I'm white, skinny, cute as a button, upper middle class, and have never been the victim of abuse...but I'm short.
Everyone is giving you crap for this, so I just want to back you up here - your concerns are totally valid. That can wasn't designed to heat food in! And personally I wouldn't risk it.
Or, instead of taking 2 hours to bake in the sun attracting flies just cook normally for a better tasting dog. Leave the kitsch out of it. IT'S A HOT DOG.
Actually, there's very little research on intimate partner violence within LGBTQ relationships, but much of the better research on it suggests that rates of violence within same-sex relationships are roughly the same as rates within heterosexual relationships. If lesbians are beating each other up at the same rates…
One hot dog per can of Pringles, +/- 8 hot dogs in a package. Who eats that many Pringles to make this even remotely worth the effort involved in hacking the cans, dragging them to desired, grill-less sunny location, skewering hot dogs, waiting a couple of hours.... Eh, my head hurts.
Way to be an asshole.
I think your definition of "safe" is screwed up if you think eating hot dogs isn't "safe". Skydiving isn't safe. Cave diving isn't safe. Hotdogs are safe.
A smaller secondary point to the one you raised: I also found this really reductive and insulting to men who are married, have children and are not abusive monsters. The implication that the only reason they're caring and loving spouses and fathers is because of a government contract is pretty gross.
But obviously widespread access to firearms isn't the problem. It's, y'know, videogames or something.
I thought this was an Onion article when it was in my Facebook feed.
Oh my god, this is perfect for my tactical yoga sessions.
My godmother, a kick-ass, no-bullshit, straight-talkin' dame who works for the UNHCR, has precisely zero tolerance for celebrity dilettantes and tragedy-fuckers. Over the years, she's bluntly told any number of high-profile self-aggrandizers to jog on. So when she mentioned, after she first worked with Jolie in…
I can't believe a kiss negates absolutely everything she's ever done for the World.
Another bar tending story:
That said, I'm willing to bet they weren't willing to fight for their lives against someone they loved, who wasn't actually posing a threat to life and limb. It makes a difference.
Stuck on the mole at the edge of his nose. MOLEY MOLEY MOLEY. Mole. Mole. Poke it with a stick. MOLEY MOLEY.