Because you realize gun shots are not quick and painless right? Not always. Plus you also have a lot of clean up from a logistical standpoint. From a psychological standpoint, firing squads are what goddamn Nazis pulled on Jews at work camps (they didn't always burn or gas them and at one I visited in they actually…

When I studied human rights abroad and lived in the Czech Republic, a tour guide at Therienstadt (a work camp probably mispelling it while on my phone) told us to never forget that what your government does to one person or a group of people, they have the capacity to do to you, thus be mindful about what you allow…

Anytime someone says sharing economy or part of the share economy, it immediately raises my red flags.

They should be. Ironically, people I know in tech support who get on call shifts do get compensated extra for being on call, regardless if they are needed or not.

Except in the real world, that’s called waiting time. If I go to work at 8, scheduled until 5 and my boss says there is nothing to do, he cannot make me clock out until 11 when something shows up to do. If he lets me leave, that’s fine, but if he says you need to stay just in case something shows up, I’m not ACTUALLY…

For the interview of my last retail job, I straight up lied and said I was Jewish and Catholic, so I needed Friday evenings and Sundays off. They wanted open availability and I was like, I’m sorry, my religion is deeply personal and important to me. I literally gave no fucks because my retail experience taught me…

Who was it? I feel like we should just start name dropping these asshole companies. It seems like social media reputation is the among the only fucks they give.

During that time I had friends at Banana Republic and Old Navy- both reported on call shifts. I don’t know if it store by store or district by district. We had fucking on call at DEB. DEB of all places.

You can set parameters for computer scheduling AND you can manually change things (I did at TJX, Target, etc.) so yes, it is possible, if not MORE so with today’s technology.

This is what always infuriated me about when people say oh minimum wage jobs- just get another one. I think if the retailer does this or can't give you consistent predictable shifts, you should get double minimum wage. If I can't schedule another job because you can't provide me a predictable schedule (and I ain't…

I am 100% for legalized sex work, but not only in the form of brothels. Brothel owners tend to be like this guy and make a majority of the cash. This guy is especially just gross.

LOL! I think too she mimics what she sees- especially because she was younger than the other girls when DMs started and they created so much drama (which she may or may not have been able to parse out as manufactured or not) so I think it is partly that too.

I think not just burned out but with all the work could blow out or destroy her joints with ALM’s style. I think Mackenzie was a little young for the fame foisted upon her (it makes a hard time adjusting) and yes it is really really obvious their mom favors Maddie, which I imagine also contributes to being not totally…

Yeah, I think Christy brought it up in convo once on the show because Maddie could dance more and Chloe went to a “real” school so she didn’t have that luxury to dance studio all day. It was funny because it was her classmates who were like, she doesn’t go here anymore, she only goes to dance now. Haha, which yeah I…

I’ve met them all (I live in Pittsburgh) and I have subbed for all the kids at some point. Melissa pulled her kids out of school so they could be home schooled (trust me, the cyber school program is a total total joke.) The nicest mom I've met is Kelly. Christy was pretty cordial but she was picking up Chloe from…

I did a neuroscience minor in college and I agree. I was a little la la la about drugs before taking a number of drugs and your brain class. It is very clear how drugs can affect certain parts of your brain’s production and role and repeated usage is just destroying an organ we can't really repair.

The problem with MDMA more so than dehydration when it comes to brain chemistry is that it causes serotonin death. Your brain generally releases serotonin on a fairly even basis- with MDMA it releases it all at once, then your brain stops production for some time. This is very not good, especially as we aren't sure if…

I live in Pittsburgh and I used to live in Ohio- trust me- both sides would rather not be associated with each other, especially because Pittsburgh has such a strong identity on its own with the steel industry, emerging tech and medical industry, and our sports teams matching colors. Plus the topography is quite…

I wish we could just call these assholes unpatriotic and use that jingoistic fever people used during post 9/11-Iraq War run up for a more self serving purpose.

Capaldi has finally grown on me. It takes time when a new Doctor comes on :)