Wait, are you sure it's supposed to be sympathetic to the dad's struggle? I haven't seen it, but if that's the premise, it seems likely that his character arc will be about learning to ease up and accept his kid's interests.

The kid asked if she could play in the park instead of hanging out in the McDonalds all day, as she had in the past. So yes, the mother 'let' her daughter do as she requested.

"Cross every single person off your Christmas or Hanukkah or Tet or Kwanzaa or Saturnalia list"

That's what all modern country music is like. You can't really hang that on them.

"Small pricing increases to offset labor costs are more than made up for from the customer's perspective by the 20% they're no longer being asked to tip. ... there are seven states where tipped and non-tipped employees have the same minimum wage:... California ($9, in the process of raising to $10)"

I'll apologize for the snark, which wasn't necessary, but I refuse to believe women who claim that they spend hours on hair and make-up "for themselves." I like make-up sometimes too, and I wear it to look attractive to other people. Full stop. I also don't then complain about the fact that other people now find me…

OK. All my sympathies then on your continuing struggle of being just so naturally and effortlessly adorable that you attract all the guys.

You seem like a lovely person.

I shouldn't really engage with you anymore, but here I go. First, I was not "offended" by your comment; I was simply bemused by it. I did not miss the phrase "asking nicely"; I misinterpreted what you meant, because your wording is very unclear. I see at least one other person read it the same way I did.

Sure, but when I put on a nice dress to go on a date, I don't insist that I'm doing it FOR ME and me alone. If someone questioned why I chose it, I would say, "I want to look nice for [the guy]." The desire to look good for other people is a normal impulse, which both men and women experience, and I don't see why…

The meaning or implications of your comment may not be as clear as you believe.

Wait, are you seriously claiming we've gotten "absolutely fucking nothing" in the history of feminism? That women have made no strides towards equality at all since the women's lib movement began?

I don't care if other women want to wear heels if they like them. Obviously it makes one's legs look better. But then why do you have to insist that you're doing it for yourself and not others? Doing something because it looks good = doing it for others. Unless you wear heels when you're alone in your home.

So, are the guys being rude and obnoxious when they hit on you or what? Because this really just reads as a humblebrag without much connection to the article.

This thread is painful to read. You're just saying that women shouldn't wear something they find uncomfortable and then complain about it, because no one is forcing them to wear that shit. Then all these people jump in to insist that they wear stilettos purely for their own satisfaction, with absolutely no regard…

Maybe people are ordering shoes online?

I guess I tend to subscribe to Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." He certainly may have had some other sleazy motives bubbling under the surface, perhaps ones that he himself was unaware of, but I think he was mostly dumb.

I actually think he is literally so stupid that he didn't catch on to her very obvious euphemisms for taking her business elsewhere. When she said, "I don't think we'll have a problem getting a comp for our group, but thanks anyway," any normal person can see she meant "getting a comp ELSEWHERE." But his responses…

Yeah, my impression from the headline was that the death was an accident from a large man unintentionally hugging with too much force.

That's fair.