Yes, you’re exactly right. Local laws do apply! And, yeah, not accepting cash does seem like a way to cull un-banked clientele. Which is very bad.

No, I’ve just worked in retail, and have had experience in this area. Both in terms of the law regarding payment acceptance, and in customers not paying attention to signage. :)

A private business may set whatever policy they like regarding forms of payment accepted, as long as it is established before a transaction occurs and the customer incurs the debt.

Why do I suspect that “belittling him” was probably more like “Would you pass the salt?”

Hah! That reminds me of when syphilis came to Europe (from Columbus’s crew), it was routinely described in Italy as ‘the French Disease’, and in France as ‘the Genoan disease.’ Gotta find somebody else to blame!

Pepe LePew kinda had to be French, you know?

If Zoe convenes Shade Court, I will tune in every week.

I watched the debut out of solidarity with black-ish. I didn’t hate it by any stretch (12/10 would audit Charlie’s class), but as a Certifiable Old, it’s not something I’ll stay with. Too busy scolding Kids Today off My Lawn.

Are voice-to-text programs any good at that kind of punctuation? Commas surrounding ‘like? That’s a level of grammatical correctness rarely seen on the Twitter.

Gee, Tom, I just wanted to make movies, too! But then Harvey Weinstein raped me and blacklisted me straight outta the bizness!* I too wiiiiiiish I could just make movies without all this...this... noise! Gah!

I think too that purse-string holders fear denying the demands of a (white) man. They fear being held in low regard by them, whereas they do not have that fear re: women. Also, it’s a slap in the corporate face if a man jumps ship due to being undervalued — it makes you look bad!

I’m not so sure. We know he’s got them binders full of women; who know what-all else he’s got bound?

I...don’t get the outrage. Are we working on the assumption that every song performed by a singer is an autobiographical claim? Because that’s...just stupid. Cher didn’t write that song, anyway, ffs.

But divorce doesn’t feed your need for spite and vanquishing your enemies. And it might cost you (gasp!) Money.

I dunno. The number of dudes who think I want to fuck them just because we made eye contact as we passed each other on the street would suggest this is a more common phenomenon that you contemplate.....

The young woman who took over the state Dem party in Oklahoma has been getting terrific results so far. Really good flip rate:

It is a TOTAL guilty pleasure of mine. I hate myself for watching every single episode, and yet I’m delighted to have several eps to flip to every Sunday morning. Sigh. I feel confident, however, that the SOS show is a bridge too far for me. What a relief!

Sometimes hate is the only correct response.

Right? The LW is all ‘his problem’, but it’s really her problem. He’s texting just fine, according to his phone and inclinations. She’s the one that’s having the problem. Which is not to say she’s not allowed to view this as a problem, but it’s not his.

FWIW, my piece of shit Ford Escort from the 1980s had infinite speed wipers. I didn’t have electric windows, but my wiper game was lit.