it's definitely excessive, but i think that madrid's pr blitz is all related to messi's prior dominance and the sense that at least one of those awards (most notably in 2010, but you could also make the case for 2012 as well) was undeserved. madrid are loathe to have the ballon d'or "stolen" from him, and i think the…

But "social mores" are by definition particular, rather than universal. As numerous commenters have mentioned, it's acceptable for pre-pubescent girls to be topless at beaches and such in Russia, which means that's she's aware of and following the social mores there.

1) possibly it would be useful for you to learn that jokes exist, especially on the internet?

you were there when the british suffragettes first used the term "feminism" to agitate for women's voting rights?

except that's the universal standard for appetizers in portugal.

amen!

the lisbon thing doesn't seem that crazy at all to me - it's absolutely standard there to have a few small bite-sized dishes at the beginning of the meal that are then added to the check at the end.

this is the nicest thing those of us getting phds in the humanities are going to hear about our chosen paths for months.

i think it's pretty clear all the sexist assumptions in the film about women being better seen and not heard are a trap designed by ursula to sabotage ariel's chances with eric. after all, not only does it take sebastian and the rest of the gang's active involvement to eric even close to kissing mute ariel, but once…

Ah, so you actually have no idea what the fuck you're talking about. Good to know!

LOL @ "losing Nicaragua," as if the Somoza dictatorship was something that really ought to have been saved.

the woman in the story isn't pregnant; she's a mom with a child. which, yes, is moronic.

i cannot imagine a server less willing to put up with people brutalizing their steaks than the guys at peter luger's. they're old world.

But if your child really doesn't throw tantrums, then how do you know how you'd react in that situation? Maybe you'd be struck by a bolt of self-awareness and think, "Wow, my discomfort in the cold is not more important than the discomfort of the dozens of shoppers who are being directly inconvenienced by my child,"…

No, you live in a society, so you do your best to minimize the discomfort caused to others — which means that when your child is acting out, you step outside of your own narrow worldview and respect the people around you by dealing with it.

If it's irrelevant, then why are you commenting? Just got to scratch that troll itch?

According to your comment history, this is at least the second time you've melodramatically threatened to quit Jezebel in the last month — while also passive aggressively mentioning your gray status and how you're not one of the popular kids anyway. It's as though you're just desperate for people to beg you to stay,…

anything — be it the admixture of two sets of human genetics, or the production schematics of a cyborg factory — that is able to reliably produce such a high level of facial symmetry, neotony and sexual dimorphism over multiple version is frightening.

...Casillas didn't play for Barcelona, dude. That's the whole point of this article. And if you think that Casillas's trophy collection (especially his CL wins) came because "he " was not called upon to make spectacular saves to keep his teams in the game," then you've obviously never watched the 2002 Champions League…

it's really frightening how attractive this family is — even more so when you consider that brooklyn's at best the second-most beautiful beckham child, after romeo (who's also a model).