“toad-hag who knows a lot of fun facts about bog bodies” vibe going on

I was feeling much the same. Like, it’s fine to have preferences and whatnot, and obviously, this article is kind of a joking-not-joking thing, but still, it’s basically enforcing beauty standards, and that’s just not cool. If it were, “I love beards, here are great beards”, that’d be fine, but it’s “I don’t like what…

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…