I am a real half-white, half-asian woman and I’m not bothered by his comments. Yeah the whole “mixed people are always beautiful!” thing gets old, but as said above, it’s not wrong to be excited/curious about how your babies will look. I grew up in a place where (part) asians are very uncommon and my mom has told me…

I’m going to assume you’re being willfully ignorant. There are many societal benefits to marriage that are not rare or unique situations. For example, my partner and I recently got married because he’s between jobs and needs health insurance. My employer wouldn’t cover him as a domestic partner because we’ve been…

It’s extremely unlikely that I’ll get exposed to yellow fever in the US and extremely likely I’ll be exposed to flu by comparison. Herd immunity is also much more important for directly transmitted diseases than vector-borne ones. It’s certainly hard to quantify the probability that you getting or not getting a flu…

Remember too that flu vaccines aren’t just to help you from getting sick, they’re (primarily) to help you from killing grandma/the new baby/your friend in cancer treatment. You can feel just fine with your working immune system but still be spewing little flu virons that are much more dangerous to non-healthy folks.…

Yeah that’s true- “red point” is basically a synonym. But for giant projects like this one where she worked on it for literally years, it’s obvious she didn’t “flash” or “onsight it” which are used to describe climbing a route clean the first time you attempt it. I think all those words are fairly silly distinctions…

Awesome! That lady’s a beast. For those who don’t speak climber: “send” means that she climbed the whole way up without resting on the rope or on any piece of gear attached to the rock. She essentially climbed using just her hands and feet with no assistance (though a rope was there for safety). Super impressive.

I’m embarrassed but I kind of like Gravity...

Airline workers have very strict requirements about how long they can work and are required to have a minimum amount of time of rest between shifts (10h?), and that cannot include travel time. If the crew trying to get to Louisville was supposed to work a flight in 13h renting a car wouldn’t have worked. Obviously…

I work in the lab that invented the AirAlle and from my biased perspective it’s the best option. Lice are increasingly resistant to pesticides so those shampoos often don’t work. Combing seems like a pain in the ass. The AirAlle has a really high satisfaction rate, so if there’s one available where you live- check it…

I don’t understand- if they’re annoyed with scalpers why don’t they just make the tickets non-transferrable? Only the person whose name was used at purchasing (or designated if its a gift for your mom or whatever) can use the tickets. And if you can’t use them, you can sell them back to the theater for the same amount…

I have five names, including two hyphens, and I think it’s great. My mom’s parents were immigrants from Asia and they gave me a complete name within-a-name for my middle name. I have a fairly normal if uncommon first name and a WASPy last name. My middle name is a two-word first name and my mom’s family’s original…

Finally! Some well-written coverage of science on Jezebel! This article does everything right (reading the actual study, talking to the actual authors, giving side-eye to shitty popular news coverage) that that atrocious article a few weeks ago didn’t (covering a menopause study).

Thirded

Your snark towards this study is misplaced. The authors are studying the evolution of a biological trait, not commenting on the role of women in our society. Asking what caused WWII doesn’t mean you support genocide. The fact that females in some species stop being able to have babies at some point is curious and…

My friends and I like to get sushi at this place that a sushi restaurant on one side and a sports bar on the other (Mormon laws about liquor licenses lead to strange bedfellows). The sports bar is one of those throw the peanut-shells-all-over places and one of my roommates has a serious peanut allergy. Every time we…

I should have said before despite the horrifyingness of this story that I went on to get not one but two more IUDs inserted because they really are worth all the hassle! Don’t be scared! Just get those strings cut short...

True story: I accidentally pulled out my first IUD when one slightly-drunk night, while sitting on the toilet, I noticed one of my long brown head hairs coming out of my vag. I pulled, and after a second of excruciating pain and a sudden terrible realization, I was holding my IUD by a clump of hair wrapped around its…

Mm this sounds like some science reporting fail: first, bacteria found in poop isn’t the same as poop, and second, where else are these bacteria found? OH yeah, everywhere! On your poopy hands, on your poopy toothbrush, on your poopy doorknobs, etc.

What do those graphs even display? What are the axes? Why are the data non-linear? Why do you need a graph to display 10,000 x 5.4/60? Sorry to be grouchy, but I've been getting reamed by my advisor along those lines all day long. #gradstudentlife