Nah- you trusted your first instinct, and that's the right call. If it was borderline racist, you really don't want that associated with your name: the internet has a long memory, and it realistically could very much affect whether a future client considers you for a job. Professionally and morally it definitely…

I think "feminism" is a pretty broad label these days... I know the specific argument of "men can't be feminists because they don't experience the struggle" was a particular school of second-wave feminism, and but feminism as it presently functions isn't a unified movement: there are feminists who would continue to…

Not sure how to read it, but is it possible that their "new pronunciation" actually makes it sound more like the German pronunciation?

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You also wonder, like who doesn't look/feel terrible after an 8 hour transatlantic flight?

Yeah, Turkey is also viewing a Kurdish state in Iraq as a potential buffer zone between them and crazy stuff. As for Syria... I mean it's kind of understandable that Turkey is reluctant, given that there's still an ongoing civil war involving chemical weapons, and Assad has a real conventional army with anti-airpower…

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It's your house, and given that you still have panic attacks- it's entirely reasonable to deny someone who could trigger those, especially if you think he's going to be picking fights. On the other hand- I feel like at a family gathering you kinda have to give people a pass on politics... it never ends well, and…

Be honest- did they send down on a boat to search for the previous company man, "Captain Curtis" who went missing a few months before?

In fairness you don't have to go far outside a city for the jeans thing. I visited NJ for the first time, and hour from NY, and 10 minutes after stepping off the train someone made a comment about skinny jeans.

Don't open bill_paxton's picture; it's a graphic image of a murder scene. He's been posting it all over- not sure how the "report" system works. :/

Don't open the image by bill_paxton; it's a graphic picture of a murder scene. Dismiss the comment. I'm not sure how the "report" system works here. :/

These things are a big roll-over hazard, and also they're so heavy that driving them around on pavement destroys roads.

I dunno about adding a plow, but maybe they have an "mine flail" you could add to the front, which could do the same thing?

Yeah I'm kinda surprised Chow is so far behind... I figured that she had built up alot of good-will with Layton and the NDP, but the suburbs being a part of "Toronto" means she's probably a communist to them.

I imagine different places are liberal in different ways... like a friend who immigrated from South America in the 80s was shocked at how conservative he perceived North American Catholics to be- because he was raised in the liberation-theology tradition where helping poor people was more important than protesting…

Everyone has an accent to someone... Canadian tv talk is more neutral, you still won't sound like one of our anchors. :)

In regards to HarvestMoon's comment; I think a tip I would have is making sure boys are placed in environments where they don't interact only with boys, which for whatever reason is basically what they tend to default to in school or outside activities. Speaking from personal experience (as a male), equality isn't…

A young dog or a puppy will keep the older one active, and the younger one will also learn from it; sell your parents on that aspect, because it's entirely true. A younger dog will really help the older one, and keeping your parents company in the next years is just an additional benefit.

That sucks... border situations like that are awful. My vote is for make the best of it... I hear Arizona is a really beautiful if hiking or being outdoors is your thing.

I think the slow dampening of "back to school" is pretty standard... I'm in grad school now, and back to school shopping is going to Muji to buy a new $2 notebook and a new $2 pen that doesn't have the clip broken off.

Remember in highschool when you used to need like 10 binders or something ridiculous?

Oh wow... yeah, it still shows up on Google, but it's gone 404 when you click. I posted a comment on that I was somewhat proud of... I don't think the article was that great, but as a topic I'm sure it would generate a really important discussion about media priorities, and politics vs entertainment.