I give directions when asked, unless they are the people who stand directly in front of escalators that people are trying to get on/off of and pull out a map. If you do that you are dead to me.

I live in DC and I notice tourists asking other tourists for directions all the time. I find this mystifying, because it's really easy to tell a bunch of commuters in suits apart from tourists in flip flops and shorts.

I think this is offensive, but I'm still trying to wrap my head around the stupid. When are we going to get the benevolent robot overlords who rule us with fucking logic?

I'm as atheist as can be, but I like the idea of "modest" fashion lines. It's not like I'm dressing with T&A in mind for places like work, and office buildings are so ridiculously air conditioned that I'd probably appreciate clothing that covered a lot of skin while attempting some semblance of fashion.

Sorry, I misinterpreted the remark about having something you are proud of at your job as more enthusiasm than you probably meant it as.

People tend to be attracted to people with similar life experiences as them, both for friendship and romance, because it gives them common ground to form the basis of the relationship on. A PhD in, say economics, is more likely to find things in common with a lawyer, for example, than a high school dropout.

Not everyone has a personality where they have to have a job they love. I need to tolerate my job, but my interests lie outside my workplace. I work to have a paycheck to fund the things I'm really interested in.

Trust me, I feel where you are coming from. Very, very much.

What exempts religion from mockery? The number of people who believe? Half the country thinks the Republican Party represents responsible political leadership; I still mock Republicans. Why should religion have immunity?

Meanwhile thousands of white women are giving themselves skin cancer in tanning beds. If aliens visited Earth, I have to imagine they'd find our beauty standards really bewildering.

Where do you live that picnic in the park in mid-February is an option? Australia?

I can't even tell what's wrong with it, so I probably look even more ridiculous on the rare occasion I wear foundation. I wish face paint weren't a requirement for a "professional" appearance; I'd rather wear nothing than have to fret about doing it wrong.

You sound like an awesome professor. I wish more professors, and for that matter other university staff members, attempted to be a resource for their students in areas outside of their particular subject matter.

Hi. I'm from DC. Can you please explain what is this "fashion" you speak of?

Pretty much everyone in the world who had a hobby genealogist in their family has a long, long list of things to apologize for.

I wouldn't assume everyone knows exactly where their bank's ATMs are located. Not everyone frequently uses an ATM, and not everyone uses a bank that has ATMs on every corner. For that matter, not everyone lives in areas of the country that are densely populated enough to have any sort of ATM on every corner. Add to…

If you are white, and from a country that dealt in slaves, odds are you have at least one ancestor who owned slaves.

So... I am neither male nor female. Got it.

I have blond hair, and my eyebrows have always been a few shades lighter than my hair. On the plus side, eyebrow maintenance is largely irrelevant.

I would've loved to have visible eyebrows until I was in my 40s.