My stepfather's browser used to look like that. I got on the computer to get some directions, two hours later I got off and told him I would come back later to get rid of the rest.

There's an interesting story Ford mentions in his piece, about a co-worker who thought his politeness at first was just him being a kiss-ass, rather than a strategy. I find it weird that people find politeness weird, though, or weak.

I was prepared to go full-on Grumpy Cat about this, but the more she talked, the more I liked it.

Way to turn a crap experience into an interesting experiment, Ms. Sulkowicz. I look forward to hearing about how your campus responds, as well.

and some wear color-coded badges — available to anyone who wants one — that alert others to the wearer's social comfort level. A green badge indicates that you're happy to socialize with strangers, yellow means you only want to talk with people you already know and red tells everyone that you'd rather be left…

Can we just stop for a second and discuss the fact that the crown is worth $100,000. That's insane that they are handing out crowns worth that kind of cash. I assume (no actual clue) that the winner keeps it for a year and then passes it off to the next winner, but how do you trust someone to bring back a crown…

A huge part of why my family emigrated was to escape the anti-Semitism. My dad is a university professor and got a job in the US, but the plan was to just go to Israel and do whatever the fuck if that did not work out. Driving a cab in Israel was a better prospect than dealing with the anti-Semitism in Russia.

What's interesting is Russian immigrants (my sample is admittedly limited) despise Putin. We left to escape Communism. We were excite to watch our homeland move towards democracy.... and now this. The people who stayed clearly seem to feel differently for the most part.

Don't bring LIW into this. She'd have been thrilled! lol

I promise not to write an excel spreadsheet of all the times you didn't give me the sexin' I want and send it to your work email.

OMG I can't believe they pulled it off without a breathless shouty all caps Star cover.

This is like the polar opposite of what this article is about, but I have to say there is one thing I absolutely LOVE about airports:

It is the one place, anywhere, that you can - at any moment, completely a propos of nothing - decide "I want to run!" and then just grab your shit and start running. Down hallways, up…

The fact that EW is not an accepted scrabble word is part of my daily struggle on this planet

What on earth would give you the impression he's a jerk? Just because he charted everytime he tried to initiate sex, and sent it to her in an immature email like a petulant child throwing a tantrum, doesn't mean he's a... yeah, never mind.

Or maybe her husband is a jerk and she doesn't want to have sex with him when he's acting like an asshole.

If you're having girl problems, I feel bad for you son

I'm just happy that the box has no indication that it's a set of women scientists. Just a Research Institute with scientists. Full stop.

Lentils, y'all.

Sorry for the delay in my jumping into this conversation. The universe has been keeping me quite busy lately, but I'm always happy to see long threads that debate applications of the laws of physics. A sure sign that science is trending in the world.

Psh, when I get 100 balls for my birthday everyone just slut-shames me :(

...and noted Veela Gwyneth Paltrow