These Are The Most Dad-Coded Cars As we pointed out the other day, being a dad really is a state of mind. There’s more to it than simply having a kid. Read more…

What’s The Most Dad-Coded Car? It should be understood that anyone can be a Dad. It’s a state of mind thing, sometimes you’re a Dad just for a few minutes while you’re using a pocket knife, saying “I’m going to count to three and…” or digging through the trash looking for your keys. Cars are like this, too. Some cars are just for Dads, for Dad… Read more…

LPT: If people tell you that you are “too nice,” “too intense,” or “too sensitive,” these are likely coded critiques meant to tell you that you are being naive or acting like a doomat, or that you tend to over-react. Because being “nice,” “intense,” or “sensitive” are generally considered good and desirable qualities, telling someone they have too much is a good way to disguise a critique as a sort of compliment. The issue is that, often, people who receive these critiques are not the best and decoding the message, which are meant to allow the other person t…

I’m the Sapphic-Coded Best Friend in a Movie or TV Show, and I’m Definitely Not Queerbaiting ’Sup. It’s your best friend, Avery or something. As you can tell from the wind-whipped hair on the non-shaved half of my head, I rode my motorcycle here from my eclectically furnished studio apartment in our city’s equivalent neighborhood to the Lower East Side portrayed in Rent. That’s where my similarities to those characters end. I’m not some…

I’m the Sapphic-Coded Best Friend in a Movie, and I’m Definitely Not Queerbaiting ’Sup. It’s your best friend, Avery or something. As you can tell from the wind-whipped hair on the non-shaved half of my head, I rode my motorcycle here from my eclectically furnished studio apartment in our city’s equivalent neighborhood to the Lower East Side portrayed in Rent. That’s where my similarities to those characters end. I’m not some…