I live with her, so that's kind of difficult. ;) I've been her caregiver since I was around 13 for various issues (she suffered a traumatic brain injury, eventually recovered, but that had numerous surgeries for various reasons- now she has short term memory loss and health issues related to auto-immune conditions…

Oh, trust me, I have tried every turkey configuration there is. I've cooked it breast side down. With the breast covered in tinfoil. I've butterflied it. Cut it into pieces. Brined it. Roasted it at low temps for a super long time. Adjusted the temp halfway through. Left the temp alone and made sure not to open…

Seriously! Like is it *that* hard to say *something* nice? I usually don't mind when someone doesn't like something I make, and I usually ask for honest feedback (especially if I make something new and want to know if it would be worth making again.) But when someone has been cooking for literal days and straight…

Believe it or not, I've tried and she still *does* deny it. In the past I've tried making her write things down and sign them because she'll often agree to things and then claim she never did, but she'll look at her own writing and insist it's not her signature. If I record her, she just keeps repeating she didn't…

No where near the level of other stories, but this holiday ended with me in tears because my mother couldn't think of a single nice thing to say about the meal. I worked my ass off for two days cooking everything, and all she did was bitch and moan and refuse to eat. Granted, the turkey came out bone-dry (not my…

Is it worth it to get this game for the Xbox 360 or PS4? I mean, I'd love to run out and buy a new console, but I just can't afford it. On the other hand, some of the reviews I've read say that there are real performance issues with Dragon Age on the older consoles. I really want the game, but I don't want a…

How is the proven accomplishment of having a sitcom proof of one's likeness (or unlikeness) to rape? And are *all* victims without a sitcom suspect?

There are many, *many* stories of birth parents who felt they were coerced into giving consent for adoption. Some were outright lied to or didn't understand what they were signing. Others were pressured or even threatened. Hell, that even happens in the states, with many teenage mothers saying they were pressured…

She quit shortly after the adoption, so I don't know all it all turned out. But about two days after she bought him to the states she brought him into the office to meet everyone, and it was clear this poor boy was scared to death. New environment, new people, speaking a language he didn't know— he had a meltdown…

She was really odd and gross in other ways too (which is no surprise, I'm sure.) What struck me was how damn oblivious she was- she sincerely didn't see *any* problem with any of her actions and would just look at you blankly if you said anything.

No, just someone on a different forum. You'd expect it to be a troll, but he had a long history of non-trollish posts. I couldn't even continue the debate, it was so sickening.

A woman I worked with adopted a little boy from Mexico who had a living mother who just couldn't afford to feed him. The mother was constantly visiting and very much a part of the boy's life. My coworker didn't care- the important thing was that she got *her* kid. She picked this boy specifically because he had…

I had a guy argue exactly this with me. Basically he said that not fighting because you're afraid of being hurt or murdered is cowardly and that anyone who survived rape must not be that traumatized (as otherwise they would have fought to the death.)

For the record, I'm still with you that letting a ferret climb on top of a baby is piss poor parenting- I don't care how great you think your pet is, they're still animals and can do unpredictable things. Letting *any* pet clamber over a little baby is just an unnecessary risk. People think that only a 'bad' dog, cat…

Ferrets have been domesticated for an estimated 2,500 years. That's an awfully long time. :)

Ferrets are actually not rodents. They're in the same family as weasels (Mustelidae.) :) They're also easier to litter box train then you imply here- though you're correct that that ferrets are rarely 100% reliable in litter box use, they commonly are over 90% reliable and many are up to 99% reliable (provided…

YOUR first comment was comparing the $35,000 to how many humans that amount would help. As repeatedly noted, that entire sum was not spent on psychics. So either your issue *is* with that amount of money being spent on a dog, or you lack the ability to understand the only a percentage of it was spent on what you…

The most annoying thing to me was techs or vets making fun of people for spending money on pocket pets. "Why spend 50 bucks to treat a gerbil when you can buy a new one for 5?" Way to honor the animal/human bond, guys. We all know animals are worth just as much as they cost and not a penny more.

I don't know...I think there is value in defining it, and maybe David Cage is a good example of it. If those 'games' had been marketed and sold as interactive movies or experiences, it would have given people more information about what to expect. Maybe the issue here isn't to say there's no definition because Cage…

Except we're not talking about the psychic issue, but the effectiveness of the other methods. You keep wanting to reduce this discussion to the psychics, which I realize makes the argument easier for you.