You’re perfectly within your right to not want to eat something, but the fact that you don’t want to eat something does not mean you have the right to require it to be labeled. If everyone were to make their preferential choices labeled, we’d have books attached to each product rather than a label. Your bodily…

The difference is that GMO is safer, because they know the gene(s) being inserted, instead of hoping that nothing bad comes along for the ride. Other than that, it’s still foreign genes being added to the plant’s genome.

Can we please stop conflating traditional selective breeding with direct genetic modification. I get that it is great PR for GMOs as it makes them seem more homely and less scary, but people do know there is a difference.

Could be. I mean, I did get the reference, it just didn’t jump out at me and scream “Boo!”

Well, it took me a second to realize she was probably talking about cheesecake factory, so I can certainly see that someone would miss it. There isn’t a cheesecake factory near me for hundreds of miles, so it’s not like it would jump immediately to mind.

This just seems backward. Possibly because I’ve been used to the plates following the person, not the car, but I can see how this type of issue would crop up a lot. If the plates follow the car, and there is a warrant out on the plates, it will follow all subsequent owners (as in this case) and would seem to be an…

Why didn’t she get new plates? In Wisconsin, it’s not even legal for someone to transfer plates to anyone who isn’t a direct family member.

Exactly, I’m not easy to offend, and love to make sarcastic remarks, though I tend to not be offensive unless I really know the person I’m talking to, but an office that was laid back and not afraid of an occasional off-color joke wouldn’t be a red flag for me at all.

Depends on what’s going on behind the scenes. When I applied for my current job, the process took over a month, but the reason was that I was being hired to replace a woman who had worked at a satellite office that was used to kind of doing their things their own way. The manager of the team I would be joining wanted…

In cases where they ask you to put in your requested salary, I always try to aim just a little higher than I would actually settle for. If I really want 50k, I’ll put 55 or 60k. Them asking implies, to me, that they’re willing to negotiate, so I want to have a place to back down to if necessary. If that 5 or 10k is…

“ What would the first and last chapters be called in a book about your life?”

I’m incredibly introverted and hate confrontation, but I’ve never been afraid to ask questions, nor to answer questions when I know the answer. In fact, when I was in high school, I often found myself understanding what a teacher was trying (but in my opinion, failing) to teach the class, so if I thought I had a…

The adults doing this to 12 year olds, especially family members is just wrong. Let’s say that upfront.

You just proved his point. Condiment =/= sauce because there are condiments that are not sauces...and sauces that are not condiments.

To be fair, as the parent of a 2 year old, many of these “demands” make a lot of sense. My mother and, to a lesser extent, my mother-in-law have a tendency to buy my daughter things or make her things all the time. On one hand, I understand, she’s my mom’s first grandchild and my MIL’s first grand-daughter, but on the…

Yeah, anti-inflammatories would work at the site...can I blame it on typing too fast for my brain?

I was looking to see if anyone had said this already: ALL pain is mental, even with a cut or broken bone, the pain is being interpreted and felt in the brain. If the brain interprets pain, even without a physical cause, it will feel exactly the same. And as you say, even taking Tylenol or ibuprofen, you’re not doing…

My wife and I don't have joint accounts either, though we both have access to each other's account. Part of the reason is that I have my money in a credit union and she has hers in a bank, and neither of us wants to go to the other one. She likes her bank because they have ATMs all over the country (and world) so it's…

You know, when I read that story, I assumed the kid was thinking the "X" part of Pokemon X meant it was X-rated, or something.

I find a lot of these recommendations funny, or full of assumptions. My wife hates her job, she wants to leave, her company doesn't value her, her boss expects my wife to basically do her job for her, but gives her no authority to do so. (She's supposed to make sure the rest of the department is doing their jobs, but…