I never heard it in Ohio either and I grew up in the northeast.

I grew up in Ohio in the 80s and never heard that until two years ago when someone from Texas said it unironically.

Exactly - in this case, it's even saying that a company's right to express their religious beliefs is more important than its employees' religious beliefs (or lack thereof). It's an extremely dangerous ruling and more companies are following Hobby Lobby's suit:

I was thinking this too - it's good to know what restaurants and shops pay their employees decently.

I'm an American living in the UK. I don't know about Canada, but people always assume European/UK taxes are very high. Actually, I did a comparison between the taxes paid on a £35,000 wage ($60,000) and was surprised to find out that in three states (North Carolina, Ohio and New York) the taxes were higher than in the…

" They refuse to cover 4 after-the-fact treatments because they believe it's murder."

The problem isn't what they covered before the ruling, it's that there's absolutely no basis to their logic for not covering the morning after pill or IUDs. Neither method of contraceptive is an abortifacient, so there's no moral difference between them and oral contraceptives. It sets a dangerous precedent for…

They refused to cover morning after pills and IUDs, neither of which are functionally different from other kinds of contraceptives that they do cover. There is no rational argument for the morning after pill or IUDs being anything like abortion or murder, because both methods prevent implantation - they prevent the…

I was all ready to hate on this, Lindy. Dumb or not, I kind of love The Notebook; ever since my husband died very young the idea of growing old and dying next to your beloved, of truly staying together through all the shit that life throws you - yeah, that can make me bawl like nothing else, and I'm pretty protective…

I like the idea of getting another person to kickstart things - having a productivity/accountability partner could be a great motivator! But I can see how long-term that might not be such a workable solution. I absolutely agree that it's rooted in perfectionism, which is a really tough nut to crack.

I have a problem that I haven't been able to find a solution to: avoidance. I won't go into the whole backstory here, but lately I've been having problems with avoiding the things I find unpleasant/difficult. I used to consider myself a pretty effective and productive person - not perfect, but overall I got things…

Regardless of whether you feel that Diehl's body is 'attainable' (as if any specific body could be attainable for every woman everywhere), the problem here is the very narrow range of bodies that are considered acceptable in our culture. Saying that Diehl (who is 5 foot 8 inches and a size 4) is 'normal' is both…

Each reply you give here makes it clearer why you're having problems with women. Based on your posts here, I wouldn't date you either. You're talking from a position of feeling entitled to have a girlfriend, you're wallowing in self-pity, and you're blaming women for your problems in not being able to find a partner.…

You're absolutely right, but that particular statue is bronze:

The linked article in my first post talks about exactly that with the Oklahoma City memorial gift shop - they started out selling educational material but found that items like the stuffed dog sold better. The woman who runs the Oklahoma City memorial met with the 9/11 museum staff before opening and the two gift…

Yeah, it's really disheartening. There's a canal boat stop right outside Anne Frank House and while I was waiting for a boat we watched easily dozens if not hundreds of people take selfies right next to the small square sign on the door. Groups of people grinning for the camera and flashing peace signs and even…

Gift shops are a huge income generator for museums and memorials. These places are nonprofits, so it's not like they're just running the gift shops to make handfuls of cash - they need the income to stay open. The Oklahoma City bombing memorial gets 25% of its income from the gift shop, and they rely on that money as…

Anne Frank House is the epicentre of inappropriate selfies, so that's not a geographically restricted phenomenon.

Haha, yeah I would have to put that in the "no" pile.

I think there are some very good reasons for the museum to have a gift shop, but they also have a responsibility to choose the items they sell extremely carefully. This... was not a good choice.