There’s a HUGE difference between *respect* for authority and *fear* of authority.

Exactly right. I don’t see how parents don’t realize that children are PEOPLE first, with all the same biological imperatives. Getting hit will trigger fight or flight - so which are you hoping for, that your children will fear you and hide from you, or that they’ll learn to fight back?

I mean...no, you’re not being sensitive. Those guys were assholes right in front of your face. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t reading this whole thing thinking “welp, at least he didn’t call you sweetheart and ask if he could speak to your husband...”

Uh, your misogyny is showing. They have a 2 yr old and a 5 yr old, you think those kids are old enough to just take care of themselves, do you? She’s the primary caretaker, she put HER body at risk to MAKE those babies and gave up her sports career to do it. If she wants to stay home and take care of those babies now,…

That makes no sense. Toilet seat down is default (it is known, proven with math), and if this is the hill you need to die on then you just might not be a good person.
In fact, if there’s a lid, go ahead and close that too before you flush - keep the nasty stuff IN the toilet instead of aerosolized and sprinkled all…

Me too - family story that was cited a little too often in every day conversation that grandfather’s grandmother was 100% Native American. I did 23&Me, and what do you know not a DROP of Native American ancestry! Turns out there are photos, but it’s actually a cousin that married the Native American woman not my…

waning immunity is an under-appreciated problem. You might be fine, or you might be sub-optimally protected; either way, it’s NBD to get a booster or have your titer checked. I and my soon-to-arrive newborn thank you very sincerely for your efforts to protect public health!

That’s assuming that people can make the decision, month to month, with all of life’s ups and downs and surprises, to put that money into savings. It’s not a newsflash that people are bad at saving money. Considering the interest rate on savings accounts, the potential gains by having that money out of sight and out…

Yes this! And bleeding gums is sometimes correlated with pre-eclampsia, and OFTEN correlated with postpartum gum disease, so don’t skip the dentist during pregnancy!

23andme is not diagnostic - they actually got in trouble with FDA a few years ago for making health claims rather than very generalized lifetime risk information. This is absolutely not a replacement for carrier testing the OB will do to assess risk of some really horrific genetic disorders - you really really want to…

Murder can be justified - like, I’m pretty sure I would kill someone to protect myself or my family. Here’s hoping I never have to.

I don’t see how that’s relevant to rape - what is the situation where someone *needs* to rape, where a reasonable person would find it justifiable? That’s some twisted-ass logic right…

“I have definitely had piggish thoughts about random women but I have never been that hard up that I couldn’t find a consensual partner to entertain my inner pig.”

I don’t think we’re talking about gender enough here - like...gender and race are all mashed up in a disgusting ball of bias and injustice, but what’s the take if it was Miley and Justin up on that stage and they pulled this? Don’t underestimate the power of slut shaming; maybe Miley would have recovered faster, but…

He did his best to help me out! No. It was not my job that I needed help with. That’s the seizure-inducing part of the whole “to nag or not to nag” conversation.

Yes and no - my point was that using the article as a base for “this is stupid obvious and I don’t want to have to point it out” means that he doesn’t have an excuse for not noticing it himself next time and just doing it. It’s the “teach a man to fish” philosophy vs the “every time something in our shared home needs…

You’re still missing the point. “Take the garbage out” still means that you noticed the garbage sitting there, went to find the man who presumably can also see the effing garbage, and TOLD him to take it out like he’s a little child who can’t handle garbage. Even if it’s not a fight, you still had to manage that task.…

I bet you’re lots of fun at parties.

Just...norovirus is suuuper contagious. It’s not only food-bourne, it spreads person to person, or by touching contaminated surfaces. So it’s pretty unlikely that it was actually Jimmy John’s.

But I totally get the impulse, I once had terrible food poisoning from an airport sandwich but the Chipotle burrito I’d had…

I should clarify - that’s literally only for the car. Presumably by the time they are screaming you’ve already exhausted all other options (de-escalation, acknowledging whatever they’re upset about; they are screaming because you can’t/won’t fix whatever the problem is and they don’t accept your calm reassurances).…