Touché.

Without spoilers, I'm pretty sure Tywin in no way wants another Joffrey. Tywin is pragmatic to his very core; he wants a genuinely capable king in the Seven Kingdoms because he knows what's best for the realm (in this case) is what's best for the Lannisters. I'm not sure who Tommen's aunt is (Sansa?) but if you meant…

This is kind of terrible, but it's very possible that it needs to be this blunt to have any effect. If you simply say "ask a coworker who's new or you don't usually talk to" people could very well continue to ask coworkers who look just like them, because that's who they're subconsciously more comfortable with.…

That's very optimistic to think that a Common Core would teach the governmental structure of other countries. I imagine things wouldn't change that drastically; high school students would learn U.S. Government, but the only thing they'd really learn about other countries would be European history. I highly doubt my…

More people having access to it = better, at least to me. To each their own.

Isn't that the Queen of England? I thought Canada was independent from England, although they probably declared independence more politely than the US. (I actually know next to nothing about our northern neighbors other than Vancouver is fucking beautiful and they have much better healthcare than we do.)

It was not uncommon back in the day for low level players to get a mage port or warlock summon to Shat (or Dal, later) for the sole purpose of hearthing there so they could then use the portals and move around the game world much faster that way.

I was raised in the UMC church, and I assure you the Methodists have had their own angst and trauma surrounding gay pastors. They are far from a monolithic group. Churches tend to reflect the views of their parishioners, so the blue state/urban churches view the issue very differently than the red state/rural…

Yeah I learned more about the organizational structure of BSA in the last five minutes than I knew in my entire life. I thought it was just the boy equivalent of GSA + asshole behavior.

Changing a lightbulb? Is this article implying that at one point in the past, the majority of women were all "Oh dear the light bulb is burnt out let me go find a man to fix it"?

I used to think it was weird when my parents were shocked that a song was on an Oldies station, because obviously if you got to the point where the songs of your youth were on the Oldies station you'd know you were old and should be expecting it.

I got this SOOOOO MUCH working in a bookstore.

Human beings have always loved watching the humiliation and misery of others. We had the Colosseum in Rome, the stocks in medieval Europe (and witch trials!), and probably any number of other ritual humiliations I am blissfully unaware of.

Is there anything that we can do to help them? It seems like they'd be eligible for asylum, so if the only obstacle is finding the cash for them to escape the country, then I'd be happy to contribute to a fund for that.

Are atheists in other countries better?

When a steak dinner is the same cost as a month's rent, that problem will solve itself.

My first thought upon reading this was "Jesus, really? There has to be a better way."

I'm assuming he doesn't think it's cute when she doesn't know how to use the saw because he's actually irritated as fuck she asked to use the saw and didn't mention she has no idea what she's doing with it. Which is an understandable reaction to have. At least she didn't ruin the perfect amount of lumber, because it's…

Well there's a big difference between knowing where your ancestors came from and finding it relevant to your everyday life. I know exactly where my ancestors came from; multiple family members of mine took an interest in genealogy and reported their findings, not to mention the school projects I mentioned above. Do I…

i don't even have a good grasp on what my ethnic makeup is, and i'd bet many americans are similar to me in this way.