I never watch the videos, because I am usually listening to/doing something else at the same time, and don’t feel like focusing on a video.  They just aren’t for me.

When I was a kid, I slept in my mom’s room - never in the actual bed. She thought it was because I needed it, but it was after my younger sister died and my parents were divorcing. Honestly, I thought she needed it. That continued for years - I just slept on the floor most of my childhood, despite having a perfectly…

That’s actually pretty similar to how food photography works! :)

I only wear sports bras, so... right over the head, like a heathen, I guess.

I have no real opinion on Paltrow, to be honest. I neither like nor dislike her, so I don’t think I’m saying this because I am judging her more harshly. I knew that they had posted the wrong photo, but I still stand by what I said: I think that it’s a generally not-great thing to ignore someone’s wishes about how they…

Yes, I’d say that she’s never supposed to post a photo of her kid (unless said kid has agreed to it).

I do think it is often (and most prominently) feminine-coded, but I have heard it in reference to things like popcorn action flicks, really shitty video games, or my personal guilty pleasure: giant robots.

I’m glad that you apparently weren’t too hurt by your experience, and I mean that genuinely.

I think it’s very difficult for people to not feel incensed and ragey when it involves the hurting of children - and these guys were pretty little when it started! Around 7, if I remember. Many people might see themselves, or children they love, in that position, and it’s hard not to want to explode in anger about it.…

I did not know who Blippi was, and was assuming it was a slang term for someone like Michael Jackson, so you can probably tell that honestly, I don’t spend a lot of time around kids, either!

Right? I mean, they explained really clearly why it felt so special, especially for the boy who grew up loving Jackson’s music. Wow, your favorite musician/performer wants to hang out with you and knows your family, and tells you he loves you? That’s pretty cool. And Jackson was already so secretive about parts of his…

I am originally from the US, but I am currently teaching at a vocational school outside of the US. My students have asked me a lot of questions about the gun culture in the US, and asked me what I think of where I am. For example, what is being done to keep kids from bringing guns to school? And I don’t really have a…

“Vangla”, in Estonian, means “prison”. I assume you Google Translated that, but for those not “in the know”, still.

I long thought I wanted to be a professor.

Be like the heroes we’ve seen on social media that give a parent a break and offer to hold/soothe the child.

I used to use OkC, and I really liked it - met some fantastic people through there. But after they switched to the “real name” policy and did a big shift in profiles and stuff, so many people left that it wasn’t worth it for me anymore - there were about 6 active profiles in my area, and none of them were a good match…

We had Malamutes when I was a kid. They were massive, hairy beasts, and so wonderful. Less dramatic than huskies, typically, but just as floofy.

I have two (this one is pretty run-of-the-mill): one was with a handsome young fella who insisted that we watch Star Wars, which I hadn’t ever seen (I was in my late 20s, and despite being really into sci-fi, just... never had any interest in it). The movie was fine, and we progressed to fooling around. I don’t do…

More like Don Corneo, amirite?

My worst also involves a baby. I was on a tram, going home, and it was pretty packed. I was standing next to a seated woman with a baby, probably a year or so old, who was screaming to high heaven. I tried to just sort of block it out, because... well, what can you do?