Yeah, there’s definitely a difference between plain frugal and Scrooge-level cheap. I think I’m frugal but not cheap. But I think a lot of rich people are careful with money, especially old money. Some are frugal and cheap, some are frugal but generous. I think the impulse to hoard money is probably why some of these…

Well, yeah, totally. I think some rich people fall on the benignly frugal side, and some on the cheapskate ripoff side, but I do think quite a few old money families are way more careful with money than most people would think.

I’ve long thought the wealthy were very frugal, day to day. I think that’s part of how they got wealthy in the first place.

Also traitors. Anyone using violence and threates to supress democracy is definitely a traitor to America’s ideals and to the constitution.

No, you sound ridiculous. And it is so offensive as someone whose family members have almost lost their lives to addiction to have someone so blithely dismiss it just because it doesn’t fit their narrow notions of what addiction is.

Isn’t it? I mean, maybe they meant leave it with them or something, or maybe there’s a designated ‘I don’t want my luggage’ room in airports, but all they actually said was that if I abandoned my luggage I could still try to make the plane. Which is obviously crazy on a couple levels. Bottom line, not a huge fan of…

The only reason I did airport check in was because I had a luggage full of Christmas presents. They told me if I abandoned my suitcase I could still get on the flight. Like abandoning a suitcase in the middle of an airport is a good idea.

I’ve had some of the worst travel experiences of my life with American, including zero leniency for showing up 5 minutes past their cut off for check in (slept in the airport Christmas Eve), having a plane turn around due to a smoking microwave, and generally bad tempered and rude personelle.

I put soap on my legs when I shave them. Therefore, while I’m not really intentionally washing them, since I have to shave every day or two to avoid stubble, soap makes its way there.

Well, from what I remember inbreeding can cause problems if there are bad recessive genes in the bloodline - they’re more likely to pop up then. But in general, it’s not as bad biologically as people think (though completely gross).

Someone else on the thread said it perfectly. The word female used as a noun is awful and annoying (“Females are so moody,” for example), but using the word female as an adjective is absolutely totally fine. There is nothing wrong with the word female when used properly.

What about what this person said seems trolling? I’ve read all their replies and they are really clear that while they are PERSONALLY uncomfortable with living near a pedophile, they ALSO recognize that law should not be based on their discomfort. I see no trolling. People disagreeing with you is not trolling.

Jesus. As freaky looking as this guy is, and as much as I’d avoid him in real life, I can’t help feeling kind of sorry for him, too. How emotionally damaged do you have to be to do that to yourself?

Same. 5'2 and even 10 pounds makes a big difference in looking slim vs (in my head) stocky. The thing is, I bet to other people we look small and feminine by default based on our height. Just like I look at tall people and think they look strong and graceful. I think half of everything is just in our heads.

Ha, they’d just pull out, silly ;-p

People would probably have figured out after a couple years to only have babies in the colder months, when there were less mosquitos. They may not have figured out it was the mosquitos causing it, but they’d notice on their own that babies born in winter/spring didn’t have the disease. Depending how far back in time…

Was just thinking this. Ruining a toothbrush to save an old hairbrush doesn’t make much sense. Unless it was slated to be thrown away itself anyway.

I don’t necessarily agree with the correlation, but I also think she’s worth listening to. Just like the children of drug users or alcoholics are probably even more vehemently against those substances (unless they’ve fallen into it themselves), it makes sense that someone who suffered additionally due to porn would be…

You implicitly said if he was someone else he’d be in jail. Thereby implying he committed an illegal act (ie, rape).

Then why ISN’T it illegal for bosses to sleep with employees or professors to sleep with college students? A highschool is full of minors - the fact that they extend the age limit slightly to keep high school teachers in line makes sense. If a teacher is willing to sleep with an 18 year old, what’s keeping him or her…