Yeah, that's another assumption, that I work in a public library (I don't).

I am definitely a hot librarian.

Yeah, this is mostly from acquaintances or first dates. There's really no malice intended. In some ways, it's flattering based on their sense of what's important. They think I'm clearly so intelligent and articulate that I must have more ambition than being 'just' a librarian.

Thanks! I like it, most of the time anyway.

I don't like talking about my job, because most people make really insulting assumptions about it (I'm a librarian). This is how the conversations usually go on my end:

Wikipedia covers it pretty well. See also, fried chicken.

I don't know if she does this shit because she's unaware, thinks it's funny, wants to be down or genuinely doesn't care if she's rude or offensive.

YellowBurner just had to make sure you knew that s/he is so much MORE outraged than you! How dare you appear to be insufficiently outraged!

I didn't take Jolie's words to mean that they literally don't communicate in normal ways alongside the letters. If they're actually refusing to call or Skype the whole time to maintain a romantic fantasy, that is rather silly and inauthentic. But little fantasies like that can be a fun part of dealing with a…

Wow, that is ... not what I was expected.

Not pretentious. There's something undeniably special about a handwritten letter.

I don't think writing handwritten letters has anything to do with pretending you don't have any money. It obviously costs more than sending an email, with postage and the varying cost of the paper, if you use any kind of stationary.

Do you know if he's quiet with everyone or just with you? If you haven't already, it might help to spend some time with his friends and see if he has a different default.

I really doubt that DirtyMcGirty was referring to Stone, Green Flash, and Ballast Point when he was talking about all the shitty bandwagon IPAs. Those are very well-established brands that helped to start the craze for IPA. The problem is all the inferior breweries who noticed that those IPAs are popular and thus…

Too bad. Pilots sometimes have a drastically different tone then the rest of a show's run though, so there might still be hope for it.

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)"