I understand the use of the asterisk, but can I inquire why "transwoman" is not acceptable and "trans woman" is? I have always used "trans woman" just because that's how I've seen it written but I had no idea making it one word was offensive.

You just blew my mind.

Indeed we do!

If you can find me an affordable pair of ladies' dress pants that doesn't make me feel like it's a prison uniform and never needs ironing, and additionally is figure-flattering, I'll take eight. Until then, your point is moot.

Cute. That's what they all say.

It's not about how tall she is, it's about how tall her attacker is. There are much easier ways for a person who is smaller than their attacker to manage a break with an arm bar. Unless he's trying to choke her I wouldn't immediately jump to over the shoulder.

You have little faith in your children's ability to master pants that aren't jeans I guess.

I am talking about an arm bar. You need decent placement of your arm on theirs to make it work. You can do it from a ton of different positions but I think it'd be hard for a novice to pull off without knowing the magic spot. It's not a brute strength move, it's about the way the body bends (or doesn't). I find it…

Actually, if you have the right arm position on their elbow, more well-muscled men go down easier than their more flexible counterparts. With no experience with what that feels like though, it would be difficult or impossible for a novice to do.

Over your shoulder is not a recommended arm break position for someone who is much shorter than her attacker. It can be done, it's just not what I would suggest.

You can break an elbow with just 35 lbs of pressure, so most people are completely physically capable of it. Throwing your body weight into it would end that pretty quick. It *would* be difficult to get the grip you need though against someone who is fighting you, even if you have some basic training and especially if…

You don't have to "prepare" kids for every stupid reality of adulthood. You know what prepares them for that? The first couple years of being an adult.

Your chores and allowance examples aren't analogous because they both involve a skill set. Wearing a tacky blouse with special handling instructions any idiot can do.…

No. There's no reason to smash kids into a bullshit corporate culture that hates when you're comfortable or wearing something you didn't need to iron at the age of 15. A lifetime of that shit after the age of 20-22 is enough, goddammit. If you're so worried about kid's just wandering around their corporate jobs in…

Triumphant farts are the best farts.

What is happening with the half-bride, half-groom getup? Is she marrying herself Sue Sylvester style?

At least a pipe broke and it got covered in mud. The backup dress was way nicer.

I guess? I mean milk in bags is still milk, it doesn't raise your cholesterol. Although it is dumb, we don't have that where I live.

Can we not operate schools based on the shitty boring rules of corporate culture? It's bad enough I have to spend my entire life after age 20 in this wasteland, if I'd been doing it since high school I'd already be dead.

They literally put butter on crackers. It's a regional thing. My husband's family does it too and they're from Ontario.

Not really, we know what is up because they all live out west now. Ever been to a Newfie bar? Because we have one in Edmonton. The greatest mystery of Newfoundland is how they eat salt pork without vomiting.