To be fair, the writers of the show may just make it better overall than the books :) There was just a sort of ‘of *course* they’d go to America, because that’s the shining beacon of the world!!’ vibe that annoyed me (as a non-American). Especially when it wasn’t the only option at the time.

I’d watch the hell out of that.

Can’t speak for other countries, but for me (Kiwi) what I love about Empire-type stuff is that there is *history* there. I think it’s easy when you come from a long-established country/culture to forget that there is a beauty in having that continuity, in being able to stand in a square/touch a building and say…

I’ve only seen a little of the TV series, but in the books the whole ‘coming to America’ part was where the story jumped the shark for me. 

Exactly! All my kids wander ‘round singing Hamilton songs and we live in New Zealand (have no dog in this fight, so to speak). Also I love the pure psycho-ness of ‘You’ll be back’. It’s my favourite song to thrash on high volume on my commute home from a frustrating day at work.

I’m so sorry for your loss honey. Fuck your husband; I’m glad you got out.

I don’t think most men realise how much the world spins around them and their opinions/thoughts, and having a pregnant partner is one of the (few, if any) times that focus on the male is removed. IME even non-abusive men go through a volt of “holy crap, it’s not all about me anymore!” ANd even non-abusive men can…

As the mother of 4 kids I want to see everyone treated humanely because 1) we’re all human and 2) most of these prisoners will be released one day and live alongside my children. I want these men and women to have the best chance they can to live non-violent and productive lives so that not only are they happy but we…

Oh God me too! Seriously, I am in the wrong job. I would love to pop people’s crud all day long. And I was cursed with not having any pimples of my own :(

Yep. I am very obese and not only did I have no trouble getting pregnant but I also conceived twins - twice. I thought I was a bit of a unicorn but a short-lived online community in my country for fat women was full of stories like mine. The health issues I have had are mainly due to my reproductive system being on…

But..  but... fat women can’t get pregnant! </sarcasm> (I was told a lot that I didn’t need to be so vigilant about contraception, because as I was so fat I would have difficulty getting pregnant. Turns out they were so, so wrong...)

My mother had to have an abortion in her 40's because although Dad had a vasectomy, they only cut one set of tubes... and it turns out some men have more than one set. Opps. He passed all the ‘firing blanks’ tests too...

Nope, dickhead. Try again - maybe read what I wrote? I did not know that *Americans* chose a party affiliation *at any time*, and the fact that they do astounds me, because it is a) stupid and b) not something other, ie. actually democratic, countries do. But then you still have a 2 party FPTP system, so... yeah. 

Are you an idiot? Other countries don’t require people to identify who they’re voting for *before* an election, or at any other time. So naturally we’re curious as to why Americans would do this. It’s a privacy violation for a start but it’s also begging for fuckery with individual voters.

In the early stages, when they’re still coming across as ‘just’ a typical person with jerky impulses, it’s almost impossible to spot. Plus the server spends what, like 5-10 minutes max with a table, if you count up taking the orders, bringing the food and checking up once? 

“signed up as dem.” Hang on, do you guys have to indicate who you’re voting for *before* the election? Man, just when I thought American couldn’t screw up this whole democracy thing any further. Why? That’s just... why?

Other than sheer racism - which is obviously what this is - why would you need to purge the roll of voters anyway? Other countries don’t do this. I know someone who voted in our recent elections, his first vote in a very long time. He was still on the roll, just had to update his address and personal information.…

Where I come from (not the UK but a part of the British Empire nevertheless) ‘to pork’ is a synonym for fucking. So there’s that. 

I’m sorry this happened to you, he sounds like a right cunt and you went through a horribly traumatising time. Ignore the idiots who are focusing on the (to my mind, obviously not actually trans, because trans women don’t present as a caricature of a woman) ‘advocate’ that appeared with your ex. It’s yet another…

Years ago when I was a jurno I attended an event celebrating the creation of a fish oil that was odourless and so could be put into baking, etc. To demonstrate they had baked muffins with it and were handing one to each attendee. Not one to pass up a free muffin, I ate it. And suffered *huge* un-flavoured burps…