Did you ever watch Nurse Jackie? I stopped having cable after the first season or two, but there was this scene where a man had most of his fingers sliced off, and the only reason he got most of the reattachments covered was because Jackie got on the phone with the insurance company and reminded them that the man is…

I honestly don’t get why vision and dental are separate. I mean, other than price gouging, or whatever other greed angle. It’s just that - my eyes and my teeth are part of my *body*. So.

I have a little tough love, friend: if this is a typical sample of your writing, then it’s time to move on. This is not the career for you. I’m sorry, but you are not particularly good with words. Study a trade, listen to other people’s voices, work on your writing on the side. You might get better. I mean that! If…

There are good points here, about the problems in the child support system. What is missing is the slightest hint of awareness that he has, in fact, left all the difficulties and responsibilities of child-rearing to his exes. I see no sympathy for the women to whom he can’t pay support. The bit where the question of…

Any legal experts here? I would like to know why someone who did something so violent is level 2 only.

Something that I see again and again in a lot of serial predator cases: different jurisdictions not communicating with each other. If charges are not brought, often a local police department doesn’t turn up a record of other allegations outside their jurisdiction. The record is there, if they LOOK HARD, but they so…

Yes! This too. Some of these questions just may not adequately measure what they intend to measure. Because even I, for a minute, thought yeah, getting a condom indicates consent in that moment, and I’m someone who understands the scenario you describe and would recognize that it isn’t consent in those circumstances.…

I think it is like this: If while they were living, they made a decision about their body, they made that decision while living, and I think there is something key there. Maybe it’s that the benefit of respecting that person’s living decision, is for us. It reinforces the concept of bodily autonomy, which is good.

This is a little off-topic, but I have a sincere, if ambiguous answer to your question.

I can see that she might like arguing with him to keep in practice. He’s the worst, but when he feels like it he’s skilled at crafting argument. Sometimes he just says nonsense because fuck it, he has a lifetime appointment and he’s old and he’s an asshole and he can, but when he’s good. . . Not a lot of people can…

Some of the questions seem oddly framed. Like, I might say that getting a condom out is consent, but I also understand that consent is an ongoing process, so getting the condom out doesn’t mean consent cam’t be revoked.

I know! That was a supporting comment, not intended to argue against yours :)

Yes, they are! And as such, they know when to disappear for a while when I want to create in text something that evokes the rhythm of the speech I would make were we having this conversation aloud. They are good friends, and they know when punctuation has my back.

Or maybe learning not to make lazy jokes based on gender/racial stereotypes/hahafatpeopleamirite actually makes you a better comedian? I honestly think there is nothing one can’t joke about and that humor can help us navigate the most painful subjects and thorny topics. I also think that generally, trying to avoid…

Yeah, if it’s over the counter, it’s probably an out of pocket expense.

My favorite thing about Bernie Sanders is that anytime someone asks him if we should do whatever lefty thing he answers something like “Yes, obviously, but ten times harder than that”.

And I know you are, but as a Texan, I see so many people who are genuinely callous about it. I will take every opportunity to explain why that doesn’t work, even if I’m pretty sure the person is kidding and/or generally great, like you. It’s more addressed to everyone who reads your comment and thinks, “yes!” to…

See, I still think that non-progressives who vote against their own interests, or who are just too busy working and trying to survive to really think about it still deserve to have their rights protected. But at least you acknowledge the existence of the progressives who, like me, live in red states, and that “just…

I would also add that I am lazy and can restock all my basics, throw in a few cute and trendy things, pick up that E.L.F. lip scrub that I like, get my boys bathing suits and flip flops for the summer, find something really cute on major sale, not spend more than I can afford, and get in and out in like, half an hour…

This happens to me almost every day. Like now. Quality is inconsistent, but that works both ways. I have a really comfy pair of pants I bought 6 weeks ago that have a seam coming undone already. I also have yoga pants from there anywhere from 5-12 years old that are still going strong in regular rotation.