Everybody Lies About Hot Dogs

And why Aristotle can suck it.

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When I was pregnant the first time, everyone — everyone — predicted I would have a boy. My mom explained it like this: “People think you’re cool. People think boys are cool. So people think you will have a boy.”

Ok, mom.

I learned in 10th-grade math that this type of reasoning is called a syllogism. In my life, I’ve taken a lot of…