Evidence of genetic variation doesn't mean that Africans and Europeans are different species, though.

'East Asian people are genetically different from Caucasians and Africans.'

I hear you. Laughter is a totally normal defensive reflex. Laughing defuses situations and is an automatic reaction when something is unusual/unexpected. I have situations in my past where I laughed when I should have ran screaming, and it took a long time to realise that my laughter didn't make me complicit/guilty…

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Salmon, drizzle with lemon, add pepper and salt (and paprika and chili oil if you're feeling wild), wrap whole lot in tinfoil then bung in the oven for 25 mins at 200c. Boil some veg on the side and Bob's your father's male sibling.

You must have missed the last memo. We must now read all Dawkins material and gift it to others at every conceivable opportunity. Also, on Tuesdays we wear pink.

Vampires. Gotta be.

Christ that header picture is depressing.

My boyfriend would concur. He once used my leg razor ('double moisture strips', curved blade, inbuilt goddess-ness, etc) to shave his face in a pinch, and spent the next day touching his face and going "It's so smooth," in a tone of awed wonderment.

Those are her sons? That pose kinda squicks me out :/

You are so incredibly brave. However he reacted, what you did is a huge achievement and I am so impressed by you. Be well. And fuck that guy sideways.

I had a similar problem - moved to a new country where I only knew my other half, no job initially so couldn't make work buddies. I found joining a sports team the best way to make friends. I joined a rugby club - never played it before, didn't have a huge amount of interest in it, but I found them online and they…

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I don't have any advice relevant to your situation, just wanted to say good on you and best of luck! Hopefully someone here has more pertinent advice for you :)

You following the new series?

Eh, I live in Ireland. Avoiding small talk with complete strangers is more of an issue.

They do :(

Link?

Ha! That's brilliant :) I love these little cultural misunderstandings!

We're still not quite there in Ireland yet, even :(