Let me rephrase: To actually socialize while maintaining sanity, facebook is really useful. I get really stressed when I have to venture out into public venues for hours at a time. Facebook allows small doses on my own terms.

No, ethically, it's the same because both are uninformed and without consent experiments using services that are free to anyone. Technically and actually they are different, but not ethically.

In ethics, I did have an extensive project that required informed consent. I took psychology in HS and in college and…

Take an ethics class. They teach you all about informed consent. Using a free service does not give anyone permission to do uninformed experiments on you. That would be like putting LSD in public drinking fountains. Ethically, it's just about the same.

I'm in a different boat. I make friends easily, but I'm introverted and don't go out much. So to actually socialize and keep my sanity, facebook is really useful.

It will take custom backgrounds and auto-play songs on your friends timeline to kill facebook. Sparkling gifs and MLP themes, anyone?

Raise your hand if you are a male nurse or have been in a traditionally female role in healthcare and can speak from experience exactly how few men are in those roles!

*raises hand*

In a 184 bed skilled nursing facility, I had maybe 10 male coworkers. We were given the heaviest (literally) patients and asked to deal…

K, hope you're not a jury for any statutory rape cases.

Yeah, when she was 17... Creepy.

I'm about the same age as she would be and I can't explain why, but it's one of those celebrity deaths that made me really sad. Maybe it's because I liked Romeo Must Die so much, maybe it was the celebrity crush I had on her. Whatever the reason, there have been public figures that…

Well, in 2006 she would have been 40, so maybe it relates to arrested development as a result of the trauma.

"I don't wish misfortune on anyone," Volikakis said. "It's time that we go on. This will not bring (back) my loved ones." - the deceased's wife and mother

Except that the surviving relative said the opposite of that. Life sentences are supposed to be for those that are dangerous to society. It was an unfortunate accident and one that is unlikely to be repeated by her.

I think Vin Diesel was just replaced as my man crush.

You're right, I didn't. I had to facepalm upon realizing my error. Gender just isn't something I'd considered regarding menstruation. Thanks for the correction.

You should. I'd like to see what happens to the cosmetics market and what would replace it if it really caught on.

Ah, I get you... I think. It's not anything that I'd ever want to deal with and I'm thankful that I do not (the biological stuff). I do wish we were in a society that didn't place such importance on "beauty" beyond good hygiene though.

Nope. I convinced one of my guy friends to start having his eyebrows waxed because he was complaining that they looked like caterpillars. He still does it regularly. Eyebrow trimming is probably the only self-conscious activity I let myself get away with.

Funny enough, I can only think of one (full) Dairy Queen in the Madison area now. The others are not full menu locations.

My girlfriend often asks me "Aren't you glad you're not a woman?" I always reply with "Yes, very much so. " The biological BS you all get to suffer is one thing, but the whole having to wear makeup to not have comments made about you from coworkers (on the occasions she doesn't wear makeup everyone asks her if she's…

Regardless, if I have to vote Clinton to prevent either Scott Walker or Jeb Bush from becoming president, I will swallow my pride and vote for her. Walker has soooooo fucked women in WI since he's been in office.

If I remember correctly, guinea pigs have a propensity for diabetes and related problems. When I had one as a child, I was very careful with diet. She loved carrots, but she only got slivers at a time because even a whole stick could make her ill. Watermelon-eating guinea pigs might be cute, but I doubt it's at all…