Same. I rolled my eyes at the pearl clutchers and then rolled my eyes at the sunbathers. My campus has lots of places for people to sunbathe that aren't in the way of people playing, park fields are pretty important for active recreation.

I still find the way the issue is framed to be a problem. Ultimately, what the article is advocating is fine. It doesn't need to be framed as bitchiness though, nor does niceness need to be equated with being a pushover.

Seriously, right? I have a coworker who is a superior of mine/sometimes boss who is a bit sexist in some ways and it is of course infuriating. So when he says these types of things I tell him to fuck off (not literally, but just as firmly as a fuck you). But when he is being nice (which he is most of the time) I am…

I agree totally. I am pretty shy with people at first so everyone gets surprised when they find out I can be incredibly assertive. I hate this dichotomy of you can be an asshole and succeed or nice and fail. Not only is that false (you can be assertive and kind and get shit done), but do we really want to make a world…

Maybe. I guess I don't feel like people are more racist now than they were before, but the changing times just make it a hot topic. So people have "a reason" to be racist because they see a black man in power on their tv every day as a opposed to before when they didn't have to think about it.

It is sad, but I doubt it's getting worse. Teens just now have the ability to broadcast their dumb as fuck thoughts right into the sky.

I'm younger than you and think I might want kids, so I can't dispense any wise advice. But I'd say it's okay to change your mind and it's okay to not change your mind. You have at least another 10 years until you even have to start worrying about biologically having kids, right? Tell people exactly that. "I don't…

Sorry, but this is the opposite of basically everything community building teaches you. You don't improve a place by just talking about how much it sucks, you improve a place by building on the good that is already there. Not saying negatives shouldn't be discussed, but places from Pakistan to South Los Angeles, the…

Everyone is afraid of who they're repressing. Why do you think white racists in Western countries (particularly US and Australia) freak out about their increasing number of non-whites? They're afraid once a critical mass get enough power they will be treated the way they have treated others.

Yeah I'm approximately 100% certain that is the reason this is why it was written actually.

This wasn't a school assignment.

Perhaps, though it's not likely. Magnitude of crimes and all. Hitting your partner is a fucked up crime but it's a far cry from kidnapping, beating, raping, and imprisoning someone for over a decade. So it's easier to come back from.

I don't see how American women are obsessed with the royal family, but they get reported on here because they're celebrities. At least to us. We don't have royalty so they are oddities and something others may find interesting.

This is cool I guess but the word artisanal is the worst ever.

The internet has made me roll my eyes at anything bacon so much. I honestly think bacon fanaticism (and the like) stems from a backlash against the generally more sustainable and healthier mindset that has emerged in some facets of society. Yay for consumerist excess.

That's how payroll taxes are here and most people do their taxes to get money back unless they are super wealthy or/and self-employed.

That might be because with 50 separate governments in the US you are more likely to get a variation in laws. 5 out of 50 states don't have a sales tax. None of those states are even in the top ten most populous states. Hardly indicative of an American trend.

Uh you do realize the person that started this conversation was a Canadian trying to avoid higher taxes, right? I don't think anyone actually likes paying taxes no matter their nationality, but the vast majority know it's essential.

Not even close to as bad. Where is Jez's coverage of that?

My mother had her tubes tied at 31 after she had my youngest sister. I don't think it caused much of a physical change in her (weight, shape, etc) and I don't recall much of personality change either. But grain of salt, I was not even 10 yet when this happened.