Not get too into the weeds, but I also take issue with the idea that any of us can possibly accurately gauge whether or not we “turned out fine.” As compared to what? We each have only one subjective experience to draw on - it’s impossible for me to compare the inside of my head to the inside of anyone else’s head.

“I understand the reflexive judgment that by spanking a child, you’re causing them harm.”

Yes, “bizarre” is a stretch. But it sure ain’t very fancy.

Word. Yeah, I have a nicer plastic print one that I use as my outside-the-tub curtain for looks. The inner one costs like $2.50 at Target - a reasonable fee for me to maintain the thin illusion that I know how to adult. :)

“Real” traveling is supposed to be dangerous, right? ;)

Young kids is an x-factor. I’d probably pull my car farther off into the grass in that situation.

But yeah, I’d go for those trees myself. Stand just at the edge - definitely safer than being in my car.

30 - 40 feet doesn’t often get you to a cornfield - they’re usually a lot farther back than that. But yes, I would absolutely rather stand at the edge of a cornfield or woods while I wait than be in my car when it gets rear-ended at high speed. Just this summer, I had a tire blowout and was able to wait a very healthy…

Huh? I think your sense of distance is extremely skewed, then. I travel I94, US23, and I96 quite often, and there are only a few places (other than bridges) where you can’t easily get at least that far off the road. In rural Michigan, it’s absolutely trivial to get a safe distance off the road.

That’s assuming you’re in perfect health after whatever happened to disable your car.

It depends on where you are - in Michigan, you’re a LOT safer 30 or 40 feet away from your car off to the side than sitting in it with people flying past at 85mph a few feet away.

What, no ice auger? Rookie mistake.

Yeah, I understood that part - I asked what YOU’VE been doing? Just a liner? Just a curtain and letting water get all over the floor? Either one is simply bizarre behavior.

Wait, what? In my 30s, and I don’t know anyone who doesn’t have both a liner and a shower curtain. What have you been doing?

It doesn’t matter who profits from a leak - what matters is who is HARMED. Show me the harm caused by this leak and maybe I’ll be a little interested in your assertion that society should say “fuck you” to the journalists who published it.

I never once argued that it was the same degree - I said people made the same argument as you about those words, which makes it an obviously invalid argument. I’m not reading the rest of your post because you’re clearly not arguing in good faith. Etymology has NO BEARING on how people feel about words. Language…

So am I to understand your argument is that you should get to decide what people find offensive? You get to draw the line, rather than the people who are requesting more sensitivity? Because people have made EXACTLY the same argument you just made about the words “negro,” “colored,” “nigger,” and “faggot.”

“Lukewarm GRANDE” was def the better joke. ;)

So you’re arguing that if a dictionary acknowledges the definition of a word, there’s no way using the word that way can be offensive? That’s a patently moronic idea. The dictionary also contains the word “negro” - does that make it acceptable to use it for its dictionary definition? It lists the word “cunt” - does…

You think a dictionary defintion has any bearing on whether a term is or is not sexist? That’s adorable. So elementary school.

What are you even talking about? Fucking hell.