C.A. Pinkham's discussions

The funny thing is, I've known two moms who didn't work among the parents of people I've been close to, and in both cases, neither of them did much cooking. One is my girlfriend's mother, who can cook, but her Dad loves it so much/is so good at it that everyone's content for him to do it anyway, and the other is my… Read more

Like I said, this isn't everyone; but I was surprised how many women I know were echoing these sentiments. Read more

This probably has to do with the difference in the way some people use it and the way my family (specifically, my grandmother) used it. This is probably something that varies from person-to-person and region-to-region, although until this thread I'd never heard conniption referred to as anything other than just a… Read more

Can someone please explain to me why we take Driving While Intoxicated seriously, but we don't have a law specifically prohibiting Operating a Firearm While Intoxicated? Seriously, I've yet to hear any explanation on why this is a thing we can't do that doesn't boil down to "THEM DURN LIB'RALS GUN TAKE AWAY URRR… Read more

I have decided that I like you very much. Read more

Really? Our society has inaccurate ideas about the makeup of sexual desire in relationships?! HERE IS MY SHOCKED FACE:

Better if you call them "Gob," because then you can tell them that they've made a huge tiny mistake.

Also, I find it amazing when people can't tell that I'm being lighthearted. When I'm not, you'll know it by all of the f-bombs I drop. Seriously, when I get pissed it's like the internet Battle of the Coral Sea; it's… Read more

I fell down the rabbit hole and into a super old but awesome Jezebel article. Now I wish I had internet bear mace. Read more

Alright, this made me laugh. Read more

This was the exact point someone else made, but yes, you are correct. Read more

I've just started dismissing anything that doesn't add anything new to the conversation - which is a lot of comments, since a ton of people seem determined to make the exact same point over and over. Read more

Well-played, sir or madam. Well-played. Read more

This is the single "evolution of language" argument I've heard that didn't sound like horseshit. Thank you for that. Read more

There's apparently a lot of disagreement as to whether conniption is Yiddish. I was always taught that it was, and I've seen nothing convincing to say that it wasn't - but apparently we don't know for sure. Read more

Yiddish is rooted in several languages, actually; it's as much Polish and Russian as it is German, with Hebrew and Slavic instances in there too. A few of those languages definitely have words that end in "tion." Apparently, sources can't agree on where that word came from, though there are definitely some that… Read more

You should probably tell that to my mother, since I spent my entire childhood being referred to as that term. Read more

You're...welcome? Read more

I'm kind of astounded how weird people have gotten about this, especially since Doug responded positively. Read more

Do people actually say "hula dance?" I've only ever heard "hula." Read more

So what you're saying is: Spoken Language don't give a fuck. Read more