I worked at a Subway in high school and waitressed through college, so I'm not unfamiliar with the "person" work that needs to be done in food service. I also think that much of the stuff I did as a worker in those types of jobs would be vastly different with today's technological advancements. I think it's…

That's what I get for trying to understand the internet after taking morphine. I'm really pretty much committed to Julian. He's got an understated class and sexiness that makes me feel like he really gets me. Such a man.

and no, you're not acting petty. You were getting checked for no reason by dickwads. You posed valid questions regarding how a drastic change in minimum wage would affect you personally in a polite and respectful manner. I don't understand how that got twisted into you wanting to keep down the poors.

ha, what WAS that? For a second I thought it was Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys...but no bubble glasses.

Huh. Count me as a person with a Master's degree who finds your simplistic thinking difficult to digest.

Ha. If he went to work, who would act like a shithead on the internet to total strangers for no reason under the guise of spending time with his kids?

Ha. Ha. Ha. "Self-Proclaimed Former Jet-setting Hedonist *could* get a Great Paying Job Anytime"—keep telling yourself that.

Actually, I don't think she said she "deserved" anything, she was concerned (and rightly so) as to how increasing minimum wage so drastically would affect individuals working in the skilled labor market. Since her current salary would be less than some of the proposed increases to the minimum wage, it's concerning in…

Um, no. Your personal family issues and tragedies do not make me feel "better" nor do they have anything to do with the discussion at hand. It may make you feel better momentarily to dump on a stranger on the internet in lieu of seeking professional help, but clearly you have some things to work through. I wish…

I think you're projecting your own feelings of inadequacy on misslonelyheart. She never said she was "better" than anyone nor that she went to college for the sole purpose of making tons of money. Why are you dog-piling on someone who is currently part of the LOWER middle class for simply asking how increasing the…

I think the negativity directed towards misslonelyheart is misguided and ridiculous. She's stated repeatedly that she believes the minimum wage should be raised, but I think attaching her personal concerns about how this would work out for her to the bigger problem of systemic, institutional poverty of the working…

Wow, I haven't even made it halfway through this thread and feel you're being unjustly picked on by people who claim to know more about economics than you and/or have a problem with you being "entitled" to more money than a fast food worker. I too feel that the federal minimum wage is not enough to live off, but this…

Oh darn it all to heck. I'm the worst, just the worst. FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, I'm so fucking stupid. And you're right...I...never...learned...to read, much less know how names get spelled. Fucking fuck heck fuck. I'm going to be thinking about this serious fuck up for the next 3 seconds.

Were we having a conversation or are you just feeling like name calling without telling me exactly why you feel I'm a "bunghole"? Beavis and Butthead quotes are the best you got? Annnnndd...I think just just responded to an actual Young Adult, from the 1990's.

I interpreted her post very differently. She started her disagreement with my post by spouting off some non-specific academic qualification as a justification for her preference to read mainly YA books. The whole thing read as suspiciously defensive to me. I read crap adult books too, I love me some White Girl…

Yep, it's about the American Ambassador and his family living in Berlin right before the war. Really fascinating read...and it had pictures!

Read that post more carefully, they neither stated what their academic degree was in nor that they were a lawyer. They stated: "when I'm not reading intentionally dense memorandums of law". Technically, a "memorandum" is actually a brief, excerpt or summary of a law, legal position etc. In other words, a…

So, it was your eating disorder that accused RainbowDashCunt of "bragging"?

I felt Larson's more recent "In the Garden of Beasts" was even better than "Devil in the White City", meticulously researched while remaining entirely palatable. That man can write.

I don't eschew all YA, in fact, I've read some decent YA in addition to the plethora of other books I devour. What you interpret as bitchy and prentious [sic] is actually a reflection of how disturbing I find the decline in our population's reading and writing skills. The rising YA popularity among adults who aren't…