according to this book, and your waffle-consumption habits, you're a dude.

I feel like the syrup here is a metaphor for typos. Or pedantry? The point is, you're obviously waffling about your word choices....

Okay, you guys, I shit you not, _last night_ resplendent.husband and I are at a restaurant, and there's a huge family party seated next to us, and at one point, grandpa stands up and hands out copies of a book called "Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti."

Ugh, I hope the families of the victims sue these assholes into bankruptcy. Affluenza deserves a cure.

Oh, you guys, I don't think I even can with the high-waist V-shaped thongs again. Have we learned nothing since 1998?

Agreed. I mean, there's surely a difference between someone who cohabitated with someone for a few years in their twenties, and your crazy uncle who has been divorced five times. It seems really strange to me to lump them all together if the latter is what's skewing the statistics (and I would guess that that's the…

I second your question. This statement makes me wonder if the research was conducted with an agenda in mind.

Well said. I try for this, though there are days when the best I can manage is "I'm sure they're doing some things right that I just don't see."