Yeah I have a relative who may or may not have been in the SS. Ser gut nicht.

I was about 11 I think. I was skating in front of the house in shorts (summer vacation) and this army convoy passing by had a wonderful time yelling what they'd love to do to me. I wasn't afraid, just sort of bemused. But I did go into the house until the convoy passed.

This is an April Fool's joke right? Clearly they'd never been to a Springsteen show before, or heard about them for that matter.

I have my own business under the umbrella of a larger company. Recently I got new clients and I'd been advising them regarding a business transaction. And they kept ignoring my suggestions until it blew up. As they're new, I can't say for sure that they ignored me due to gender but it's a safe bet. I had to go to…

Women are ignored and talked down to? Nonsense, you're just being hysterical!

Yeah but he likes a nice pair of slacks, which is totally mitigating factor.

I'm so happy for her. I just hope she gets sound financial planning advice, big lottery winners often don't get happy endings so I hope her case is different.

I'd love to see the close captioning. "Woof." "Grr."

I think this is one of those hard lessons for younger attractive women. Most of a young woman's value is still put on her appearance, and when she uses that to her advantage then she seems to become devalued even more and is truly considered just an object. Especially as you say by these rich, old misogynists. I…

Pedant away. I first heard it from the teacher so though I later learned it originated with Voltaire, I still give Mr. Becker credit for telling it to our class but not for the origination of the comment.

Yes because the teacher was too stupid to wait one damn day.

As far as I'm concerned if it's any kind of high school student (male or female) with a teacher it's gross. Simply due to the power imbalance. A 17 year old sleeping with a teacher is a bit less gross than say a 13/14 year old but it's still gross. The teacher is in a position of power and is the adult so it's not…

I see tourists of all nationalities doing deeply stupid stuff, but we Americans seem to do it louder than everyone else.

Perhaps it's just me but on the three occasions I've been to the Anne Frank Huis at no point did I think: "Let me get my tits out!"

Really? I wish someone had thrown her fanfic under the bus before someone published the damn thing. I read like two pages from a friend's copy and lost IQ points.

OK I can be one of those beauty misanthropes, who often doesn't get why some people are considered so stunning when they seem at best just above average. But this woman? She really is a rare beauty. And on top of that she seems down to earth and smart as hell. Yep, life's fair.

Thank you this has been educational, I don't know much about the legal system in Japan.

I just looked at the blurb on Amazon and it does sound really interesting. I'm currently reading a book about a British woman's experience in an Internment Camp in WWII France, so dark doesn't bother me but maybe I'll do a "light" book in between. Thanks for the rec!

They're just jealous the Rolling Stones never wrote a song about THEM.

That's nightmare fuel right there. But a 99% conviction rate for rape? How do they manage that? I'm guessing a LOT of cases just never make it to trial.