McSweeney's: If We Treated Everyone's Bodies...

[Susie]

...the Way We Treat Pregnant Women's Bodies:  www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/if-we-treated-everyones-bodies-the-way-we-treat-pregnant-womens-bodies

I'm dying.  Had to share.

“I’m sure your inflamed appendix is uncomfortable, but per our company’s medical leave policy, you have to continue working until the moment it actually erupts.”

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“But I’m your mother! Of course I should be allowed in the room for your vasectomy. It’s nothing I haven’t seen before!”

[smock]

Adding one of my own:

"You're getting pain meds for your root canal? Why? That's not what nature intended."

[woowoo]

I know you're supposed to wear seatbelts now but we didn't when I was young and I'm still here! So unnecessary.

[dreamcrisp1]

This is so great.

[elleblue]

I love Mcsweeney's. This is fantastic.

[boiler717]

This is great. They need one for “I know the doctor said to get rest and not lift anything too much, but we want you to take care of this puppy all day and night as well.”