Since there was someone at the end of the line actively judging you (or, to put a positive spin on it, rooting for you to do better), all of us experienced a bit of mortification. But it really did make you think about what you put on your plate.

One trays all went on to a big conveyor belt by the exit with a narrow walkway out. There was a person standing by with a trash can. You could hand your tray to the hippie to scrape the food off onto the trash can, scrape it off yourself, or you could put it on the belt and the hippie would take it off and scrape the…

The environmental caucus at my college used to weigh food waste as you were leaving the dining hall. Having a sad hippie judge people for the food they wasted really did cut down on waste. They cut a deal with dining to do it for a semester in exchange for a switch to fair-trade coffee because it saved so much money.

OMG I don't even come to the mainpage anymore but I will star red panda anything a thousand times.

YES. And what frustrates me is that this shit is going on everywhere. Shitting on Mississippi (or wherever) is a great way to avoid dealing with the real problems in your own community by feeling better than someone else. But oppression isn't limited to red states or rural states or whatever. NYC, one of the most…

I disagree that people are always responsible for their government. Government is dominated by vested interests, corporations, shit journalism, and political fuckery. And many of the states that have shitty repressive laws against gay people also have shitty repressive laws against poor people and minorities (e.g.…

Okay. So you're okay with people saying good things about bad places, as long as they don't say that those places are great.

I'm just not that confident that there are any places that don't have something horrific going on.

I'm not sure I know what you mean. Are you saying that it's not okay to love your hometown? Or to appreciate the natural beauty of a place apart from its political climate? Or that you can't enjoy a cuisine or a culture or a well-designed highway system because their politicians are morons? It seems like you're…

Yeah, the problem is that Skymall really hasn't had anything new in a long time, and a lot of their offerings have become tragically outdated. It's a list of luxury items for people who have been living in a bunker since 2001 (a really strange time to get in the bunker in the first place, which you can bet affects…

This makes the war against radical islam complicated because now that we've baptized them they're Christians.

This happens: Church Members Threatened with Arrest For Handing Out Biscuits, Coffee to the Homeless.

Schisms matter theologically because they obscure the idea that the Church is one body, emphasizing division among Christians rather than unity. Schisms matter practically because most churches aren't made up of people who are all one way or all the other. Schisms have a way of tearing communities and families apart…

Wow. I'm not going over to your house....

Yeah, we live in San Antonio, and literally anything could have surprise meat in it. AND NO ONE TELLS YOU. It's like everyone just assumes that pork products are vegetables or something.

Yeah, I spend a lot of time with much older folks. Baby boomers don't have much of an excuse. They built this world. They can lie in it.

Yeah, my first thought upon reading the article was "Great! Now even more people get to have strangers judging them for their bodies" Even when you're thin you're still fat? Ugh. Sometimes I think we should just all close our eyes forever until we stop being so judgy.

I'm actually a little relieved when I'm in a big party and the bill includes a tip, because for some reason I always feel like the tip comes up short in big parties, and I end up chipping in extra. I think it's because everyone forgets to account for tax on their stuff. Either way, put me down for gratuity included…

I think its just a fairly harsh criticism for someone who was trying to be nice. If all Christians took the tack of, "Let's all be really nice and maybe they'll come join us" rather than "LAWS SHOULD REFLECT MY PERSONAL PREFERENCES. JUDGMENT ON ANY WHO ARE DIFFERENT FROM ME," I think that would be a positive move.

or they grew up in a very different world and have never been able to adjust. I don't want to let them off the hook completely, but a lot of older people are simply doing what they've always done. The world has changed around them, and so things that would have been inappropriate (having tattoos, not saying ma'am,…