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Just...stop, okay? Just stop with the gimmicks. It won't help. You were basically all I wore back in high school. The stuff was vaguely cute and inoffensive. For my boring self, it was just fine. Not too far overpriced, decent quality, and simple: that was your thing.
The fugly crap you've had in your stores for at least the last 5 years is what is killing you! Not a lack of ceiling mannequins!
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Gap jeans are a disaster on me in every sense of the word (regulars are too long, ankles are too short, not enough room in the thighs, inches of room at the waist), and on the off chance I find a shirt I can get in to, it's always too expensive for what it is.
I know at some point the judgment comes down to a matter of style and tastes, which is hard to make a blanket statement about. But even my friends who are all over the Gap aesthetic have trouble with fit and quality in the long term.
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So expect to pay $80 for a t-shirt.
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#buffythevampireslayer
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what danni minogue said to that dude on x factor was so incredibly inappropriate. as if there is something wrong with him if he is in fact gay or bi sexual. ugh.
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It still makes me scratch my head when people go to their cell phones to calculate a 20% tip. 15% is kinda tricky (kinda), but 20%? For real?
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Ok, I was fine with this at first because my sister says the same thing about meat and dairy, that she feels all bleh whenever she eats it because her body doesn't produce the enzymes necessary to digest that stuff anymore. But really? Dairy makes you fat instantly? Give me a break. If you are vegan or vegetarian because you care about animals and the environment, cool. In fact, if you do it because you want to lose weight, fine. But don't tell me that I need to cut out an entire food group because you think it will make you fat. This kind of thinking is destructive and just wrong.
Also: I was watching an E! thing about her vegan cookbook, and they mentioned some delicious, cheesy thing and I would like to take this chance to remind Alicia that cheese is dairy. And vegans cannot eat it.
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Then again, it's comforting to know that the bloat I experienced this weekend wasn't a result of the 12 drinks and five-lbs burrito I consumed on Friday night, but rather the half cup of skim milk I consumed on Saturday. Bring on the questionably sanitary burritos!
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also, lactose intolerance is both based on genetic predisposition, and your body's tolerance to it as a result of exposure. you quit producing the enzyme to break down lactose (lactase) after a period of not being exposed to lactose. (i guess the length of time depends on the person). humans would lose the ability to digest it if they stopped intaking it--which is probably why alicia experienced the symptoms she did--she's lactose intolerant now. it is possible to surmise (but i don't know for 100% certainty) that if you fed your cat milk every day from a kitten, they would be able to tolerate lactose as an adult.
labratintraining, you're right. over time, societies that didn't have dairy in their diets have 'evolved' to stop producing the lactase. and intolerance in adulthood is mostly based on waning exposure and thus waning production of lactase.
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there are a lot of things humans consume that we shouldn't. i think that dairy is probably one of the least questionable things on that list, especially when consumed in moderation. mcgriddle?