I am frankly of the opinion that adults and children are pretty much identical... adults just have a larger, occasionally more subtle, repertoire of shittiness to draw upon.

Not too many infants actually speak any native language.

This is a good opportunity to bring up something that's been bothering me ever since this Jameis Winston mess exploded. ESPN has taken to referring to the woman at the heart of the case as the "accuser" rather than the "alleged victim." That is a disgusting and inflammatory choice of words. "Accuser" brings forth the…

I suggested something similar in another article (I think it was the one about Pure). What was funny was the guy who responded to me (I'm a guy btw) about how unfair that was and it reduced men to products for the women to judge and select. Like that's not how the women are treated in every other scenario.

And that couldn't possibly be because the "Sorry, not interested" would earn a 500 word manifesto in response about how the sender of the original message is a Nice Guy™ and she's a bitch who isn't really that pretty anyway and is missing out and deserves to get raped by the assholes she goes for, could it?

Hey, do we know if Bev is Christian? She could be a freelance homophobe. Or a Buddhist homophobe, or a Hindu homophobe. Just because she seems like a regular old horrible right-wing Christian, let's not judge her by superficial appearances. After all, what really matters is that Bev is, deep down inside, a…

There's all sorts of evidence of people being bigoted in a variety of ways in tipping practices. For example, studies indicate minority waiters and waitresses make dramatically less in tips than white waiters and waitresses in the same restaurants and with comparable levels of service. There are still some people…

Emma got huge because of Friends.

Daisy is fucking brave. Good for her.

I think you're stuck on arguing the practicality of tools vs. shoes, which is debatable... if you're in an industry where your appearance matters, which is many, particularly for women, then the practicality of owning multiple pairs of shoes does serve a purpose. For example, a close friend of mine works in PR. Her…

Shoes are practical things too.

I think the shoe to tools parallel is a good one.

Some people have pairs numbering beyond what fits their practical needs.
(I know a few guys with shoe obsessions too!)
Some people have tools numbering beyond what fits their practical needs.
(I also know some ladies who are handy with a…

"3. You most likely couldn't get with her, before or after."

I wouldn't say that. My grandmother's endured some pretty terrible shit in her life and she's always the first one to pull the "everything happens for a reason/God never gives you more than you can handle etc. line. It DID help her get through. I think it's typical that if people have found comfort believing that,…

You know, I couldn't quite believe guys who didn't see the sexism until I fell in love and started living with my partner, who is a man but has truly held me as his equal. One of the major components of the constant sexism, like verbal abuse on the street, is that it goes completely silent if you are with a man. I…

My first unofficial boyfriend told me that he had a brain tumor. He was in and out of hospital very often (well that's what he said anyway. I did actually visit him at one point though, so there was probably some minor issue). Then he started being emotionally abusive towards me and I rationalized it like he's really…

I broke up with a guy while my mom was in the hospital, recovering from serious surgery, partly because he kept telling me in a creepy way that if my mom died he would "take care of me and always love me" (I was like, thanks for being openly excited at the possibility of taking advantage of me in an emotionally…

Differing perspective: people suck. The fact that we can't just have people tell the truth about her instead of seeking to serve their own agendas is just another reminder of how hard they do so.

The commercials for this thing make me ashamed to be a white male. Which is good, because that opportunity doesn't oft present itself in this day and age.

I don't understand why you feel the need to lie. If the fact that I have no debt comes up in conversation with friends, I say "I am so lucky; I feel so blessed". Because that's the truth. No one should get a look of disgust on their faces in response to that; they might be disgusted by this long diatribe though.

I think you're touching on some important things here. It wasn't until several months later that she was compeelled to come forward by a friend who threatedned that if she didn't report it the friend would. That doesn't feel right to me.
However, after it was reported and investigated, prosecutors and investigators…