I know a family where the kids have won the crap lottery. They have genetic mutations in their mitochondria (very, very rare, a couple of families worldwide) that means they get a heart attack when they ingest alcohol. And I am not talking lots. Number one died on his 21st, where he had a sip of coke and bourbon, and…

Because it is not the thing adults usually do.
For more reading on hwo adults are not doing the logical thing, see the everyday sexism project.

german here, too. I disagree with the sexual harassment. I wasnt aware of how normal it is before I moved to NZ. In NZ, the sexism is mostly only on men’s shoulders (be a real kiwi bloke or a loser), but blatant street harassment is barely existent. When I visited my hometown, however...boy, what a blow. I was unable…

I didn’t know until it was gone because I moved to a country where it is less of a problem. I didn’t even know why I felt so good about myself until I went home for a visit and the stares and catcalls hit me like a never ending flood...which stopped when I went back to the country I now live in.

My mom told me to shave, since my legs were ugly and unshaply anyway. I was 12, I think.

I was six when I was forced to undress and run naked across the yard by elder boys. I got house arrest, and I did not understand why. Boys told me that I was ugly, not a girl, and need to be put down. Girls told me the same. I was afraid of falling in love because of that, since they always retaliated if I got caught…

Maybe it is the opposite. Milk can do that people, and after a three hours sit-in, you just don’t give a fuck anymore.

the last paper I have read on that subject stated that yes, men and women have different brains and wiring, but that this only reflects changes that occur during a lifetime. As in: the brains are wired differently because of the person being treated differently. A life time of “you are a girl, behave like one” makes…

Okay, I might be naive, but I remember that the best way to get kids from not smoking was to let them meet a lung cancer survivor. Drug addicts against drugs, yadda, yadda.
So how about every republican man who wants to talk about abortion should not only meet women who ha or did not have, but also do social work in…

I found a very cheap solution: I don’t run. I wear a black pair of walking shoes (they came in black because of only grandma’s walk, loooool) when I walk, but I quit trying to run. Not with my lungs. I do DDP yoga, and that can be done barefoot.
For everything else, there are docs. I highly recommend steel toe tips…

Hmm, Mr pickels...that was the best sandwich I ever had, when I visited the US...

While I agree that the word “god” is a bit much, I still prefer it to the usual denominators of women in press, like the mother, or the widow, the wife, hobby baker, angry housewife, etc, etc.

But french women do not age, ever. (Original comment from a french friend.)

I know that people freak out about dirty dog kisses etc, etc...but it is a fact hat close contact with tons of bacteria, especially the animal kind, helps kids to prevent allergies.
So as long as you know your animal does not have parasites, I would not freak out.

Its a batman mask for women. Duh.

This is a ramble, I haven’t had my second coffee yet :)

Scientists are big children with weird worries. For one, it is proven by now that scientists keep their brain in a state of constant learning. This means the formation of new nerve links, also called plasticity. You know who else have this? Kids. Usually, after…

Sounds like the "I do not have to pay you, illustrator, because you can do it in five minutes and do it as a hobby anyway, right? " Nope, an illustration can take between hours to weeks, depending on what you asswipe want, and an illustrator is usually working as an illustrator full time, and still has to pay rent. So…

Germany is exactly 100 days into a minimal wage scheme, and guess what? Nothing has changed: no rise in unemployment, no economic crash. Nada. However, the working poor in Germany are less stressed (no shit) and spending has gone slightly up. Having more money to spend=more spending, duh.

eeeeh...no. not all fats are created equal, and eating unroasted walnuts makes your cholesterol drop like a good dubstep.
The vilification of fats is wrong, it is actually the high carb content of those shitty bars. Also, trans fat. Even if it is honey and nuts, it is still too much stuff. Eat a handful of unroasted…

I am glad you did not include Hiddles, this would have broken the internet, too much sexy avenger dancing in one threat is overload.