Maple syrup is often used in starvation “cleanses” like the one in which you drink a mixture of water, cayenne pepper, lemon, and maple syrup until you die of malnutrition. So I think the same people who are into those kind of “cleanses” are now getting into baby diets as a way to make sure that their kids are just as…

YUP. Same old Apatow garbage.

Yeah, I’d have to agree. And one complaint shouldn’t be enough to censor a library’s collection. Imagine what the right wing would do with that power? (Well, we don’t have to imagine. It happens all the time.)

Cheers to providing me with an enjoyable afternoon read. (Also I’d never heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect, so I learned something, too!) You know a lot more about writing than most people, and I work in publishing.

As silly as it seems, Sex and the City helped me get over the single-person sex count as a teen. It’s true that even if you date “conservatively,” if you’re single for long enough that number is going to add up over time. So, fuck it.

Yes! I had giant chipmunk cheeks as a kid and was also super shy. Being pinched constantly by strangers was the WORST.

I clicked the link because I thought they were saying that she was a monster toddler having a tantrum. Disappointing.

I did a summer program in a small town, and a friend of mine was drugged by a bartender. I’ve heard that it happens a lot for “shits and giggles,” but I think this one was also largely motivated by her being a visibly queer woman in a small, rural, Catholic town.

My favourite part was when he talked about Brie Larson:

Oh man, for a while I was being tortured by an old Geocities page that had been archived for some horrible reason. I think it’s finally gone now, thank god. Note to teenage self : if you are the only person in the world with your name, DO NOT use your real name on shitty RPG websites about wolves.

High five, same here! I was 23. Mostly just shy and awkward along with a major fear of rejection and abandonment issues.

I agree with the armrests but disagree about the window shades. I pay to reserve window seats because I want to look out my window (not because I enjoy making it as difficult as possible to get to the bathroom). If light will bother you, you should pack a sleep mask.

I’ve never heard of the freeze response, but reading that article made me tear up, as I recognized my first sexual experience. It wasn’t really traumatic, but it just makes me sad for my younger self.

I also think it’s helpful to know that maintenance sex (or any sex) doesn’t have to involve penetration. If you’re really not in the mood, penetration can be a lot more uncomfortable/painful/traumatic. However, if you still have that desire to love/please your partner, there are other things you can do that you might…

Yeah, I hadn’t noticed it as much until I saw the photo comparison, but her face has, uh, changed a lot recently.

And, like, work. I have a small chip on my shoulder about people who don’t have to have at least part-time jobs while in school.

I didn’t actually watch the video, since I’m not a fan, but the article described them as “a dollar bin full of toys that no one really wanted that would band together like the misfit, offbrand little outsiders they were.” Blergh.

Lol, I was willing to read the other side of the story until I saw it was from Kratz. That man’s stupidity and incompetence were quite adequately portrayed in the series.

I realize that I fell for this nonsense in my pre-teen days, but I’m so tired of hearing this “wah I’m such a misfit” rhetoric from “alternative” bands that are just as commercial as pop groups. It’s obviously successful, but dear god, your shitty tattoos don’t make you outsiders.