I live in north Seattle not far from Boeing, an awful lot of my friends who didn’t go to college or join the military instead began working at Boeing right out of high school. Most of them as mechanics, hence in the machinists union. They’re all doing just swimmingly thanks to their union benefits but all but one of…

My dad’s closest work friend is like this. Vehemently against the social safety net - except in his wife’s case, who receives disability benefits.

That's what I would expect from her. She's very much the kind of person who is only enlightened when an issue directly impacts her. The only moral abortion is her abortion. In fact... I almost hesitate to say this because speculating about the personal lives of others is gross... but I wouldn't be shocked to find out…

This isn’t a court proceeding. There is no burden of proof.

I’m sure I just read about a study that linked more frequent cursing to higher intelligence and vocabulary. I’ll try to find it and provide the source.

She isn't criticizing what the commenter finds attractive? Just that it's backhanded to say to someone "you're pretty but you're not hot but hey it's cool that you're confident."

When giving compliments, leave it at "you're pretty and I like your dress." Not "You're pretty and I like your dress but you're not hot." Like, you're complimenting her and in the same breath undermining her. It's... it's basically negging. Are you negging her?

Had this argument over Christmas. Friend thinks problems are because government is too big and can’t effectively administrate a nation as diverse as this. Believes instead in a ‘compassionate private sector.’ I drank a lot of wine.

ETA: the worst part is that his beliefs are left leaning... but he believes in 'state's…

The importance of representation never really hit me until seeing this movie. I’ve always loved my fantasy/sci-fi anyway and I’ve always found ways to relate to and identify with the few women there are. And I’ve always loved Star Wars. And I’ve always thought Leia was bamf. But having this trilogy center on a woman?…

3 and counting for me!

I got one for Christmas and holy crap it is the cutest thing in the world. I just let him roam around the house while I'm going about by day and it's awesome. Kills the battery on my phone but totally worth it.

That.... can't be serious can it?

I'm pretty sure he's referred to as he in the movie

Yeah, I've been commenting here for years. And yet still grey.

I think that Kylo Ren got some facial injuries, possibly disfiguring, in the battle with Finn/Rey. Mutilation and disfigurement has been a running theme with the Star Wars villains so it would make sense - I suspect that Kylo Ren's mask will stay on throughout the next installments as his training is complete and his…

My family is English and all the married men do wear wedding bands. I think some of the men didn't when they worked in physical jobs where the ring may have gotten damaged, but I wouldn't say it's the norm in England for married men not to wear bands.

Oh my god that person is an asshole I'm so sorry

“I’d vote for Bernie, though. I don’t agree with anything he says, but at least he’s telling the truth.”

I had no idea the whole not believing women about their interests thing extended into politics too. Like, I had a dude grilling about star wars last week when I mentioned that I managed to get tickets for Thursday night but... I don't know what I'd do if I were like "yeah I'm a democrat" and some dude demanded that I…

Aside from the fact that it's always a spectacular failure, the reason these "Look at me I'm so relatable!" ventures bother me so much is because, dude, I don't *need* you to be likable. I need you to be not evil. Being likable helps, sure. But for fuck's sake, the issue you're having with voters is not because you…