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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/10/09

In reply to Sex Positions For The Solo • Study: French Women Do Get Fat
Two wrongs have never made a right, Hussein Hajj Hassan. #abortions
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LaComtesse
11/10/09

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Yes, Hussein Hajj Hassan, because suffering is clearly a contest and someone has to be the best at it. Because acknowledgment of someone's suffering means that you're disregarding everyone elses.

Ass. #abortions
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onthecornerofparkerandwoolf
11/10/09

@LaComtesse: my suffering is worse than your suffering. therefore, your suffering is invalid. #abortions
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
11/10/09

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'Female cancer or multiple sclerosis patients are six times more likely than male patients to be separated or divorced soon after their diagnosis. Researchers said men may leave a sick spouse because they're more hesitant than women to commit to being a caretaker'

It's sort of hidden away in the middle there, but by golly this is depressing. #abortions
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Dictator for Life
11/10/09

@Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: That reminds me of something my mom, a Hospice nurse, told me: when a female patient died, the widower almost always went out and got remarried within the year. When a male patient died, the widow almost never remarried. #abortions
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funzette
11/10/09

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Are you a heavy aborter?
No! I just abort socially! #abortions
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rodmanstreet
11/10/09

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The Mary Lou Retton requires a clean tub floor for proper grip, but the Golden Girls Marathon is a perennial favorite. #abortions
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Penny
11/10/09

@rodmanstreet: Getting horny while watching Golden Girls would require a lot of cocaine and vodka. #abortions
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rodmanstreet
11/10/09

@Penny: Bea Arthur was a handsome woman. #abortions
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Penny
11/10/09

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I watched that Boston subway video on Dlisted. INSANE.

That girl was tossed. #abortions
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FrabjousDay
11/10/09

@Penny: My boss told me about it today, except he said, "This girl was SMASHED on the Boston subway" and I assumed he meant she was smashed to bits, not drunk. I was very confused. #abortions
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Alohamaid
11/10/09

@FrabjousDay: true story: about a year ago I was on the red or green line coming home on a friday night around 10. I hopped on the train and noticed a free seat, not believing my good luck I of course took it and put on my ipod. I noticed a faint smell of vomit but you know its the T, par for the course. Over the course of the ride I notice the smell getting stronger and more and more people backing away from my end of the train. I turn around and the girl behind me is DRUNK OFF HER ASS and has been puking repeatedly into her lap for at least 3 stops. #abortions
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GirlFailer
11/10/09

@Alohamaid: AHHH! You just brought back a repressed memory of the time a wasted dude puked all over his buddy while we were on the bus. I got off on the next stop and waited for another bus...they were like 1 foot from me. I almost joined the pukefest, it was AWFUL. #abortions
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Alohamaid
11/10/09

@GirlFailer: YES! I got off on the next stop and spent the next hour running my hands over the back of my hair parnoid there had been some splash #abortions
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token_illiterate_commenter
11/10/09

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First: Where was that chart during the many long years of my involuntary chastity? I though I was being tricky when I switched hands.
Second: Tolerance in the mountain states? I hope you're not including Utah, Idaho and Montana because I haven't found a lot of tolerance in those states. #abortions
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Atomic Bowling
11/10/09

@token_illiterate_commenter: Yes, seriously, when I read that Utah tops the list for average well-being I about choked on my cornflake casserole. I love my city (SLC), but seriously, larges areas of this state do not qualify as tolerant, wealthy, or well-educated. There are some major exceptions (SLC, especially in certain neighborhoods, Park City, and some areas of certain burbs), but I would be lying if I said that this was representative of the state as a whole. I am strangely suspicious that our ratings are being benefited by a) a majority group who are discouraged from admitting unhappiness and b) widespread anti-depressant use that, again, reinforces the idea that you can't say you're not happy.
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linnyt is a walking cliché
11/10/09

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"getting off" and "horse" should only be used together when discussing dismounting. #abortions
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token_illiterate_commenter
11/10/09

@linnyt is a walking cliché: Unless somebody needs to get off from their high one. #abortions
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
11/10/09

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My preferred solo sex position is fondling commemorative baseballs. But I'm just weird. #abortions
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Penny
11/10/09

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Why do people find it so easy to make light of Sylvia Plath's death?

It makes me mad. #abortions
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keldo
11/10/09

@Penny: Agreed. That was a clunker in a potentially funny chart.

And the Mary Lou Retton? Dangerous! Appealing but..dangerous. #abortions
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Kilotwat
11/10/09

@Penny: I thought it was a gas. #abortions
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eatsshootsleaves
11/10/09

@Penny: Too soon? #abortions
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BearDownCBears
11/10/09

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Best job application ever. #abortions
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MilointheMeadow
05/08/09

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I'm actually of two minds on this issue: On the one hand, it is unquestionably discrimination to fire a woman because she is pregnant (or will be - ew, i detest the term "pre-pregnant"). On the other hand, I know other coworkers resent picking up the slack when someone is gone on maternity leave. It *is* different from having an illness because pregnancy is generally something you choose to do and that choice does have an impact on the people you work with, even after you return to work.

This is not a problem in Scandinavia where there's at least one year of paid maternity AND (6 month) paternity leave -- then again, their population is fairly low and birth rates are also flagging. The United States is one of the only Western nations with a skyrocketing birth rate; we barely have the resources to support the people we already have. Adding more people to our country isn't really a concern and as a result, I don't think those Scandinavian benefits are coming our way any time soon - although I do think they would help significantly.

(Obviously, I eat babies for breakfast and ride a broomstick at night.)
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ChuffedLittleMuffin
05/08/09

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prestocaro fears the culling
05/08/09

@ChuffedLittleMuffin:

I friend you now.
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Little Green Frog (Wise Latina)
05/08/09

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I think this comes because men do not have children. It would be so different if both sexes did. I asked my husband if he thought that women should be fired because they are pregnant, and he says, no but there shouldn't be laws forcing employers what to do or not to do. Whaa? The mind boggles. I told him he was being disingenuous.
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katyusha
05/08/09

In reply to ABC's John Stossel Claims Pregnant Women Shouldn't Have Legal Rights
Hey John, you know what really hurts the economy so much more than a few months' paid leave and a couple of doctor's appointments? Shrinking birthrates! Less babies = less workers = less consumers. I do love it when people think they're combatting bleeding-heart liberalism with watertight realpolitik, but oh! - their watertight realpolitik is just short-sighted, obstinate idiocy.

Also - I'm vaguely aware that the US has no provision for paid maternity leave, but please someone tell me that this is actually some anti-American soundbite that's not as bad as it sounds because in fact on a federal state-by-state basis there are lavish provisions made? Otherwise, all you ladies should be shipping over here to Europe looking for asylum status. Or in fact anywhere really: Burkina Faso, Venezuela, Iraq...
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Flackette Goes Retro
05/08/09

@katyusha: Nope. Not a soundbite. Most women I know have taken leave either unpaid or at a very substantial salary reduction. And standard leave is only about six weeks where I work - anything over that, you'd better hope you have private disability insurance.
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