...holy motherfucking shit.

It's cool, I get it. :) It pisses me off too.

I understand where you're coming from, really I do. I fucking hate the gender binary essentialism in this culture. But the clerk at the counter may not have an agenda; the company does. As a fast food employee myself, we're just trying to get through the day and keep our heads down, and sometimes that means parroting…

In another thread, it's been mentioned that Wendy's gives a LOT of money to anti-choice and anti-gay groups.

Oh goddammit. Really? Fuck. How is Burger King? :(

I'm really curious about what it's like to work with TLC now, and Googling is doing me no good — what should I look for to find that?

All I've got is "I kinda remember hearing about some study of just that, that concluded that the lighter-skin preference also existed in pre-colonial Africa." Which is... well, unhelpful. But I am curious as well. Understanding the underpinnings of our behavior helps us learn better how to not continue to do said…

It gets better, especially when you hit season 2 and all the crazy metaplot starts kicking in. The first episode is one of the weaker ones.

The lack of accountability? Yeah. We're creating bullies with badges.

When I was doing chat-based tech support, we had a male tech on our team with a first name that is generally considered female here in the States (think Kelly or Ashley). One day he came over to me with a funny look on his face and asked me, "Do you... /always/ get hit on when you're working?"

If the crunching makes you crazy, opt for fully under (assuming you can afford it). Every time I've had teeth pulled it's been that semi-conscious state, and they TELL you you're not going to remember it, BUT YOU FUCKING DO. And the sounds are awful, I can barely stand them. I'm just a poor, so I've got no choice. But…

I'm imagining a clear glass display in the center of a room or something. Maybe with those red security lasers stunt doubles are always acrobatting past in the movies.

Also, this. As a picky eater, it's good to know that I can get the exact same dish no matter which [insert chain restaurant] I go to.

I go to Olive Garden because endless chicken and gnocchi soup means I can take the entree home and make two more meals of it. It's my "we've got lots of money (for us)!" go-to treat.

There are a LOT of people suffering alone with depression, and many of them are on the internet. Just because a lot of people identify with the comic doesn't mean it's too general.

The Walking Dead currently has both D'Angelo and Cutty at the moment, often on screen together. It's awesome and confusing!

I visited my partner's family in Fairbanks for Christmas one year, and it was -40 when the plane landed. At that temperature, you can feel your nose hairs freeze when you inhale. It's a SUPER weird feeling.

I miss 2001 Napster. So good for finding those weird b-sides and live tracks.

And this is why I dislike Misfortune Olympics. Yes, there will always be someone else worse off. That doesn't mean you don't do the good things when you can, where you can. It's nice to think we can absolutely maximize our charitable contributions, but it's not really feasible.

Lindy, this was an amazing article. Thank you. It really reminded me, in a way little has for years, what it was like to be that young. Kids really do need to make their own mistakes, and they desperately need their own space to be real and figure themselves out. My parents always allowed me that, and I consider…