This is true in Japanese as well—20 is "ni juu". Ni means two, and juu means ten.

Amen.

I see "Rapistscan." Fail, TSA.

Oh fuck, I know this guy. As in, have gone to his house multiple times, know his ex-wife and 5 kids know him. I won't say how I know him to protect my identity, but I will say that his divorce from his ex-wife was allegedly because he was cheating on her with other men and women in the church, so I wouldn't be…

My relationship is interfaith and interracial, and my best guess as to why they don't conflict is because we have different faiths, but about the same level of adherence to that faith. We go to church and temple occasionally, I don't care that he doesn't believe in Jesus (and he doesn't care that I do), and for both…

My old boss married her husband when she was 18, got divorced at 22, and remarried him at 50. Funny how life works out!

Yea, that's the fishy part. Being afraid to come out (and I'm an alum who used to work with the Core Council for LGBT students) doesn't excuse using a made-up story for sympathy votes.

My best friend used to tutor him (we both went to ND) and said he was dumb as a box of rocks, so I thought he just fell for it, but what's posted down thread seems to confirm that he's in on a scam.

This is what I'm afraid of—my mom had natural triplets. Thank goodness for Mirena!

I think rewards and bribes are a little different for kids. A reward is a prize for good behavior that's already been demonstrated; a bribe is a prize for good behavior that may or may not occur in the future. The latter gives a lot more power to the kid, and many parents reward their children for meeting the minimum…

I agree. I think, at the very least, a sense of safety comes from numbers—being one among many instead of the only one, which is a valid and necessary reason for minority spaces.

Well, a gay bar is (or should be) safe in the sense of "free from the discrimination you face in a majority of spaces". So people can go there to avoid:

I agree—he said himself the song worked better sung by a woman.

Yeah, she's certainly shrewd. I just wonder what machinations take place that allow her to take top credit and walk around saying, "I wrote _____." The most egregious example is "Irreplaceable", which Neyo (quite obviously) wrote.

I lost respect for her given all if her song and dance theft controversies. Not sure if she's too dumb to understand ownership of creative works or just manipulative of lesser-known artists. And having your name listed first in songwriting credits when you contributed two "uh-huhs" and a "yeah" is just classless.

Easiest analogy on intention vs. action: If I walk down the street and step on your foot, what is my intention? To walk down the street. What is my action? Hurting your foot. Maybe you care about whether I apologize for stepping on your foot, because "it wasn't my intention", but that doesn't mitigate my stepping on…

No, it makes sense; the omission just confused some people. No worries. :-)

Maybe s/he meant the "myth of meritocracy"? That's the only thing that makes sense.

Including "white" makes a statement classist? Does not compute.

Right? Whitley Gilbert-Wayne, anyone?