I have a deep and abiding hatred of this sentiment. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with articulating your own interests or with stating your own needs/preferences/wishes. Sure, there’s a problem if you’re over 3 years old and you have a meltdown when you don’t get your own way. Adults who spout this philosophy are,…

It’s a great way to shut down people who disagree with your vision of what’s best for <insert personal endeavor here>. It’s also a great way of maintaining control over people who have had enough of your organization’s BS and would like to leave, not to mention a convenient method of shutting down kids who object to…

But see, this is the same way of thinking that a lot of people have about this and it’s not okay. You assume that you have more knowledge about chamomile tea than the average pregnant woman, and therefore would take it upon yourself to tell one not to drink the tea. However, a quick googlyoogling tells me that you’re…

Oh god, I remember the one episode where they made someone lay in a coffin in a grave in radio silence for an undetermined amount of time, and then another contestant’s mission was to go to that coffin and shovel a thin layer of dirt over it.

“Fear” worked because the challenges were more psychological than anything. It was the haunted house movie come to life: You had a bunch of people wandering around a “real” scary location being forced to listen to ghost stories about the place and psyche themselves out and then do scary dares based on real fears, like…

American Smarties are amazing and those chocolate Canadian ones are garbage. COME AT ME INTERNET

This is very near me. Before people jump to say, “Oh my god, MORE religious liberty nonsense?” this is actually quite a different situation. This area is almost always a mess; DC traffic is already a nightmare, but we have a lovely convention center into which tens of thousands of people pour into weekly on top of it.

“The Atlantic Slave Trade between the 1500s and 1800s brought millions of workers people from Africa to the southern United States to work as slaves on agricultural plantations.”

“Slaves” is the correct word. The caption - if it wants to be accurate - should read, “The Atlantic Slave Trade captured tens of thousands of Africans and brought them here by force and in chains to serve as unpaid workers in the United States.”

It’s not the style (I mean, honestly, they aren’t that great looking), it’s the quality. They are seriously well made boots and if they ever fall apart you can always return them and get your money back or exchange them for brand new ones. Not that you’ll need to. They’ll last you 20 winters, easy. They have a bunch…

It depends a lot on the denomination (and even within denominations, on the synagogue, rabbi, et cetera). Orthodox synagogues are generally much more socially conservative than either are for or Conservative shuls.

Even deeper nerd alert: He’s Ferb from Phineas and Ferb.

We played that game too! Now that he’s 4 we play “In the name of Jesus”- he stands on our giant bed and we gently tap his forehead so he falls backwards onto the bed while yelling in our best southern accents IN THE NAMMMME OF JESUS!” He absolutely loves it and it’s hilarious to watch.

I still am not sure why you are not including Disney or even Avatar. Animators draw influences from each other. It is always been known that Anime had taken heavy influence from Disney, Osamu Tezuka, has listed Walt Disney as one of inspirations so it would make sense that it would come full circle again with a series…

“Why do things cost what they do?” is a very interesting question! $45 is what I would ballpark for a succulent boutonniere, though I would go as low as $35 given certain circumstances. Why would I charge that amount? I’ll leave that as an exercise for you, but as an example, here are some potential reasons you might…

THIS ISN’T TRUEEEEE**

Look into setting up your own! That’s what we did, slapped a camera on a tripod, hung a wooden Polaroid-esque frame I made, and had little buckets filled with props. Sure, someone has to take the picture or set the timer but that ended up making it even funnier. At the end of the night there were over 500 pictures on…

OMG commenters, there is a point at which you have to accept that when you read an article on a WEDDING BLOG it is most likely going to be about a fairly mainstream wedding, with lots of guests and dinner and open bar and a white dress. You are not making an Important Point by coming here and saying “whatevs you don’t…

I’m a wedding vendor (a florist) and the answer is actually, kind of, #6. Every bride (yes, even the lentil brides) has a vision for her wedding, and we have no idea what that is until we talk to you. Like your example of 8 succulent boutonnieres— off the top of my head, I’d quote you $45/each. But if I told you that…