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by Portia
Wed Feb 08, 2017 4:14 pm
Forum: Reader Response
Topic: picking your roommate's major
Replies: 5
Views: 11348

Re: picking your roommate's major

Is that on men? I never felt that much pressure around my major tbh
by Portia
Mon Feb 06, 2017 2:12 pm
Forum: Reader Response
Topic: Women in STEM
Replies: 9
Views: 12702

Re: Women in STEM

For anyone local to Utah, I'm really excited to volunteer with this event. http://shetechexplorer.com/ Under Partners > Mentors & Volunteers you can sign up, if you're interested. Was talking to a mom and her teenage daughter (who attends UCAS) about it last night, and they say they're excited f...
by Portia
Thu Feb 02, 2017 10:48 pm
Forum: Reader Response
Topic: Women in STEM
Replies: 9
Views: 12702

Re: Women in STEM

Money!!!
by Portia
Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:07 pm
Forum: Reader Response
Topic: Answers I liked
Replies: 1933
Views: 1591623

Re: Answers I liked

When I was scanning through the question and Zed's placeholder, I completely failed to catch that the dictionary definition she was referring to was for "fetish" and not "spatula." That was confusing. From the Latin spatulare ... And we won't even go there I will never let the s...
by Portia
Sat Jan 14, 2017 5:22 pm
Forum: Random Chatter
Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
Replies: 5227
Views: 4969871

Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10

My dream job (affordable housing developer) will basically cease to exist as we know it if Ben Carson decides to gut Housing and Urban Development. Yeah, Shannon Hale has my dream career path and she and her husband benefited a lot form the ACA which will most likely cease to exist as we know it. I...
by Portia
Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:19 am
Forum: Reader Response
Topic: so, um, deviants at BYU
Replies: 1
Views: 2737

so, um, deviants at BYU

This was an unpleasant throwback for me. The roommate of my high school crush was caught in a similar sting our freshman year at BYU, for soliciting sex from a cop posing as a 14yo. I used to go to the old rec center by Provo High School, and I distinctly remember swimming for exercise and being re...
by Portia
Mon Jan 02, 2017 10:31 pm
Forum: Soapbox
Topic: Therapy is dumb.
Replies: 126
Views: 217138

Re: Therapy is dumb.

Emiliana, go for it! You can ask questions before committing and be as detailed as you like in your requests. Also it's so nice not to have to travel or deal with huge hourly fees.
by Portia
Mon Jan 02, 2017 5:24 pm
Forum: Soapbox
Topic: Therapy is dumb.
Replies: 126
Views: 217138

Re: Therapy is dumb.

After seeing Tally M.'s recommendation and the realization that it would be money well-spent, I signed up for Talkspace and I LOVE IT. I feel like I really lucked out finding someone who is a Utah native (checks out, she has the bangs) but is non-LDS and has a neutral viewpoint towards it, while hav...
by Portia
Mon Jan 02, 2017 5:21 pm
Forum: The Less Than 100 Hour Board
Topic: Going grey....
Replies: 2
Views: 10408

Re: Going grey....

I like the idea of a bright silver mane but I think the upkeep would get expensive. Have to retouch and condition to look good. I personally would probably dislike the sign of impending mortality enough to dye it my natural dark blonde, but I don't mind being taken for younger (though lately I have ...
by Portia
Sun Dec 25, 2016 12:50 pm
Forum: Random Chatter
Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
Replies: 5227
Views: 4969871

Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10

My family all deserted me so I watched this and might never have cried so hard in my life.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sXfzp296zhA

Looks like the wrong shall prevail after all. :(
by Portia
Sun Dec 25, 2016 1:45 am
Forum: Random Chatter
Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
Replies: 5227
Views: 4969871

Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10

My grandma lives in a multidenominational hotspot. Will report if I attend anything.

Already went to my hs Vespers service which is my religion, basically.
by Portia
Sun Dec 25, 2016 1:40 am
Forum: Reader Response
Topic: Answers I liked
Replies: 1933
Views: 1591623

Re: Answers I liked

I thought the answers to the woman who doesn't want a kid knocked it out of the park. I agree with Anne that many things worth doing don't come down to simple "do I want to?" questions: moral choices often involve a much more rigorous assessment. And it's nice to not have schmaltz, she did...
by Portia
Fri Dec 23, 2016 8:40 pm
Forum: Random Chatter
Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
Replies: 5227
Views: 4969871

Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10

Zedability wrote:I think most wards did the choral program last week and this week stakes are doing sacrament meeting only.
... Mormons are weird. So, just random talks, then?
by Portia
Fri Dec 23, 2016 4:44 pm
Forum: Random Chatter
Topic: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10
Replies: 5227
Views: 4969871

Re: Happy Days in Random Chatter 10

If I went to an LDS service this Sunday, what would expect? A choral program, right? Am I crazy?
by Portia
Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:00 pm
Forum: Reader Response
Topic: lovebirds' passwords
Replies: 12
Views: 15191

Re: lovebirds' passwords

I find there's this weird idea in Mormon culture that you need to know each other's passwords to everything to keep people accountable about porn, cheating, etc. Because the only thing keeping my technology use responsible is the idea that my husband is looking over my shoulder. *eyeroll* Exactly, ...
by Portia
Mon Dec 19, 2016 12:36 am
Forum: Reader Response
Topic: lovebirds' passwords
Replies: 12
Views: 15191

lovebirds' passwords

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/88607/ Woah, what?! I feel like maintaining an individuated self is important in relationships, and this seems like a security issue. I guess if you have a joint bank account, maybe you need a single login -- but I wouldn't, so that's moot. I do know my boyfriend's ...
by Portia
Fri Dec 16, 2016 4:03 pm
Forum: Reader Response
Topic: Apostasy vs Blackmail
Replies: 10
Views: 10732

Re: Apostasy vs Blackmail

o_O o_O o_O

Cogs ... wat
by Portia
Thu Dec 15, 2016 3:39 pm
Forum: Reader Response
Topic: Liberal is the new conservative
Replies: 0
Views: 39250

Liberal is the new conservative

So I don't think I've been called conservative since I was a senior in high school. That was interesting ... maybe I am conservative for Boulder? ... Eh, no, still liberal. But I can think of posters here (I think of them as the Twitter Board Writers) who are liberal in the manner I speak of. Case i...
by Portia
Thu Dec 15, 2016 3:30 pm
Forum: Reader Response
Topic: Apostasy vs Blackmail
Replies: 10
Views: 10732

Re: Apostasy vs Blackmail

I pictured this as a woman, for the record.

I don't think it's trolling.

Good work, writers.
by Portia
Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:43 am
Forum: Soapbox
Topic: Rant of the Day
Replies: 630
Views: 1209068

Re: Rant of the Day

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/opinion/the-mental-health-crisis-in-trumps-america.html Hope your puppet-of-Kremlin President is worth it, America! (I'm insured through my workplace, but with one grandparent having offed himself and the other having a very apparent anxiety problem, I don't know wh...