They should have just given her a new number or let her switch with someone, or not included a 666 tag at all. I would be uncomfortable if I was assigned some randomly-selected string that had common negative connotations. I'd make a stink if the DMV tried to give me a randomly-generated license plate that said…

It really depends on how many person-hours they could put in. If the decoy program could be distributed to a large network of volunteers using their own computers, then 20k might be lower than expected. On the other extreme, we might be talking about an office with ten computers capable of running the decoy program.…

Serious question- how do you feel about people who buy what they believe to be explosives from undercover agents? Or the folks who try to hire someone to commit a murder, but get turned into the police because the person they approached wasn't actually a hitman?

It's not really that weird to have multiple first dates in a week... When I was doing the online dating thing I had three guys cancel dates because they'd had a great first date after they'd made plans with me. I certainly wasn't offended by the fact that I wasn't their only date for the week. And I sometimes ended up…

Might be a glitch in the site's sorting algorithms? If a dating site popped up with "Hey, check out this unirregardless fellow! He lives 3 miles away from you in [totally different state]", I'd probably click just to see what was going on.

The height thing I can believe, but the beard vs no beard results seem strange to me. I know more women who are firmly anti-beard than women who prefer beards. Are you sure that the two photos were equally flattering (similar clothes, lighting, setting)? Maybe my friends just weird in their dislike of beards...

Even in more-liberal Christian communities where many couples engage in premarital sex, you often see a stigma against living together before marriage. It's not as much of an incentive to early marriage as prohibiting premarital sex is, but it's still a factor for a lot of couples.

Yeah, the not knowing how to shower thing is surprisingly common. As teens, my brother and I shared a bathroom. Whenever our shower was out of shampoo or body wash I'd either grab a new bottle from the pantry or add it to the shopping list. But I guess he thought there was a "new shampoo fairy", because when I left…

Yeah, the wording is weird, especially describing Agius as a "critic". You can criticize some aspect of a law while still supporting its passage, I don't think "critic" was the right term to describe someone in that position.

How does "graphic" invalidate any of that? Technically, the use of the word "graphic" means that you'll see the listed things clearly, as opposed to being implied or partially hidden. Informally, "graphic" is used to describe everything from nudity to bloody images of violent death. It's hard to imagine a more general…

I think he means it doesn't go far enough. Allowing infants to receive a birth certificate without having to choose a gender is good, but it's kind of hard to appreciate such a small bureaucratic policy change when you consider the fact that currently, people are allowed to cut off a baby's penis with zero medical…

I think the waiver should be a little more explicit. I would probably have assumed that "Scenes of ... adult sexual content" meant naked people or actors in sexual situations or sexual speech.

Reading PDFs, answering emails, participating in online discussion boards, working on essays (easier with a keyboard but possible on an ipad), using reference materials, flashcard apps, etc. When I was taking an Anatomy and Physiology class I bought an anatomy atlas app- worth every penny, because you could see…

Two+ people on one income is definitely harder, but being in a two person, two income household can save a TON of money. Living in a 1-bedroom apartment with my boyfriend means my share of the rent is 200-300$ less than if I was splitting a 2, 3 or 4 bedroom apartment with roommates.

I don't think anyone can really explain why they like feeling pretty and wearing nice clothes on vacation. I can't- I just know that I like it. Looking cute in a new bathing suit on the beach or buying a pretty dress makes me happy. Finding a weird looking hermit crab on the beach or buying a new video game also makes…

For an individual woman who's just been assaulted or harassed, reporting is a gamble. If she's believed and her attacker is punished, it can make the event significantly less traumatic. If she's not believed, if she's insulted or mocked or humiliated, then the original trauma is multiplied, and the attacker may be…

It's sad because it reflects how pathetic most US news coverage is when it comes to other countries' internal politics. I don't think it reflects negatively on you. I'm pretty sure I only learned what an MP was from Doctor Who.

I'd guess it's more generally a "Pay the lawsuit/settlement costs if an employee is caught committing a crime while on the job" policy. When you employee thousands of people, you have to consider the possibility that one of them will assault, steal from, or sexually harass a member of the public.

Well, first thing to think about is whether some kind of non-daily-pill hormonal birth control might work for you. Maybe the ring/patch/shot would have the same beneficial hormones and you wouldn't need to take a pill everyday.

I don't think my dogs experience guilt exactly, but they do behave differently when they know they've done something I'll disapprove of. It's a reaction to my predicted response, not my actual response, because their "guilty" (really submissive) behavior begins before I see what they've done.