"Trust me, this date will go way smoother if you just stare deeply into my calf."

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Word.

I'm sorry to have put that on your shoulders, but I am glad you're thinking about it! If you have the time it would be awesome if you started a conversation with people you know about it. If you're interested in the thoughts of a non-binary person there's an awesome blog here:…

Yeah, I love to use the expression darlin' and don't mind at all when people use it with me. I just have to use it carefully.

Understandable, but I'm also referring to people who are gender queer or non-binary. I use the expression sir / ma'am too, so it's something that weighs on my mind a lot, as there isn't a non-gendered way to address someone you don't know.

Hey you touched on something I just posted in reply to someone talking about the south. What do you do when you don't know how someone self identifies? That's one of the real big problems with sir/ ma'am.

That's the thing about Mormons, some of their beliefs are offensive but man, they are generally also some of the nicest people you will ever meet. I don't live in Utah but I've yet to meet a rude Mormon.

There are definitely admirable qualities to be found down here. Being from the south though has definitely presented me with a huge problem. It's considered polite to use expressions like sir or ma'am. But those expressions are wrought with problems.

I love expressions like "bless your heart". Is it condescending? Yes. But it's condescending for a purpose, not just to belittle someone. It's a polite way of saying, "you don't realize what an insufferable and self centered asshole you're being". It may come across as disingenuous, but really it's more akin to "kill…

And then they accidentally shoot themselves. That would make me chuckle. #thiscountryiscrazyracist

Woh woh woh. Sorry Angus but that piece of shit was a creation of man.

If we ignore PETA will they go away?

Okay so there weren't any factual errors in Lindy's post, but your objection to this is the fact that people are too dumb to understand this is humor, and she misinterpreted the intention of the study? Oh no! Lindy has set back human progress and the general public's understanding of neuroscience!

Generally speaking this is true, unless you're a minority. Sure we don't a Gulag here but... oh wait we kinda do, but it's mostly minorities that have to worry about it. Our crimes against humanity are just less overt.

The difference is the content of those writings. We don't know with any certainty that Socrates existed, or what he thought because he never wrote anything down, he was an oral teacher. We only have the "testament" of his students. Though the consensus is Socrates was a real person, it's still entirely likely that he…

Honestly I'm not sure what you're aiming for either. But I can tell you this: comedy writing is probably the hardest field to be successful in. Infinitely more so if you're a woman. It's fucking brutal.

Seconded.