When someone who can’t parallel park scratches or smashes the bumper of of your shiny new car, or drives their license plate into it, then tell me it’s not important. If you don’t have enough situational and spatial awareness to pilot your vehicle at a walking pace, then you’re not much better at road speeds. Another…

Yeah, after the first decade or so, esp. after kids, this is kind of reality.

And then sent it to my 24yr old daughter.

Someone made a really good point with this. When I said it, people were expecting some whiny troll who was going to talk about misandry and whatever the fuck else. I don’t want to feel better about myself at anyone’s expense. I just want to feel better about myself.

Okay, I feel like it would be super if folks would lay off this guy a bit. I have seen awful abuse thrown at overweight men, particularly from other men. Like super mean, violent and humiliating bullying shit. And yeah, the connotations associated with being fat (lazy, stupid, no self-control, etc) are applied to both…

No one deserves to be physically punished for having different interests and priorities than you do. I agree that donating to charity is great. But would you say the same thing about a person who buys fine art? Who has a nicer car than they need? A nicer house than they need? Or maybe someone who has spent thousands…

This may sound insane, but one of the anxieties I have about finding a future partner is now that I have cut my mother out, they may never hear "the sobs" and all that goes with. Not for all the gold in the world would I go through that pain again, but often I feel like it is witnessing the dynamic in action that…

I’d like to personally thank you, Natasha, for the reference to the spouses of the grownup kids of toxic mothers, because, yes, we too suffer. We get the blame for anything that goes wrong with their relationship with their son/daughter, even if it’s obviously their fault (because hey, “everything was fine before…

I asked Mr. Beaver what he thought an IUD was and he said, “Isn’t it like a little basket that catches the eggs or something?” I just about died laughing.

Probably the tour guide lied to you and it was an employee wearing a costume.

The phrase “creative class” makes me feel a visceral twinge of revulsion.

Thank God for this. I had a man today tell me in the SNOBBIEST voice “Well, you know what they say. A tech with one year of experience has half the experience of a tech with two years of experience”

People you wish would drop dead never do. The obstinate f—kers live forever!

“Thank you for feedbcak. We strife to aspire to the levl of qulaity befitting PLoS. Many ragards."

1. Reviewing other’s work brings out the asshat in almost everyone. Scientific reviewers feel an obligation to tough and rigorous, which is fine. But too often it’s a license to be a jerk. I often see reviews that make it quite clear that the reviewer didn’t actually read the paper, because point-for-point every…

I think you may be on to something - I wear makeup every day, and therefore I’m very particular about how I do it. I feel like I know what works best for me (which may or may not be true... but I’ll live with the illusion). Every time I’ve submitted to letting a Sephora or MAC employee put product on my face, I end up…

You may just take the cake for worst password requirements ever.