Yes, there is a trend, and yes, the graph is technically accurate. But it is still misleading and alarmist, and there is no reason not to represent the data in a way that is not only technically accurate, but much more easily and accurately grasped. Unless, of course, the point of making the graph is to cause the…

That map is ridiculously misleading, though.

Ha, came to say this, so I'll just get your back.

It bugs the hell out of me, too. Especially the fact that it so often follows trends. It's like one day, everyone who gets on your nerves is a narcissist, then next week they're autistic, then they're schizotypal or something.

1. Get a doctorate in psychiatry.

OK, yes. This is absolutely true, and I would never berate someone for a genuine phobia based on some kind of direct personal experience. Hell, I'm not even going to fault most people whose phobias are based on sensationalistic media.

There is a term for them. Hipsters.

I've never considered consent to be an exclusively or even primarily legal term, though. So when someone says something is done without consent, I just assume it means without their expressed permission, unless the context tells me otherwise.

Actually, the Dos Equis ones really kind of do.

My point is really twofold:

Yeah, people who read Gizmodo are geniuses who can totally understand the labyrinthine technical details of how to navigate Apple user interfaces, but their moms are idiots. Ha ha!

It's really sad that shelters still have those policies, as the stories about black cats being adopted for abuse are almost entirely myth, probably related to the whole discredited Satanic panic thing.

I'll take Ma'am over Sweetie, though.

There's no friendly reason to use a service like this at all.

I think most people are well aware of the "throw it away" option.

Yeah, I'm all harsh about it because I do it too.

It really doesn't have to be a problem, and as long as you have a solid information retrieval system in place, you really don't even need to worry too much about organizing.

And I actually love that idea a lot. Readily available, free, but optional programs to teach new parents skills and provide them with resources would be awesome, and I would support the hell out of that.

Oh for fuck's sake.

I love me some Chumby, but the big selling point of those for me is that it's actually user configurable. If your Chumby doesn't do what you want it to out of the box, you can tweak it to your heart's content.