I’m not excusing the comment. I said it was ignorant. And you’re right, she wasn’t that young so I take that back. Yes, she was likely capitalizing for her political career, as probably every politician or person in power has done. That’s not an excuse, only an explanation.

I call it being a flexitarian. Was once handed plate of roasted goat in Kenya on Easter. Was not about to refuse.

That’s ridiculous. When cooking at home I don’t eat many carbs, but if someone made something for me I’d eat it and thank them. Unless you have an allergy or you’ve got celiac disease, have some manners.

Yes. Why so much crystal? I don’t understand. I received 26 picture frames for my wedding and one of them was crystal, with a swan, with my new, very unusual last name etched onto it. I’m a person that decorates with skulls. I mean... why???

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I once ate pork after 17 years of vegetarianism because I didn’t want to be rude to my hosts. It was fine, nobody died. Obviously the pig died, but that was before.

As a Muslim worrying every time she travels, and as a brown woman worried every time a white man looks my way, I’d have to agree with you.

Yeah, fish makes me sick and I’ve been a vegetarian so I’m not unsympathetic to people with dietary restrictions. But there is a polite way to let someone know that you really appreciate the effort they put into something but unfortunately it will make you ill if you eat it. These people’s dietary restrictions were…

Yup. Unless you will become physically ill, just take a bite and say a polite thank you. It’s not hard.

Oh, that is very low behavior indeed. They should have their passports temporarily revoked (leaving the US) for that. I am not a well-traveled person by any means, but everybody knows that when someone in a foreign country puts themselves out to cook either a local meal or a meal like one from home for you, you…

One of my most vivid childhood memories (I hate that THIS has stuck with me for nearly 25 years) was visiting a friend’s house and her mother made fish sticks and onion rings. I hated onions rings at the time, but I HATED fish sticks. Everything about them.

My father has a lot of flaws. But when he first met his in-laws my grandmother made meat loaf. He fucking hates meat loaf. But he ate everything on his plate. She offered him more and dammit if he didn’t accept and eat some more of the godforsaken meat loaf. That’s how you do it.

Every single person except her refused to eat the pizza because they were gluten free/vegan/carb free.

A friend of mine did a yoga trip/training in India. One night, their host who was Indian made them all pizza because he knew Westerners loved pizza. Every single person except her refused to eat the pizza because they were gluten free/vegan/carb free. She literally cried telling me the story. People are the worst.

Why won’t they say the phrase “radical Christian terrorist”? Trump won’t even say the words. Terrible.

I also appreciate that he isn’t named in the headline. The victim of his barbarity is recognized; he is not.

And, seriously, how many uncomfortable encounters do we want to estimate he’s had with women? I predict all of them. This is the face of a man who has told a woman “put the lotion in the basket” more than once, I’ll tell you what.

Don’t be delicate, be honest.

1st paragraph jobs: We must preserve these industries!

I love how “working-class” is a term to mean white and employed in manufacturing, repair services, energy production, agricultural production, or police and emergency services. God bless those people. They’re the salt of the earth.