Jesus Christ Skyler White is the worst kind of bitch in the world.

LAID BACK:  Ouch.  What's that saying?  Panem et...?  Something.  It will probably come to me after my upcoming 3-week vacation to Hawaii. If this is how it's going to be, then by God, I want in on the circus.

LOW SELF-ESTEEM:  Reading through the comments here, I am struck by how fucking pathetic these guys are.  Apparently they are going to structure their entire lives around the fear that a woman will hurt them (naturally, it is implied that she will hurt them for reasons entirely out of their hands--she is a lying bitch, manipulative, a victim of a postmodern feminist false consciousness, whatever.  Two-thirds or thereabouts of divorces are filed by women; this does not mean that two-thirds of married men have done nothing whatsoever wrong.  I do tend to agree that women are more likely than men to get dissatisfied for stupid-ass reasons, but men are not always the angels these guys seem to think they are).

And, sorry, Dr. Helen, but you do allow plenty of misogyny in your comments threads.  It's one thing to say that some women are lying bitches; it's another to say outright (as several of your commenters have) that all women are liars, probable adulterers, lacking in intelligence and moral fiber, and so forth.  Some women are undoubtedly all of the above.  So, interestingly, are some men.  But some of us, at least, are not.  I can't really think what else you would call the statement "all women are lying bitches" other than misogyny?  That's pretty much the definition right there.

Then again, you appear to be married to a man who accepts this stupid "alpha" and "game" bullshit, so I am guessing that YMMV.

THIS IS BULLSHIT:  Notice the way he has to go to Kentucky to find his story.  Kentucky votes mostly red, so the inference NYT readers will make is that this is something those terrible backwater, redneck hillbillies do.  Sorry, but no.  Kristof could have easily looked at a population in any major city to find the same problems.  Ahh, but urban leeches vote blue, so we don't want to blame them, right, Nick?  Better to showcase this problem with people your readers already hate.

SELF-INFLICTED DOOM:  I am so glad to see these guys let the scientists know that we are not pleased with the way science is refusing to confirm what we already believe.  How dare those CDC fucks anyway?  Don't they know who pays their bills?  Fuck.  I can't wait for IPAB.  I'm sure that's going to be super special.  But, hey, it is really hard to decide which will be more fun:  economic collapse or the triumphant return of vaccine-controlled diseases.  My guess is we'll get both at once, because, yeah, we are that fucking stupid.

NAILED IT:  Yep, yep, and MOAR YEP.