Actually, the man who created the polio vaccine did not patent it, which is why it was so cheap and why so many people that should've died remained alive. He understood his duty as a scientist was to help mankind and refused to profit on his drug. The result? The end of polio. Perhaps more people could learn from him.

The problem I have with the pricing scheme is, people like myself, who have been waiting on a treatment option that does not include the use of Interferon, will be refused by insurance carriers because we don't fit the criteria for these medications. Specifically, I don't have cirrhosis, nor do I have advanced liver…

And how many people died of not being able to afford a computer in the 20 years it took for prices to come down? Bad comparison is bad.

For our usual MRA crowd that wants to bring up that killing him and his friends was wrong, I want to remind you that child brides often are forced into incredibly violent domestic situations, besides the rape. To the point that it's torture, and not just at the hands of the husband. Multiple perpetrators are involved.…

Basic (n): someone with no personality. Nothing unusual or passionate about them. A contestant on The Bachelor (with rare exceptions).

They don't fall short because of their jobs, they fall short because of the predictability of their behaviors.

No, a "basic bitch" conforms to what they perceive to be socially normative among people whom they view as of an (attainable or mimicable) high status, or per the archetype of the social position they perceive themselves as occupying or aspire to occupy. To themselves, their behaviors are meant to represent some form…

No, basic bitches don't work at Walmart. Basic bitches wouldn't be caught dead in a Walmart.

Yeah, for real. Why are we giving this idea currency? In its current usage in the mainstream, it's like a perfect distillation of "girls suck" pigeonholing. The way I've seen it used is a way for us to nurture our internalized sexism: it encourages misogynist posturing like "I'm not like those other, shitty women. I'm…

I'm not even white, I'm native american, and I am goddamn tired of all these articles being shitty to white people. Who here wouldn't be horrified at seeing something like this targeted toward any minority? Beuller? Beuller? Because if you would be horrified seeing someone slam a native, or a black woman, or a chinese…

This is a wug. I thought it was lonely, and so I got it a cute companion. So, I had one wug, and now I have two [...]

Don't be talkin bout my mome that way!! I'll gymble ye wabe I fookin swear on me mome!

I'm whispering this to myself over and over again in my cube. It must sound like I'm summoning something up in here.

ETA: My boyfriend looooooves this movie so I bought him the Bluray for Christmas in 2012. And we watch it soooo much. I both love it and hate it. It's a beautiful movie, but incredibly frustrating!

Oh Prometheus. This train wreck of a movie gave me more hours of conversation with friends than possibly any other movie I've ever seen. I had to own a copy.

Prometheus. It is simultaneously one of the best and one of the absolute worst science fiction films ever released, and I've seen it at least five times.

I just repeated "rise up light" so many times to myself and chuckled and chuckled and chuckled. It does, indeed, sound like "razor blades." Thanks! :)

hahaha! Your bonus facts on pronunciation made my night! I grew up in Australia but have been in the US for a few years now and it made me chuckle :)
My real name is Agnieszka (very Polish), which translates to Agnes but doesn't sound at all similar.
Anna is Anna everywhere, so I'm cool with that. :)

Based on the quotes I'm reading, I honestly have to disagree. There is a non-practical component to their marketing strategy that is promoting the idea that there is a stigma to women who do carry condoms and that it's something we feel awkward and embarrassed about and need to hide:

Nope. I refuse to support any marketing campaign that simultaneously shames women for sexual things by telling them they need to hide their condoms while also feeding into the "let's just give them women something cute to put it in! that's what ladies want!"