@CurtCole: Linguists don't study the properness of language. They study how language is used. If a population employs the same style of grammar and syntax, even if it differs from "proper" English, it's considered a dialect. If people use it to communicate, it's language and it's okay. This is why, for example, Black…

@Shancan: $160 per month, unfortunately. But still worth it.

@Me.Yes.Me85: I wish this was facebook so I could like your comment.

He grew up in Detroit, yes? People from around the Great Lakes have a different dialect than people from NYC. I grew up near Buffalo. I say orange as one syllable. I also can crayon as one syllable, more like "cran."

@Shancan: It's definitely a good idea to factor in your mental health when considering a job opportunity.

@Shancan: I don't know if you should pass. Private health coverage in New York starts around $450/month for a young, healthy, single woman. I have a guy friend who pays $650/month. I know you said you would be making less per hour on this new salary, but factor in the cost of benefits as well and see if it isn't equal…

Whatever. Who even has the energy for outrage anymore?

I can't help it. I just love them. They're hands down my favorite famous couple.

@black and tan: That's just crazy to me. And it's sad that I feel that way, because as this article points out, the onus should not be on women to prevent rape.

I work as a waitress in an upscale, exclusive country club where we host a lot of open bar parties. Part of my job includes walking around picking up empty plates and glasses to bring to the kitchen. As a 22-year-old graduate of state college, where part of freshmen orientation included a seminar on the definition of…

@MemilyBimble: She must have been around 17. The caption says 2003 and she's 24 now.

@evafortuna: Companies can get away with calling something "natural" if the additives are derived from a natural source rather than created in a laboratory. "Natural" peach flavor, for example, is a chemical derived from peach pits. "Artificial" is created in a lab. It's the same compound.

@Ri_L is Team Squidward: "It's not like I'm, you know, Carole King here."

@SarsDoesn'tSave: If he just messaged you, wouldn't that mean he is also home on a Friday and therefore less likely to judge?

@AtomiClash humanitarian mizanthrope: I am the kind of person who, if I were to watch porn, would find the scene spoiled by exactly that kind of thing. It really would ruin the mood for me.

Beating a woman with a hammer? This is one of those times I wish that whole "eye for an eye" thing was still in practice. Jesus.

@cait98: Yeah, this sounds just like Ben Folds' version.

@JJHuggnstuff: This, and putting down the life choices of other women in the context of trying to nab a man is a not feminist statement or the kind of thing that tends to make one a desirable romantic partner.

Maybe guys don't want to date you because you say things like, "[she] only sounds like an idiot when she speaks out loud," about other women, which betrays a kind insecurity that most people tend to find unattractive, regardless of how well put together you may seem otherwise.

@missbananafish: Thanks. He'll be alright.