Yeah, I went to a Kanye concert once, and it was just awful. I was a fan of his at the time, so I was excited, but he came on sooooo fucking late - I think there were two hours between the opener and him - and then he just really sucked. At one point he went on a weird rant in the middle of Drunk and Hot Girls (which…

Oh, I assumed they were also bleeping out the words for the audio. Was that not the case?

Oh my god! You’re right! How did I never realize before! As a psychological transsexual (?), let me respond with the following argument, which I would consider at least equal in insight and logic to everything you have said thus far

I wish there was more room for simultaneously saying, “This is an adult woman who is responsible for her own behavior” and, “I feel bad for her; she never really had a chance.” Because you’re right; homegirl never really had a chance. She briefly tried to be awesome, and her mother smacked her down. I don’t like her…

Yup. Solid parenting, Bill! Now I totally believe that you tried your best to be a good parent! I’m sorry that I didn’t before, but the way that you publicly and officially abandoned your child has me convinced!

Oh. My. God. I will try this one more time.

I absolutely agree with you, and I also now want a pissing contest about weirdest familial and/or relationship entanglements. This thread is fucking fascinating. It kind of makes sense that people would end up with the ex of whoever their ex cheated with, but I would never have guessed this many people would have…

That is exactly how I feel about it! I just checked the lyrics, and I have no basis for feeling so strongly that it’s a song about a woman whose eyes are entirely open to the fact that her partner is kind of a dog but she wants to keep him anyway, but I really do. To me, it’s a heartbreaking moment in the life of a…

I have very little basis for thinking this, but I always felt like it was a song about a woman in fairly dire straits who was depending on a kind of shitty man to keep her and their family afloat. Like, she loves him, but I never got the feeling that she was blind to his faults. It seems more like she absolutely knows…

Right? I am so intrigued, because maybe there is a dark underbelly of club pet adoption about which we don’t know, but I am also so confused, because that sounds absurd.

Do people use both surnames? My assumption was that, without the hyphen, people would just drop the first surname. Do they not?

That is why I included the caveat “with the ability to fight the case in court.” I also included in my first comment that Bill has the money to do so. In each of my comments on this subject, I have made a nod to the fact that obviously not everyone can afford to take this to court, but if someone can and doesn’t, they…

Lax means exactly what I quoted it as. And what you linked to. There was no need for you to start being a jerk by calling other people’s ability to do their jobs into question based on a casual internet comment. I use the word “casual” here, since we’re defining all our terms, to mean “relaxed,” suggesting that the OP…

I’m just obviously a woman. I said it several times in this thread, and also I am arguing for keeping my name, which makes it pretty clear that I am a woman.

Oh I absolutely assumed he was a guy! I felt a little guilty about assuming it, though, so thanks for the reassurance!

Customs forms. Boarding passes it doesn’t matter I don’t think? They always tell us going between our two countries that you can only fill out the same customs forms if you have the same last name.

I totally get that; it’s a pretty impassioned debate!

I mean...thanks for the dictionary link?

Oh, that’s because I assume he is lying. Was that not clear?

I have just met too many people who don’t see their kids and have all these bullshit reasons about how it’s their terrible ex’s fault that then fall apart upon closer questioning to believe this. Like, sure, Goldie cheated on him. That sucks. That just isn’t what we’re talking about right now. We’re talking about…