He’s been my favorite jolie laide crush for years. Add in Mads Mikkelsen and Oscar Isaac, and I may hyperventilate at some point.

THIS. The rush of people to create scenarios where she “drove him” to suicide is super-gross, and often misogynistic at its core. Dissect and criticize her known behavior and its known fallout all you want, folks, but stop trying to create a fucking movie about Bourdain’s suicide. We don’t know why he did it for…

Oh man! I assumed he was like 19! At 21, he still has a chance, but he seems to be verging close to irredeemable jerk territory.

I mean, I think it’s an unfortunate style choice, but I’m an old, so what do I know? Besides, friends of mine who did stuff like self-tattooing with a busted ballpoint across their hands (terrible decision on at least three levels) were still kind and empathetic people who just had an unfortunate style phase. His…

You know, they’re kids, and all kids are stupid and/or jerkish to some degree (thank gods I was a teen long before social media), but this Xan kid is coming across as a possible future actual jerk - I really hope an adult who cares about him has a talk with him soon.

I have super acid skin or something, but everything by Viktor&Rolf works beautifully on me. Classic Flowerbomb is my go-to. TokyoMilk fragrances, as well. Shiseido used to have an Energizing Fragrance and a Relaxing Fragrance that I LOVED, but they are no more. Almost everything else smells like bug spray on me. 😕

It’s a bold move for the Texas GOP to campaign for Cruz by making his opponent look awesome. Like, what playbook are you consulting when you try to win via personality contest and your candidate is Ted fucking Cruz?! Even his own party loathes him!

I feel like body shaming doesn’t describe this; calling attention to somone’s creepy expression that results from their diseased soul and minimal humanity isn’t body shaming. Kinda like calling Trump fat could be called body shaming, but calling attention to his habit of crossing his arms like a fussy toddler isn’t.

OH MY GODS THAT VIDEO OF THE MOOCH’S MUSICAL PRESS CONFERENCE. We’re living in a fucking Parks and Rec episode. Possibly Arrested Development. Either way any sense of reality I had just melted.

Also, the fact that he’s flexing in every picture that shows his arm is both hilarious and creepy.

That house is hideous - it looks like a video game glitch. Like, how many architectural styles are frankensteined in there?

According to comments, Isabelle Huppert.

My workplace has the option now, and it’s really bizarre how resistant some customers can be. If they don’t get a piece of paper, they act like it’s hostile sorcery. It’s not only older folks! Half of my servers just gave up trying to use the mobile terminals.

Oh, agreed on restaurants vs. bars. I was only clarifying what practice is with situations where opening a tab is fairly normal (i.e. holding a card vs. not holding a card). In restaurant settings, we really only do it if it’s an event where people are going to be wandering around a lot.

Yep - I always ask people “would you like to open a tab, or pay as you go?”. I’m perfectly happy with either option.

And to clarify, it certainly doesn’t always happen, but it happens enough that I’ve lost out on a pretty sizeable amount of tips before.

Yeah - I’m all in favor of not actually holding cards (speaking as someone who has to do it a lot), but between people’s habits and the weirdly uneven application of technology, here we are.

I’ve been in restaurants/bars/nightclubs for 26 years, so I have a fair amount of experience to speak from. :)

For what it’s worth, it actually is often necessary. Some systems take the actual credit card data, but others only record the name, so if the person spaces out and walks on their tab, you don’t have the necessary data to run their card number. In addition, USians are so accustomed to having their card held that if…

If so, they’re committed to their schtick. It’s pretty hilarious either way.