I think this joke is in poor taste (and also not funny) but in defense of Fact Robot, you and others keep asking “why would someone find this funny?” and she is just answering. I can’t help but feel like some of the replies here seem to insinuate that Fact Robot is defending the joke when she’s clearly only explaining…

If the difference between consent and no consent is the difference between sexual harassment and no sexual harassment, then yes—you must get consent before you prank someone. This is because if you do not, what you have done is not a prank, it is sexual harassment.

This is meant as encouragement, not advice: you probably do not need the expensive MFA. I have known a few people who reached out to publications and were published (one with only a GED to her name) and Jezebel, in particular, has lifted up commenters who have gone on to become writers before. If you’re inclined I’d…

Just FYI it is extremely easy to get a medical card in CA. And I don’t mean you should lie: basically every single adult I know has some real and true issue that can be solved by cannabis (insomnia, old sports injury, bad back, etc.)

I support you. Jumanji was good. Kevin Hart and the Rock are funny playing off each other.

Whether your company owns the widget depends on what kind of widget and under what circumstances it was made, to be honest. The initial need is irrelevant, legally speaking.

... there’s nothing suspicious though?

It’s really not clear from the Eater article. It appears that, at a minimum, she considered herself an employee. But I’ve known people who referred to themselves as employees who were independent contractors and vice versa. Even if she was being paid as a regular employee, if she can show she had to provide a certain…

It depends... A lot of social media marketing people operate as independent contractors technically, since they often use their own equipment—phones, computers—to do their jobs. (And because small businesses hate taxes and prefer 1099’s.)

If you were to compare this to a logo design, that absolutely would not be a frivolous situation. At least in the U.S., designers own their designs at the moment of creation, unless the design is produced by an employee of the company itself (a la the Nike logo) the company only gains copyright when it is transferred…

I’m all for helping the letter-writer, but also about helping me, so let’s have a thread about suits that support giant boobs. And FYI I am not referring to “curvy” DDD’s ...no, I mean bra sizes like 40 I. Breasts that require rigging.

He has been very good in Outlander. (The show is much better than the books, less stupid boring sex and more intrigue, war, etc.)

You’d have to do a *lot* of coke to bite somebody at a party. Like, a gross coke-addict might be way gone and super high and bite, but somebody just getting high at a party??? That would require too much cocaine.

Just out of curiosity, what would you consider an “easy” major?

You’re an idiot, but worse, you’re a poor writer. Let me count the ways:

Here’s a primer on what “moving goalposts” in an argument means:

Your original point was that Edie was making the story up or that it didn’t happen: she didn’t, it did. You moved the goalpost to saying that it was a fake story, but it hasn’t been denied by the airline despite being widely publicized, so it appears an altercation occurred. Your next moved goalpost after that was…

You are not dedicated to knowing the truth.

So you didn’t actually read the linked Twitter thread. Hint: it isn’t about getting money, it’s about respect and uneven service.

So, are you suggesting that she completely fabricated that Twitter thread, or...?