I generally agree that families should be off-limits - and the mental health shaming is beyond the pale.

I didn’t know a first date was a date once. He was a new-ish friend, used to hang out with me and some of my women friends. It didn’t occur to me that since it was just the two of us, maybe it was a date. I discussed all sorts of not-first-date topics like...marriage and children - I offhandedly mentioned that I don’t…

I was a huge fan of the Sienkiewicz Elektra comics.

I kind of love you for this comment.

I hate that I love this, because I fucking hate the scourge of humanity that is reality TV. And, as a corollary - I really destest people who, like her, are “famous for being famous”.

Fuck his devlauing of people who have actual addictions. The biochemical process of addiction is very specific, and “watching porn” doesn’t do it.

Meh. I compare Sixth Sense to Fight Club all the time. Fight Club was an excellent movie with a good twist. Sixth Sense was a mediocre movie at best, with shitty dialogue and an excellent twist. The end does not redeem the rest of the film.

Drives. Me. Batty.

May I throw another angle into the discussion regarding how difficult it is to find a doctor who will do a tubal ligation if you’re young and/or unpartnered and/or not yet a parent?

I do wish that we treated the decision to have a child as just that...a decision. Not a default, not “that’s just what you do”.

My current doc is of the opinion that since I’m “doing well” on the 24-day Pill, and that it control my PCOS symptoms (why I went on hormonal BC at 17 in the first place, not that we knew the root cause of the symptoms at that point), she does not think that I would benefit from changing it up. She’s not pushy about…

Do not get me fucking started on “what if you change your mind”. I’m one of those women who has a) never, ever wanted kids (I had the stuffed animals when all the other girls had the dolls); b) can live with the consequences of my decisions; and c) has an adopted sibling and takes great offense at the idea that not…

Soda + bitters is my jam.

Yep - the sodastream is not a money-saving device. But at some point I realized just what I was doing - that case of San Pelligrino that I buy at Costco is shipped across the ocean, in glass bottles no less. And I could go through a few cases a month. To avoid that kind of unnecessary waste - as well as not having to…

I can get thinking that coffee is dehydrating, because (if I remember my high school-level biology correctly), caffeine decreases the amount of ADH (anti-diuretic hormone) in the kidneys. But when caffeine is ingested with water? I have no idea whether the diuretic effect is stronger than the hydrating effect.

Which is…

Am I the only one who has never heard of these myths? I drink a ton of fizzy water - I’m not kidding to say it’s my vice (My body doesn’t tolerate much in the way of caffeine or alcohol, and I try to stay away from sugary and diet sodas, so it became the default). Who out there is saying that drinking what is…

Score one for getting to use “Other Barry” in there.

White Bear.

Bought a Mooncup (UK edition, I guess) over a decade ago. Learning curve ~ three months before it didn’t feel weird and didn’t leak. NEVER GOING BACK. Ever, ever. It’s non-porous silicone, so when I had a dishwasher I’d pop it in there between months sometimes - I figured a good rinse down would get rid of any…

Zack Snyder still has the power to ruin all of this shit.