I am late 50's, so clearly middle aged. I was in my early 40's when I referred to the person who was 36-37 as middle aged, but I didn't see it as an insult, just me thinking that a 20 year old would not related to a 37 year old as a young contemporary. As I said that 37 year old freaked out and pretty much yelled…

Coming home from vacation a few years ago (New Hampshire? Rhode Island? The airport was hella tiny), like a dozen TSA agents were all manning the only open security line. The entire line came to a screeching halt when the family in front of had the following items:

That's been my problem with the case all along. The fact that a person's (or, ugh, a fucking corporation's) "sincerely" held belief is not challengeable. We have to take their word for it. Also, in addition to not knowing how contraception works, they don't even know how insurance works which is even more astounding!

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Sexism is determining that a corporation's right to religious freedom trumps a woman's human rights. That's what sexism is.

This is so sweet.

That's awfully kind of them. I might find it particularly heartwarming because I live in the kind of place where Red Lobster is very much an anniversary restaurant. My family went there for all three of my graduations, including the one from law school in a city that had a good number of other dining options, and my…

It's not at all better. I was pretty disgusted when I saw these photos, but people who do the whole "animals rule humans are the worst" thing really work my beads. This is a very extreme example because this girl is a huge dick, but it's the same kind of weird mind frame. Also, how can you have a page called "kill…

I could never kill any big game in Africa. With that said this cheerleader is doing more good than harm. And that is just a fact. Just look up the CAMPFIRE program and see all of the good these hunters do. Furthermore some of the pictures she took were from "green hunts". Green hunts are hunts set up by veterinarians…

This! I was on unemployment for a while, and I thought my super-conservative dad would call me a leech or something, and he was like, "it's about damn time our tax money has actually supported one of our kids." (granted, he forgets about things like the public schools I went to and roads and not being attacked by…

Liquidate retirement accounts? What state are you in? I work in eligibility services in Texas. If you had two cars and one was valued over $30K and the other over $15K AND they were both paid off, then yeah then the cars could disqualify you. Other wise, we would exempt one vehicle up to $30K and count the other. We…

Weirdly, I haven't gotten much mom-shaming yet — maybe I'm just lucky? Only one person has flat-out told me that I ought to stay home rather than going back to work at the end of my maternity leave. However, I inadvertently opened up a can of worms by asking for feedback on our baby registry. People have…

This reminds me of when I worked in outreach for the food bank here in NC, I would mentor our partner agencies (food pantries, soup kitchens, etc) that served clients that needed food. The FIRST thing I made clear to them is, "you do not turn anyone away regardless of what they are driving or wearing or what you…

On the one hand, it kind of sucks if your restaurant is terrible for reasons beyond your control, but Yelp is chiefly to rate how pleasant it is to eat at a restaurant so people can decide where they want to eat. If the primary clientele makes eating somewhere miserable, I'd like to know that before I get there.

Seemed obvious to me Trevor J's was satire

Unless someone writes a check (it holds up the line and is so weird to see these days since so many folks use cards), I don't notice how someone is paying for their stuff. It always puzzles me when I realize there are people out there watching others just waiting for an opportunity to be an asshole. I don't…

My best friend and I have been saying this for years. My parents, my two siblings, two grandparents and I lived on $35,000 of income for ten years, and then added maybe another $10,000 to that from my Dad's social security. In that time, we used SNAP, had Medicaid, and lived in a 1200 sq. foot house. For seven…

Nothing says I like throwing money in hole more than an owning a maintenance intensive 11 year old European luxury car.

I have zero problem with a couple facing unemployment and an economic downturn (the crazy housing crash) temporarily availing themselves of public assistance, especially when that public assistance is for their children. You shouldn't have to sell all your earthly possessions to use the assistance that your tax money…