The dropping of the ability to donate anonymously was perhaps one of the stupidest decisions ever made by our legal system. All it means is that we now import just about all of our sperm from countries where it is still legal, like the US. Now you’ll super double plus never be able to find your bio dad, kids! Even…

Wow. Thank you for linking me to those run scores. I had no idea they were that low, for women. In my age bracket, nearly 16 minutes is a “perfect” score for a 2-mile run? What in the world? That is utterly bizarre; I’m an avid jogger myself so this isn’t a particularly fair comparison, but I’ve seen newcomers work up…

First off: thank you for your insights, and taking the time to write this out for me. I’ll admit my own bias, here: my husband is infantry, and he’s never had anything but positive things to say about the few women he’s served with, but he is - as you say - too young to remember when things were any different. To…

I appreciate that you have a personal investment in this particular subject matter, but you’re not going to convince anyone of your point of view, or the “pig-ignorance” of the opposing view, but cherry-picking a few wrong-headed comments (of which there are many about any given subject on any internet form) whilst…

Lol do you feel the burn of them not actually lowering standards, but women passing anyway? Do you?

They are where I live, because feminists fought for it, and NOW and other feminist organizations backed the lawsuit to add women to selective service back in the 80s in the US. Unlike here, they lost that suit to a group of social conservatives; if you’d like to direct your ire to you actual opposition, it would be…

Oh I agree. Here in Canada the Combat Fitness Test has been unisex since combat exclusion ended thirty years ago, and just recently the generalized fitness test for all service members was made unisex - and involves carrying/dragging upwards of 250lbs.

They didn’t, though. They even had observers on site to make sure that the female soldiers didn’t get preferential (or worse) treatment.

Oh dear god this is one of the most annoyingly hypocritcal positions I come across with frequent regularity re:women in the military.

Honestly I have been waiting for this for years. Being nickeled and dimed for being 2lbs over the weight requirement when there is someone behind me who just squeaked in under the weight requirement for luggage BUT WEIGHS OVER 100LBS MORE THAN ME. We both paid the same ticket price, so honestly, I feel like I’m…

Can we somehow block my husband from ever reading this? Because I like Deadmau5 and he likes Skrill and this is going to win our next five arguments for him or so.

“Judgement” is actually the proper UK/Canadian/Australian spelling. But then, this is a US-owned website, so... *shrug*

The trial by combat itself wouldn’t constitute “due process”? Interesting, thanks for the info. I wonder why it was never explicitly banned over there, or rather, when the ban was attempted, it was blocked?

As a non-American, educate me: does he have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting to do this? I’ve heard the US legal system is, for lack of a better word, extremely legalistic, and everything has to be explicitly spelled out. If it’s not explicitly spelled out, there’s not as much “common sense” wiggle room as other…

Known in the present day less poetically as the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

How did grizzled white Regis give birth to Asian pop star Noctis?

Yeah, no, I suggested there might have been other options, you immediately accused me of victim-blaming. And now you’re trying to switch roles, because you look like an absolute moron. Fortunately, it’s way too late to edit any of your comments in kinja :3:3:3

Yes. Suggesting there might have been options here aside from murder is victim-blaming. No one ever successfully leaves an abuser unless they kill them dead.

So you think _murder_ was her only answer here? Is that what you’re insinuating? I mean shit, just join the army. They’ll pay for your housing, even. And it’d be straight up illegal for them to stop her from showing up at boot camp. Besides, you’re 18. If your parents are “in control” of your bank accounts, go down to…

So, like, why not just move out. You’re over 18, you have “jobs.” They literally can’t stop you. Rent an apartment, pack your things, and leave. Then you can do whatever you want.