The funny thing is, the future of the country doesn’t really depend on it. At least not anymore. The monarch is wonderful PR, but is also a figurehead and little more. Still, Parliament has a say in who some of them can marry. Maybe you need to be British to get it because I certainly don’t. 

Exactly. There is something in someone’s personality that needs that level of control in addition to having a certain level of compensation, which they could get in a different position without the control/power.

Soooo, I misread that and seriously thought there were all those monsters actually into taking a shit on the playground and a weird choice for this game.

This is where I came down on it. Sure, most of them had to die but not every single one. In the scheme of things, they were grunts, some of whom had just joined the rebels. Its not like Luke and Han weren’t exactly big shots in the beginning of Empire Strikes Back, despite the major pomp of their awards ceremony at…

Another indicator of privilege is when disagreement feels like persecution.

Because those thing apply to other people. I think you know what I mean. The people who are just pre-disposed to drug dealing and violence. (insert racist winkwink nudgenudge) Not some white kid from the Midwest who just made a few mistakes...

Any one of them could act circles around Allen in their sleep. I had the immense privilege of seeing Alan Rickman on stage and he managed to put more meaning and nuance into a word than Tim Allen has ever put into an entire film. It helps to be performing Noel Coward, but still.

Fascinating! Apparently the original director and Sigourney Weaver weren’t fans either. I’m more entertained that Tim Allen wanted a career in sci-fi considering his entire body of work really suggests more of a caveman epic. Also, sci-fi plot lines tend toward the liberal, even the more militarily-based shows.…

That was a thing of beauty.

Awww. Sounds amazing. I be you have no trouble finding a pet sitter. In the area, you might be able to get people to pay you for the honor.

Not to mention the other dum dums she bought to hurl at the crossing guard that got her the order of protection in the first place.

aka Stuff You Should Already Know By Virtue of Being a Decent Human Being

You know the NJ elementary school that had students make slave auction posters? Another school in that district saw fifth graders presenting a mock slave auction as their project. Apparently, this happened while there was a substitute but you have to wonder what had happened before that the kids chose this and why the…

Even Kanye seems to have backed away from that crap. It might be as much about needing space for his ego as anything else, but it is something.

Parents can be real a-holes about telling their kids stuff to clear their own consciences. I was a teenager when my dad (drunkenly) told me about how my parents (divorced many years by that time) had planned on not having kids. My mom is just too forgetful to be a good candidate for the pill.

I once had a paycheck bounce right after I’d paid my bills for the month and overdrafted $250 or so. Was sure a comet was about to come down from the sky and strike me dead. Luckily, my employer cut new checks ASAP, covered my overdraft fee, and got a new accountant.

Plenty of women outside Quiverfull internalize the idea “If I am good enough, he will change.” and pay for it in abuse. Not to downplay the many extra levels of mindfuckery that happen in those movements, but it isn’t unique.

Her own money? That is all his money. He acquired it when he acquired her.

Consent is for heathens.

I’d just like to point out that Wingham GA is next to a town called Climax. If only the second complainant could move west a bit s/he might be better satisfied with the use of the “F word.”