You're giving a gift in exchange for them throwing a party you get to attend and get free food and booze and dancing and fun. And also because you want to give them something to celebrate their milestone. If you're so put upon then just don't go.

You know what? Okay. Give this guy a shot. Would he have been my pick? Nah. But if anyone had told me at the time that Jon Stewart was the best guy to replace Craig Kilborn, I would have thought they were crazy.

Good luck, Noah. You're gonna need it.

That is absolutely not how food stamps work. If that were the case, I would not be able to buy any food whatsoever since all food is taxed where I live.

The tax puts a direct burden on consumers and not suppliers. You are right that this could possibly have an effect (depending on the elasticity of demand and the availability of alternatives) on supply, but there is no guarantee that it will and it is definitely not a tax targeting "the system."

"These people can't get to grocery stores that have extensive healthy offerings, and can't afford to buy the ones that are there, and are therefore getting sick! What's our solution, boys?"

It doesn't actually address it though, it just makes it more expensive. And lines the coffers of the govt which will put a couple cents of that dollar towards its stated goal...

It's popular because it's inexpensive (and easy and tasty). It's being taxed because it's unhealthy.

It's great that this money is going to community wellness projects, but taxing an item that is popular with people on food stamps specifically because it is inexpensive (as per the quoted portion of the article) sort of seems like it fails to address the inherent issues of 1. possibly not knowing enough about…

You can say "hey, I'm fat and that's probably not going to change, so if that's not your thing then I'm probably not the right person for you", right on your profile.

This was not a cool story.

If someone's outnumbered by three angry people who are being physically keeping them somewhere, that absolutely is a threatening situation.

Uh-huh, no-one's ever been seriously injured in a physical altercation that took place in a restaurant because you say one word and the police magically appear between you and an assailant. That's obvious to anyone with half a brain alright, just not so much those of us who have whole brains.

Yes, who wouldn't want to significantly escalate a situation in which three other people have them physically trapped? Get a clue.

"I don't think those were tears of fear she was crying."

N0. She couldn't have easily walked out. They were sitting in a booth with her on the inside and when she tried to get up to go to the bathroom they wouldn't let her. Physically imprisoning someone like that is never okay.

Wow, you guys are disgusting. This is a person dating multiple people. I'm sorry that you thought you were exclusive, despite never talking about it, but get over yourself. You bought her things in the hopes of her wanting only you and she didn't. Ugh.

You're a scary dick.

When we got to the parking lot, Laura's car had the word "BITCH" written in bright orange letters on the windshield - Matt's handiwork, I assumed.

You know, if the manager is starting to hover, that usually means the situation looked like she was in danger to other people in the room.

...You ganged up on her, idly watched while she silently cried in a restaurant, trapped her in the booth and refused to let her leave or use the restroom, and painted the word "bitch" on her car? You all sound like sociopaths. Did you not notice how all the "revenge" parts of the cheating stories here don't involve…