My grandfather was the first person to train a dolphin back in the early 60s. He had a large marina and someone brought him critically wounded dolphin whom he nursed back to health. She couldn't survive in the wild, so they kept her. My father did most of the training. He said she would routinely try to rape him.…

My husband and I resolved this by getting separate blankets. We sleep on the same bed, beside each other, but everything on the bed is individualized. I am far too much of a blanket hog for it to work otherwise. Hahaha!

I guess if you don't have hands, you use what's available.

This is such a cleaned up, "party story" version of the original article in The Guardian. The dolphin in question pretty much died of a broken heart when people he was used to depending on for companionship (because, you know, he was dolphin-napped from the wild) seemingly abandoned him. It didn't end well for a lot…

...that's not at all what she described. It's not all that unusual for dolphins to engage in unsolicited sexually aggressive behavior with members of other species. Just google dolphin molestation and you'll see plenty of reports (and even video) of dolphins being the aggressors in these encounters, not the other…

Dolphins get this bad rap for being the pervs of the ocean, but they actually use their penises as sensory aaaand reproductive organs. Think of it as another hand to explore with. Ok that sounds weird but really, it probably was less sexual than it's being made out to be. So the dolphin was probably just trying to…

I feel like we're really glossing over this tho "an experiment to teach dolphins to speak English."

I like how the idea of paying servers a decent living wage so they don't have to rely on the generosity of random strangers is somehow a new/revolutionary idea.

Yep. I worked for a Mexican place that had $5 lunch specials M-F. On a good day you walked with $30 on a 5 hour shift. On a bad day you walked with nothing. A normal day was $20. That's $100 for a full week of work.

What makes the confusion even more fun is that Cincinnati's airport...is in Kentucky.

I agree with your statement, but in the future, maybe lead with "that's the system, so I tip" and transition to "I don't believe in tips" rather than the other way around. I had two entirely unnecessary seconds of bloodrage.

"Tipping culture causes insecurity for both server and customer, it's helping no one"

The problem with those kind of people is that they tend to make their statement by not tipping. Screwing with my income to make a point does make them an asshole.

I don't believe in tips, simply because they don't seem to provide a fair wage for many people. However, that's the system in your country, so I tip (as generously as seems feasible, and at least the standard amount) when I'm there. It's not real hard, and I'm not sure why people have so many issues with it.

People who say "I wish restaurant employees got paid a living wage and the food costed a little more" actually don't get called assholes. "I don't believe in tips, so I don't tip" people, though? They get called assholes, which is actually too good for them. I hope every last person who says that gets the ice scythe…

Seriously cool pay policy though. I wonder how many other restaurants do something similar and we just don't know about them!

Yeah, it was my mistake. I thought I'd fixed every instance of referring to it as Ohio, but I'd missed one.

Fucking Christ, I thought I'd fixed every instance of it saying Ohio. Thank you.

Newport is in Northern KY, right on the Ohio River. Lots of restaurants.

This is one of the most reasonable pay policies I've seen—and damn this would've made my restaurant days 1000x less shittastic. It's the lack of knowledge about your income that's extra frustrating. Will I have enough to go to a movie with friends tomorrow? Depends on who I serve tonight. No guarantees!