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I'd never heard of toxic masculinity so looked it up (because I dislike it when people ask questions they can find the answer to for themselves), but I do have to ask how common/widespread this is, and what the connection is with being disabled. And is this what my ex suffered from when he had a cold and whined a lot?

Thank you for this. I tried to respond to all these posts similarly but kept getting so irritated and snarky I ended up deleting everything. You are much more reasoned and articulate than I could manage!

Traditional Greek salad has neither pepperoncini nor lettuce.

We used to be great friends with another couple; lots of shared meals, trips away, etc. Then we had kids around the same time, and their parenting skills were so lacking we stopped hanging out as families.

People (on TV shows, movies, and especially in real life) who don't take their shoes off when they curl up on the couch, or even worse, the bed. They do know they've been treading through dog shit, right?

Because he's a pretentious dick.

Shouldn't empathy be something you learn at home? We already expect way too much on way too little pay from our teachers. Maybe parents should be parents and, well, actually parent.

I like a man with a beard, but why do usually clean-shaven men on TV think corona virus is an excuse not to shave? You just gained a bunch of time by not having to commute, yet you can't be bothered to look presentable?

Funny, because I thought you meant beer! Beef, bees, and beer - maybe there's a gastro pub we could open together?

I wish they offered bees near me.

They've recently started airing TV commercials for Spam in my market. Maybe they're hoping it'll be the next big hipster/millennial/whatever thing.

Could Dolores please stop shouting? It's obvious she's a decent cook, but every time she comes on screen I cringe.

Am I the only one who reads "hits the snot"" Coronavirus is completely messing with my mind.

Here's a recipe for disaster: Fiftyish person who lives alone, broken glasses, super glue. How do I know, you ask.

Evan must be a better cook than he seems because he looks like a clueless deer in the headlights in every take of him.

The Petsmart ad with home videos of people's pets. Some seriously cute pets there.

I can't believe how selfish and narcissistic Natalie's father was to walk out during the biggest (so far) night of his daughter's life (causing her mother also to leave). He couldn't at least have waited to be a cry baby until after the slide show when they're front and centre? And then they make out in the kitchen instead of going back in? Yuck.

Believe me, I would never do it today, living in the US. It happened decades ago in a country where you'd probably be sworn at, but weren't at risk of being shot.

Kanye West - he's an unabashed misogynist and to me his lyrics are unforgivable. Plus he's a crotch grabber which I loathe in any singer.

I was once walking by a car that was stopped at a red light, and the driver threw an empty soda can out of his window. Totally by instinct I picked it up and threw it back in.

"Imma". Wrong, wrong, wrong.

I think we have the same ex-husband. I wonder how many times he's been married.

I'm watching a rerun and almost threw up when nails-on-a-chalkboard-voice Katie Lee said "I wasn't exactly sure how it would feel in the mouth." Presumably she was talking about food but it still sounds disgusting.

Or "The virus can be passed on by touching a surface someone sick has coughed or sneezed on". (Yes, yes, I know, I ended a sentence with a preposition, but my friends laugh at me for my grammatical pretentiousness so I'm trying to move with the times.)

Maybe in this age of coronavirus I should be grateful for contact with another sentient being, but when that sentient being is a fruit fly, I'm not. Any suggestions? (I try sneaking up on them, spray bottle filled with water on hand, but they seem to possess supernatural powers.)