True, I forgot that. I also left out “ARGLE BARGLE INFLATION SOMETHING SOMETHING $20 FOR A BIG MAC SOMETHING SOMETHING AND WE’RE RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED AND YOUR PRECIOUS MINMUM WAGE DOES NO GOOD AND IF WE REVOKED IT EVERYTHING WOULD BE PERFECT BECAUSE INVISIBLE HAND ARGLE BARGLE!”

Pretty good, but you forgot “ARGLE BARGLE THEY’D HAVE TO RAISE PRICES AND THEN NOBODY COULD AFFORD TO EAT OUT AND THEN THE BUSINESS WOULD GO UNDER AND EVERYBODY WOULD GET FIRED AND THE COMMUNISTS WIN!!!”

Let me just get the Pinkham’s Law out of the way, because I don’t see any yet and I’m SURE it’ll happen-

ARGLE BARGLE BUT RESTAURANT MANAGERS WORK HARD TOO AND NEVER GET TIPS DID YOU KNOW RESTARANT MONAGERS CARE ONLY ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THE RESTESRAUNT AND ARE SELFLESS ANGELS TO WORK AS HARD AS THEY DO FOR THE…

The thing that drives me batshit crazy about this whole thing is that Apostolic Christians don’t believe that Catholics are real Christians! Why is she so excited to meet the head of the Catholic Church if she believes Catholics are going to hell?! (Answer: Because she’s an attention whore.)

I really used to think that staying friends was really important due to the entire narrative of being a Cool Girl. A Cool Girl would be friends, would forgive someone, etc. But after the end of my last significant relationship (we lived together for a few months after dating on and off for a few years) I completely…

I immediately noticed that in “Bun-Bun”’s picture and felt superior.

And again, chicken/egg - he may also have asperger’s or any number of other issues that necessitated his homeschooling. Or his parents just didn’t do a great job, which happens. I saw the full spectrum on our field trip on Friday. There were a few parents of special needs kids like me. There were some more average…

THANK YOU.

I think a lot of people just aren’t aware of what is out there for social stuff. Like my local YMCA has a weekly PE class for homeschoolers, as well as weekly science and engineering classes. This would probably not attract the fundies, but the rest of us use these classes - with teachers and students - as a means to…

Just want to jump in and say: there are a metric shit ton of weirdos and losers and socially inadequate freaks who don’t know how to get along with anyone who went to public school but NO ONE, LITERALLY NO ONE says “oh my god, public school kids, they’re all misfits”. I’ve known a number of well-adjusted, gracious,…

Honestly, as long as the kid has a decent amount of social interaction with kids in their peer group from other places (like Little League or Girl Scouts or dance lessons or just playing with the neighborhood kids), I’d argue that homeschoolers probably have a better understanding of how to interact with society. A…

For real, that would be seriously un-awesome. Also, you can go to plays during week day matinees!

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So punishing the child for something the parent did is fair? I doubt this kid does her own school shopping.

It’s not easy being (the right shade of) green.

Maybe she wasn’t the only one..

The statement “I have friends who are ____” has always reminded me of people who also say “I’m not a racist, but _____”.

Well, new converts and especially new born-again Christians can be REALLY intense about their beliefs. I think it has to do with needing to belong and be a good member of whatever religion a person has found - which can be a really important and powerful experience.

I thought the same thing, but it really has to do with boys getting much more broad representation of different costumes and girls getting typecasted. There is no need for this shit anymore.