Or just disbalance them till they fall down and then point and laugh, and laugh, and laugh!

So...we can’t fight sexism because of sexism?

I meant exactly what I said, but I will explain further. I think we should stop nodding endlessly and nod only when we wholeheartedly agree with them. I think we should stop hanging on their every word and stop maintaining consistent eye contact unless they are actually saying something interesting.

Oh, the fucking handshakes! I don’t think I’ve ever gotten to shake hands with a man in a business context without him stopping to say some condescending shit like “Oh ho ho, what a firm grip you have!” like I’m a particularly clever toddler who just demonstrated she knows how to use a light-switch. For older guys…

What I am saying is that there should be more than one way of addressing a complex issue.

I have a coworker that I CANNOT. STAND. because he is so impossibly sexist. Yesterday he took me around to take a look at some building systems that I am auditing. The amount of “don’t stand too close to that, you’ll get all dirty” and “women aren’t really cut out for this kind of work because it’s too messy” comments…

"Oh, are you the paralegal?"

Would it help if some of the women stopped accepting everything you say at face value? Because that is another way that women can address this. Stop smiling and nodding so much, stop giving so much eye contact.

That makes me so enraged for you. ugh, ugh, ugh.

“Good for you!” pats you on the head.

I just found out a guy I know in a professional capacity and had always assumed was a few years ahead of me is, in fact, a few years younger without relevant professional experience! But, he talks like a Dad, like he’s got all this relevant life experience, you know what I mean? So here I’ve been listening to…

My sister is currently traveling in Europe. Her travel buddies pranked her by telling her that the lights for the hostel (the shared community shower) were clap-on.

Did you even read the article? They are taking away professional licenses.

You come pretty close to this in a couple of places but I just think you can't stress too much the power of cold hard numbers....even if you're not that good with a spreadsheet, or your eyes glaze over when you read one of those personal finance guides for dummies when it starts talking about budgeting.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is a good way of putting it. He's really cheesy but he has a point. Also, if his fans are even half as crazy as Cumberbatch's then I do feel bad for him.

It seems like a lot of these classes operate under the assumption that you have a stream of income to invest/save/spend. All this knowledge will moot without that stream of income. I would start with a reality check on the current job market, pay scale for different sectors, how much Uncle Sam takes out, etc.

I think some people need to learn what life looks like on the budget they need to stay within. If you're used to a standard of living with mom and dad, it might take a little while to realize that your $25K grad student salary isn't going to go very far, especially not in the big city. By the time you figure out…

The trick to this is the budgeting part, though - you can put some numbers on a piece of paper, but sticking to it is a different animal. I've also learned over the years that there are MANY ways to budget - maybe teaching people different ways to budget?

There needs to be an extended "game" for this. You should be given a fake job, and be told to do up a budget based on your actual income. Use details from the classifieds to "rent" a house or apartment. Set a food budget using grocery store prices for each item. Set other budgets for cars(gas and maintenance),…

I've never, not once in four years with my girlfriend, thought of either of us as "winning" or "losing" no matter who brought up a grievance or where we ended up. I mean, okay maybe in a debate about who that actor is, but not about something important, even if it ended up with only one of us apologizing (which our…