en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/7259519 Comments by fondue with cheddar https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731499826 And if you don't wash it right away you still have to wash your hands after touching it! Oh man, I hope your dude gets it! Mine is notoriously bad at remembering things like that, even when I explain the reason and that reason makes sense to him. Old dogs, you know? Don't even get me started on his he handles raw meat. Tue, 8 Oct 2013 20:18:38 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731499826 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731497231 I feel that way about washing particularly cruddy things too. If I ever have something like that I tend to wash it with jeans because—because I don't know why. It just feels like they can handle it? The other option is washing them with your shower curtain liner, because it's vinyl and won't absorb the grossness, plus the rag or whatever will help clean the curtain. But seriously, MICROFIBER DUSTING CLOTHS. You can use them dry and they pick up so much dust! Tue, 8 Oct 2013 20:11:46 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731497231 http://the-toast.net/2013/10/02/girl-tips-2/#IDComment731493659 Wow, I'm glad he was there for you! I'm glad you were okay. Events like that are scary (my puking incident was actually the start of something scary) but it's nice when they happen early in a relationship so you can see what they're really made of. Tue, 8 Oct 2013 20:02:11 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2013/10/02/girl-tips-2/#IDComment731493659 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731392075 Every single one of these was interesting, but it was pretty mean of you to link a page of links to longreads to another page of links to longreads. Who has that kind of time, Nicole?! That's the second worst thing about the internet: wanting to read all the things. (The worst, of course, is comments, i.e. other people.) Tue, 8 Oct 2013 15:51:07 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731392075 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731389078 Put the italics tag with / in front of the i where you want the italics to end. Tue, 8 Oct 2013 15:43:50 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731389078 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731385992 I hate dishes too, but I don't trust my boyfriend to do them. He has a tendency to miss stuck-on food and wash only parts of things. He will wash the tines of the fork but ignore the handle, or he will wash the inside of the pot but not the bottom. Pulling a greasy-bottomed pan out of the cabinet is gross, especially when said pan was nested inside another. Tue, 8 Oct 2013 15:36:02 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731385992 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731383716 I loved the programming piece too, and I had no idea about its history. My college roommate's mom was a programmer and is now in her mid-sixties, so I guess she was one of those women. I'm glad she stuck with it when the men took over. Tue, 8 Oct 2013 15:30:11 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731383716 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731381977 Your dad sounds adorable (coming from someone who has dad-like procedures for most tasks). Tue, 8 Oct 2013 15:25:44 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731381977 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731380801 I want to be Amy Poehler when I grow up (never mind the fact that we're basically the same age). Tue, 8 Oct 2013 15:22:59 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731380801 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731380245 Good for you! I would use cloth napkins and rags if I didn't have to go to the laundromat, but it's such a pain and so expensive. But I feel so guilty using all those paper towels. I do use microfiber cloths for dusting though, because you can get a lot of uses out if them before they need washing. There is a laundromat half a block from me, but I still drive my car there do I won't have to carry everything. (I walk home and leave the car there until all loads are done.) I'm particular too. I have too many clothes that Tue, 8 Oct 2013 15:21:31 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731380245 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731378112 I do my own laundry for the same reason. I don't trust anyone else to do mine. My boyfriend handles his like the man in the Zulkey piece, letting it pile up and leaving it in bags/hampers until he is ready to wear it. I don't need to do laundry as often because I wear things more than once before washing (I don't get as stinky as he does), so sometimes when he does laundry I will throw my socks and underwear in. My boyfriend's mom recently offered to do our laundry at her house to save money and because she enjoys helping. He can have her do his, but I don't want her to do mine. She came over to pick up his laundry last week while he was working, and she kept walking around the house looking for things to wash. "How about that blanket? How about towels?" Ugh. I don't mind doing laundry when I have facilities where I live, but right now I have to go to the laundromat, which I dread. Tue, 8 Oct 2013 15:15:59 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/link-roundup-4/#IDComment731378112 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/ada-yonath/#IDComment731352067 So true. All fields would benefit from having a balance of male and female minds. Lady scientists, yeah!!! Tue, 8 Oct 2013 14:13:34 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/08/ada-yonath/#IDComment731352067 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/04/three-dog-night-is-a-terrible-party-guest/#IDComment729676413 Ugh, Mr. New Vegas was such a creep. Three Dog 4 eva. Because one dog ain't enough and two is too low. Sat, 5 Oct 2013 01:28:33 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/04/three-dog-night-is-a-terrible-party-guest/#IDComment729676413 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/04/cocktail-hour-open-thread-7/#IDComment729588535 I got laid off a few weeks ago and am having a hard time because I'm also depressed. I'm not depressed as a result of unemployment—the condition long preceded it. I don't feel capable of handling an interview, of doing most jobs, of starting over at a new job with new people. And that's not the half if it, but I don't want to drone on and complain. I guess I'm hoping to hear from those of you who have been in this situation about what it was like for you and how you overcame it. Fri, 4 Oct 2013 20:26:39 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/04/cocktail-hour-open-thread-7/#IDComment729588535 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/04/three-dog-night-is-a-terrible-party-guest/#IDComment729560220 There was a DJ named Three Dog in the game Fallout 3. He was awesome. Fri, 4 Oct 2013 19:02:00 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/04/three-dog-night-is-a-terrible-party-guest/#IDComment729560220 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/04/bad-recipes-bad/#IDComment729550526 This isn't a recipe, but it is cooking. This was when I was a kid, shortly after my family bought our first microwave, and I didn't completely understand how they worked. I decided I wanted a baked potato. I knew not to wrap it in foil, and I knew to poke holes in it. What I did not know was how long to cook it. I set it for 20 minutes or however long you cook them in a conventional oven. It didn't take long for me to realize that that was wrong. Fri, 4 Oct 2013 18:32:40 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2013/10/04/bad-recipes-bad/#IDComment729550526 http://the-toast.net/2013/10/04/wore-foundation-garments/#IDComment729546693 I loved this immensely! Fri, 4 Oct 2013 18:21:26 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2013/10/04/wore-foundation-garments/#IDComment729546693 http://the-toast.net/2013/10/03/link-roundup-3/#IDComment729111668 I know, it breaks my heart that trans people have such a hard time with it. Fertility treatments are difficult enough for cis hetero people! I'm so glad it worked out for them. Thu, 3 Oct 2013 19:39:07 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2013/10/03/link-roundup-3/#IDComment729111668 http://the-toast.net/2013/10/03/link-roundup-3/#IDComment729107021 I have heard from people who saw several episodes that it starts out not-so-great but gets a lot better. I will probably keep watching it though, because I love Lizzy Caplan and Michael Sheen. I don't know who is the charismatic anti-hero because Virginia Johnson is the charismatic one, but William Masters is more of an anti-hero. My iPhone's autocorrect just tried to change "Lizzy" to "Kizzy." :) Thu, 3 Oct 2013 19:23:55 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2013/10/03/link-roundup-3/#IDComment729107021 http://the-toast.net/2013/10/03/link-roundup-3/#IDComment729089926 I know! It's so obvious I don't know how I went so long without knowing. Thu, 3 Oct 2013 18:30:11 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2013/10/03/link-roundup-3/#IDComment729089926