On Not Chasing Amy
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On Not Chasing Amy
@melis I agree there's not much point in comments that are like "Why did I just read this crap" but I find this kind of pile-on, in-group reinforcing circle jerk even more annoying.
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On Not Chasing Amy
@datalass Yes! This is the best explanation. I was wondering that too.
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On Ask a Clean Person: Laundry School — Lint and Static and Ironing, Oh My!
Ughhhh I can't imagine how much vinegar this will eventually require! I used a pretty decent amount before!
The coconut oil in and of itself DOESN'T smell or seem rancid or anything . . . just after getting on clothing. But I will keep it in the fridge in future. Too bad because the jar is so big that I use it as a bedside table, it's the perfect size to keep a mug of tea on.
Thanks guys!
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On Ask a Clean Person: Laundry School — Lint and Static and Ironing, Oh My!
I'm going to whine about my laundry problem . . . I consider myself a laundry expert (amateur class, but, you know, like boxing) so I am really embarrassed. I use coconut oil at night and suddenly noticed that it had somehow gone rancid or whatever and produced a horrible smell in my long underwear that I was sleeping in with it on, plus the part of my sheets that touch my face, plus my other pajamas that I slept in with it on. It's a really gross smell, kind of sweet & dry. I washed everything with vinegar and it still smells, albeit less so, so I'm going to do bleach next. What if it never comes out????
I'm also so grossed out that I haven't used coconut oil since. I've been using it for months and this only happened last week which I don't get. It's ironic because coconut oil is SUCH a good smell. Should I get new coconut oil? It's only like six months old I think and there is still a TON of it left so I'm sad to throw it away.
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On YSIDTA?
"A libertarian, BUT" is the operative phrase for all libertarian related concerns
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On Ask a Humanities Grad Student, Part One: Scotch and Lentils
@synchronized I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I have never heard of anyone who went into financial ruin and became homeless as the result of successfully pursuing a Ph.D. degree. There was a New Yorker fiction about that, though, once.
OBVIOUSLY if you don't "really want to do it" you shouldn't go to graduate school, but I don't think that money is a good reason NOT to go to graduate school if you DO "really want to do it."
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On Beauty Q&A: ID Photos, Gaudy Shoes, and Looking 10 Years Younger
My passport picture is actually pretty good, but this is probably mostly because it is so washed out you can't really see my face. I'm wearing a yellow dress and my skin, background and dress are all washed to the same color. I DON'T photograph well and my drivers license photo is barely ok.
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On Beauty Q&A: ID Photos, Gaudy Shoes, and Looking 10 Years Younger
Speaking of bikini line hair removal! In a previous post (the one about bikini waxing) Hairpin user knuckle sandwich recommended me this device: bikini trimmer It is THE BEST! It has totally improved my life. It's not really less time consuming, but it's easier, if that makes sense, and is also a lot of fun. At first I felt like it got it shorter than I like (I don't want to look like pornography) but I quickly acclimated. Anyway, I too now highly recommend this device.
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On Not Chasing Amy
@wee_ramekin "Standard practice"? Nobody is "dive-bombing" this site. I can certainly recognize the impulse to feel protective of a writer you like, but this is the internet. If you publish something in a public forum, you have to be aware of the possibility that someone will disagree with you or write something mean. This is true of everyone, all the time. It would be totally boring if we never had anyone dissent with us or speak sharply - even if we totally disagree with what they say, I don't want to live in a world, or read a website, where everything is met with sycophantic approval all of the time. There are like two trolls who have ever been here . . . this is already a really sanitized environment. We don't need "troll defense." It's seriously embarrassing to read things that sound seriously exactly like being 12 at the middle school lunch table . . . grow up. You guys know you're supposed to just IGNORE trolls, right? The AV Club is the only place that really does this. You just embarrass yourself otherwise.