This was my thought, too. Self-interest? Maybe, who cares. We might all be a little happier and healthier if we regularly acted in our own best interests, rather than just trying to please the people around us.

They no longer get to complain about how they’d run things if THEY were in charge. They just have to fucking do it. I’ll be waiting.

He is such a troll. I don’t get it; he comes from the same genetic material as his sisters.

What Hillary wanted to do was worse. She wanted to use the force of law to steal my money to pay for others student loans.

OMG that reached somewhere deep inside me, someplace I didn’t remember existed. But it does. I know exactly what you’re talking about.

Wait....I don’t get it. If U of W Madison is one of the country’s finest research universities, why are they screwing it over? It’s seriously an object of pride and attraction of talent from other states and countries.

Hubby and I have been mostly in the childfree camp, but I’ve been rocking an IUD these last few years because we just haven’t been ready to commit to “never” yet.

UW is one of the only things we have going here... and UW’s ranks are already slipping, after massive funding cuts by our fine asshat governor. We just fell out of the top 5 research universities in the last month or two.

lol (from someone who moved away from Green Bay to be gay)

I have a Carmex hidden somewhere in every room of my house. And in my car, and at my desk. And I still carry one in my purse everywhere I go.

Ugh I hate this. I have heard so many times about how Anne “tries too hard”. Like, who in this industry isn’t trying?

If I was being an ill passenger and two people – even of the same race and gender – offered help, I sure as hell would take it from the one that doesn’t look like a high-schooler.

This is a great example of how we all suffer because of racism. Society misses out when we fail to recognize the contributions of people of color.

Meh, if that was it, I wouldn’t be okay with him having visitation.

That whole “recruiting higher-quality students” thing via athletics spending is such horseshit. Are there super-genius high school seniors who are wavering over their UNH decision right now, who are going to be swayed by the “awesome experience” of this scoreboard at football games? What the actual fuck. :(

I lived in a cramped triple my freshman year of college, but all three of us were really good about spreading out the shitty parts. I got by far the best of the three beds, (without demanding, without arguing,) but then I took the shittiest of the closets, because that is how you cooperate as an adult. 

Thank goodness for alternatives! I’m lactose intolerant, and soy milk was messing with my hormones... thank goodness for almond milk, so I can have creamy iced coffee.

tell that to milkweed

It’s common for fiction writers to have “sensitivity readers” read through their drafts to let them know if any of it is bullshit. As a white author, I can write about Black characters. I can even write from the point of view of a Black character, if I do my research and treat it sensitively and tread carefully and…

I think many of the things in your list could, or could not be, appropriative based on context. (Blackface and feathered headdresses, in my opinion, are never okay.)