sorry, i didn't mean to sound like that.. i've never hung out with this group of friends. i guess he was mystified that a 6'3", larger woman would be able to pick up many more guys than the conventionally attractive, shorter women among their group. i think we both found it heartening and it made us feel better than…

Also, my boyfriend (who is exactly 9 inches taller than me) has a female friend who is taller than HIM and is also quite large. He said that whenever their group of friends would go out to bars, she would never fail to pick up guys (many guys), often more successful than the conventionally-heighted women in their…

Because people do MILLIONS of things that we know are nonsensical and yet we keep doing. Case closed. No one operates by checking studies or thinking about what is 100% rational. Anyway, it's awkward kissing someone who is exactly the same height as you when you're used to looking up — I once dated a guy who was…

Actually zillions of studies prove that stress weakens your immune system. People who are stressed out get sick more often. I didn't say it was all in your head, I said that stress from traveling could have caused you to get sick by weakening your immune system. There are germs around us constantly and we don't…

I never wash my hands when I fly, and I don't think I've ever gotten sick after flying. There's a debate over on Gawker about whether sharing toothbrushes is okay (like if you forget one, using your boyfriend's) and I was arguing that I've done this a lot and never gotten sick. Basically I just live my life without…

yes! i thought that was so inspired! this is why i read jez/gawker, for these gems.

I'm going to cut and paste my reply to another person, because you two basically said the same thing:

I agree, but as with any kind of person, you can't just necessarily take any random person off the street and expect them to fall in love with whoever you put in front of them, whether that person is fat or not. In our society a lot of people judge obese people (she was obese, not just fat), and so if you took some…

I lol-ed at this... especially the last four. I'm guessing it was the threat of parking tickets and having to cook like normal people that forced them to be in some horrible movie they all hated.

I saw a pirated DVD copy when I was living in Thailand years ago with no internet connection and few movie choices (basically limited to what the Thai pirate movie people wanted to get in English and sell at local markets). I thought it was pretty bad but the message was good at least. To be fair to people…

I was thinking the same thing. A bouncer eating Annie's? But then again, if the bouncer is listening to MGMT and Ratatat, he might not be your traditional bouncer...

After years of trying to find true love and ending up in a bunch of shitty relationships with everyone from abusive assholes to distant unemployed hippies, I finally gave up... and that's when I actually found true love. A friend of mine started a restaurant up in Alaska, i needed a job, and so he hired me for the…

I am fairly verbal (in school to be a journalist, and writing is my passion) but I also feel I'm pretty right-brained and was originally trained as a visual artist from age 5 until I was 21. I started reading very early and my parents didn't own a TV, and I had no friends until I was around 12 because no one in my…

well your comment about it hitting "too close to home" made it sound like the only reason he could be angry was if he himself was on EBT, rather than the fact that the original comment sounded really prejudiced toward poor people. what did you mean about it hitting "too close to home," then?

oh, because knowing anything about food stamps is bad? some people go through periods of unemployment. something like 1/4 of the people in the country right now are on food stamps. it's nothing to be ashamed of. i had EBT until recently, but only for less than a year. they kick you off once you find a job, even…

also, you only qualify for food stamps if you are unemployed or work part time, or your rent costs more than or close to your monthly income (and they do require proof). my boyfriend has a full time job that pays just barely above minimum wage and he no longer qualifies for food stamps, even though we're just barely…

asshole. food stamps are now put on credit cards, so they are just as fast as using a credit card. you probably don't even know when someone is using one, because they can swipe it themselves on the same machine as the card, enter a PIN, and it's all done. i know, i used to have food stamps. every state has…

Seriously! I was wondering where that photo was taken. I thought book burning was a pre-color-photography phenomenon. (Other than that guy who burned the Koran.) I was hoping it was some hipsters having an ironic book burning and that the books being burned were throwaway paperbacks from Goodwill or something. …

I spend at least several hours a day reading, and I'm currently reading 6 books with several more I'm dying to start, and half a bookcase full of more books I would love to read. I wish I could read them all at the same time (literally at the same time). Right now I'm reading a ton of Tolstoy and Russian history. …

Good, I'm glad someone else feels the way I do. I thought only little kids read like that (hearing the words in their head)! The only thing that slows me down is my concentration and my mind wandering (usually only if I'm reading something dry or complicated). If something holds my attention, I doubt there's any…