I had two pigs, both named Lala.

That makes absolutely zero sense. The minimum wage should, at the very least, increase with inflation, which it has not done - it’s not the cause of it.

Kid is adorable and knows what’s unfair. Doesn’t matter if you are giving a speech and you accidentally hit someone smaller than you. You say sorry. No one is too important to apologize.

I kind of remember this happening in the early 00's.

It’s just stupid to have National Sleepover Day on a Tuesday. Who makes this shit up?

I really hate the category “Asian and Pacific Islander.” It’s such a Eurocentric (Americacentric?) thing to do, lumping together so many very different cultures and, geographically, almost 50% of the Earth into one category. And all because some white people can’t tell us apart...

Yeah, I was thinking that culture is must be part of the equation, maybe a very big part. But you can still get unpleasant customer service at a restaurant in Japan or amazing service at one in New York. I’m wondering if it’s also a corporate or institutional hitch within the airlines as well - for instance, Korean…

This sentence wins Vague Generalization of the Year.

I have also primarily flown US and Asian airlines. Everything you’ve said rings true from my experience. What are the airlines doing differently?

The house I lived in my second year of uni in London was infested with slugs. Walking to the bathroom at night (in the dark) was always a very bad idea. It was an old victorian with drafty cracks and holes. Slug trails across the carpet in my bedroom. But the rent was so cheap! I feel sorry for what tenants are there…

I think in the early 2000s, Lifetime (I think) would show reruns on Saturdays. But I do know my siblings and I would watch it religiously, much to the confusion of our parents. (My Dad: “The title is redundant- all mysteries are unsolved.”) Seriously, we watched this show a lot. When I think about being 11 years old,…

Ha! me too.

If that happens, you absolutely need to hyphenate your names, just to confuse people more.

Homogenous in thought and deed? Have you ever wondered if it only just seems that way because everyone who disagrees shunned? Either that, or they live in silent misery, or leave, or commit suicide. People are different. You cannot force everyone to think and behave one way.

Eating disorders have very high suicide rates. This is probably what they were getting at.

In a very round-about way, this is quite telling. If it’s deemed “inapropriate” to even tick a box other than straight in a controlled, confidential survey, how can it ever feel okay to tell someone you are gay or questioning?

You do realize that every other wealthy nation has a single payer system, right? So it would be very easy to look at treatment and doctors in those countries to see if these problems you are outlining are really a concern.

Jesus christ, this Erik Prince is pure evil. It sounds like this ‘security’ company is really just a way for China to have a private army to control indigenous populations in certain regions (the article says Prince’s company is expanding to the Uighur region, which is traditionally Muslim). You’d have to be really…

My initial thought was that maybe he doesn’t think he deserves it and perhaps felt conflicted about accepting it. Even if that’s the case I still think there must have been a way to handle it better that at least would not come off as rude or disrespectful.

most women seemed to be terrified to meet in person