Thank you for sharing this. Sometimes compassion seems to need a boost from study.

Yes. You only don't tip if they own the salon.

"Back in my day, music didn't even have percussions! Damn kids playing their Selena Bieber music. TURN DOWN THAT DAMN AIR CYMBAL!"

"As a palate cleanser for the last two weeks, please enjoy some stories of terrible customers receiving their just rewards."

You have the best screen name ever.

Can't say I'm surprised that happened in Pennsyltucky. Obviously someone doing that to you is bullshit — what you eat is your damn choice. I still say the whole discussion and anyone claiming moral superiority over anyone else on the basis of their eating habits is ridiculous.

bravo.

Harder because they have to stop and do push ups and chest bumps every couple minutes to make sure their still manly and tough.

Lawyer here! I can tell you authoritatively that police officers are not supposed to shoot people for "breaking the law". Aside from that, police officers have in the past stopped, detained or arrested people who were not, as it turned out, actually breaking any laws, because sometimes that happens.

OK. You inspired me! I wrote in to This American Life to say how I enjoy the variety of voices they have on the show. :)

Myopia...or was your question of why not let someone vent rhetorical? :-)

I'm of the opinion that any form of proselitization is inherently reprehensible, so "when the conversation pertains to religion" is still a big old no-go for me. Any religion that tells you "you must try to convert other people, even non-forcibly" is fucking wrong to me.

This is exactly what I would have done.

Ooo! You should hear last week's This American Life! It's all about shitty internet comments, and the first story is Lindy West (former Jezebel writer) telling about the time a horrible troll apologized to her. I think the above person was just genuinely annoyed, whereas this story was about a pretty bad troll, and…

YES about being somewhat understanding that when you travel, you will be in a different place with different customs, and yes, different prices. I grew up in California, and like many Californians of their generation, my grandparents originally hailed from the Midwest. The concept of inflation and differences in…

"....a popular Southern California animal/theme park best known for being the only place where the guests sometimes get to watch apex predators never meant to be kept in swimming pools savagely maul the performers during shows. "

It's kind of the same as when PoC criticize white people: if you are a white person hearing that and you don't do the things the criticism is about, then you're not being criticized, so our job is to kick down and not get mad (after first honestly self-examining to figure out whether we actually have been doing the…

I worked in doctors office. I collected the paper that held the diagnoses for you after you saw the doctor as well as your co-pay. When I told a guy his copay was 10 dollars, he gave me a "bill" and told me to keep the change and basically bolted out.

You can stop now, Midwestern Christians are not an oppressed group.

So? I'm gonna throw down right now and declaratively state it outright: