I work in HR and this is so illegal. Put down that the applicants need to lift 50 pounds and leave it at that, idiots!

tl;dr: you obviously work for yelp, or are feeling bummed because you have wasted your time writing hundreds of reviews. in other words, how do you know that this *isn't* going on? because yelp swears it isn't? please. (but you know, even if yelp is lying, it's not like, illegal or anything.)

What if you become an addict due to overmedicating a disability?

I'm a PhD student in Critical Disability Studies, and my research area is mental health. I think that most of the folks in my field (myself included) would absolutely apply the word ableism in relation to addiction. In fact, I think it is pretty insulting and lacking in cross-disability solidarity for folks with…

not to discount your addiction, but a lot of times drug addict is used as a slur for people (often disabled) who self medicate because they fall through the disability cracks by not being diasabled enough to be disabled but being dialed enough that they can't function enough to get real medical or mental health care

...that would be other addicts. If it's not appropriate, I'll stop. Period.

My father is the GM of a chain restaurant that does guest surveys (the ones that print out every 10th check or so) and he had been very vocal as to how much of a sham he thinks they are. Naturally the upper management assumes that the higher the guest scores, the better business the store will do.

Yes, they can. Businesses CAN legally pay to have their overall review score manipulated more positively, and there have been whispers of it happening long before now (whispers which a few of my readers who've owned restaurants have strongly echoed). I'm assuming you didn't click the link? You should really click the…

"...as the practice creates distrust amongst customers and users who now eye all reviews on a listing with suspicion."

"A Jezebel Commenter Was Given a Sub-Site, and You Won't Believe What Happened Next!"

Well this is delightful. I hope the next time Yelp contacts them they just respond with a picture of someones butt.

This is probably my favorite comment of all time.

I can't even figure out how to adequately compliment this. It really is my favorite internet comment ever.

You win the NFL commentary. ALL of the NFL commentary.

This is freaking super.

I take all my personal conduct cues from Goodell's ad hoc meting of punishment, which is why I withheld a park visit from my dog after she maimed the neighbor, and then I euthanized her for eating my pot brownies. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a humane society gala to keynote speak at.

That whistling noise is the sound of the point as it sails over your head.

So basically "Most men are sexist, and instead of trying to change that negative societal outlook by giving female characters poses that won't literally break their bones, we should just accept that major comic book producers never want to gain a wider readership!"

Let me explain it to you: http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/05-the-death-of-snkrs/falseequivalence/