There are way too many men and boys who actually believe this because their fathers, uncles, brothers and friends--and yes, though usually on a lesser scale, their mothers, aunts, and sisters--don't take their responsibility to protect them seriously and laugh at their pain.

My ancestors survived millions of years thanks to an instinctive avoidance of potentially poisonous insects and arachnids. Body wax never threatened their survival to cause that reaction.

The headline doesn't really give the full story. The hotel staff were trained to do certain things when certain events occur, as a crackdown on child sex trafficking. Very often, one of the signs of a kidnapping is a lone adult with one child who may seem out of sorts. Unfortunately, children being children, it's sometimes hard to read the situation. The hotel staff thought it was better to be safe and have the police check it out then have a potential tragedy occur. The police questioned the girl to make sure she was, in fact, with her father. While this did upset the girl, the staff should NOT be dissuaded from reporting red flags in the future. Sometimes the only thing between an abducted child and horrible events is hospitality or airline staff on the lookout. Like the father said though, it would be wise if the hotel asked for identities of traveling minors ahead of time.

Don't forget that the research is usually the kind of thing that gets you put on a government watch list because of your search history.

That's fine for Grammar Police, who just want to point out you made a mistake and move on. The problem is with the Grammar Nazis, who for some reason try to correct the grammar on things like slang and colloquial dialects and completely ignore that all of those things have their own perfectly legitimate grammar rules that don't always mirror formal writing.

It's called "neutralizing a threat."

Marvel has a decent array of movie "types." Rather than a single group of dark, gritty films it has a universe that has comedy (Guardians), pure action (Iron Man), everyman (Antman), mythical action/family drama (Thor), and moral/ethical dilemma (the Captain America movies). Marvel captures snapshots of the real universe, which has laughter and silliness right next to sadness and anger as human conditions, and built their franchise around them. There's something for everyone there, and if you come for the comedy you may stay for the drama (and vice versa). The world isn't simply grit and lamentations shot in gray and blue tones, which is what other franchises tend to offer. Marvel doesn't make bad movies, they make movies for everyone instead of just a narrow niche.

There's no such thing as a friend zone. You're a friend of his/hers because you either tried and were rejected (meaning you have been told there's no chance, it's up to you to leave if you don't want to just be friends) or you haven't tried anything and they don't know you're interested (meaning you haven't made yourself a choice and so you have no chance). The so-called "friend zone" is something you put YOURSELF in, because you keep convincing yourself you have a shot and won't leave. You're leading yourself on by pretending you have a chance, and leading them on by lying to them and letting them think you value the friendship as-is. If you don't want to just be friends, then don't be friends. Say goodbye. Move on, eat a bunch of ice cream dejectedly, slowly get over your heartbreak, and find somebody else.

Our cat doesn't like going outside, comes without being called, and loves to snuggle up with somebody on the sofa when she sleeps. She also knows to stop what she's doing if you say her name in a certain tone.

Good for her. It's always nice to see somebody doing well.

Not really a smile, it's pursed lips. This is the barest minimum movement that can be used to acknowledge somebody without inviting conversation. It signals that you've seen the person, aren't an awkward weirdo who's going to duck behind a trashcan to pretend you haven't seen the person, and don't have the time/inclination to chit chat. Sometimes it's accompanied by raised eyebrows to mean something like "busy, busy, busy. Life, amirite?" Also sometimes a weird half-wave if you want to be nice and throw "hello" in there. Welcome to White People Communications 101, any other questions?

Maybe he's not famous enough in the future for time travelers to have heard of the party.

You can travel all you want, go for it! You just need permission from every country you go to before you trespass over their borders, identification proving you're a citizen of your home country before going across that border, and something to prove you are who you say you are if you need help at one of your foreign consulates. Now, whatever could be used for all that...?

Let's not forget that tons of people who can't afford them would die to get their hands on expensive sports cars. Just because after something doesn't mean they got a shot.

If they were okay with banging a dude they barely know they're probably not really virgins and probably on some kind of birth control.

Okay, but. Imagine lying there with all the lights out and the nice, pleasant glow coming out from under your bed, slowly drifting off to sleep. Then a shadow flits across the wall, and there's only one source of light.

You can be religious and also believe in science. There's nothing wrong with a priest developing scientific ideas.

Ewoks.