That's fair, and to be fair, this whole thing hits a nerve with me - I can't stand a bully to begin with, and these guys are some of the worst. When I consider the emotional damage of being bullied on the victims, I get incensed and feel a need for bullies to be really, deeply shamed and punished - to endure some of…

Perhaps if you had been the recipient of some of your self-described despicable behavior, you would want to see some justice done, albeit tempered with compassion.

I honor my parents by staying away from them and being my most successful, healthy self instead of constantly fighting off mom's passive-aggressive attacks (dad is gone) and being a depressed failure. I'm honoring what they could have been, instead of wallowing around in what they were and are. I have done my duty and…

Do I give the +1 for the spot-on comment, for the awesome name, or the Spock - Vulcan tie-in . . . many stars to you.

My first car was a Cavalier - a 1984 hatchback. Go look that up, but not while you are eating.

Behold! The arbiter of all mental, emotional, and relationship health! Even from afar she knows what is best for everyone! All acceptable behavior flows from her wise and just eye!

That's nice - so you'd break up a marriage because you are some sort of a dime-store therapist who can predict the future?

I think that since the very nature of abuse by a narcissistic parent centers around the destruction of one's agency and authentic voice, taking criticism about an act that involves reclaiming that agency is not going to be easy.

In your defense, it seems like an article designed to obfuscate - a polemic wearing the clothes of scientific debate. That's why corporations with dubious track records are always spending money on "think tanks" and such - to give their shills and lobbyists something to quote, just enough to make you doubt, and…

While okra was super common in my family growing up (North Georgia), I have relatives who still refer to sushi as "bait" - although in their defense, they usually remember their manners and don't say it in front of my wife, who is from Kyoto.

I'm not sure if I would put a ton of faith in the article you mention, when in the first paragraph he calls climate change a hoax. If you look at the other things he has written, they seem centered on a strongly conservative political agenda, not on examining scientific consensus in some way that might refute his…

Finding a job that will actually allow you to pay rent in NYC and not starve - that seems to be the trick. I'm usually there 2-3 times a year for work, it is like no other place in the world.

Cool, what places did you go?

I don't think people are complaining about you not tipping in places (like NZ) where they don't have our crappy system. A place where the server doesn't expect a tip, isn't counting on it to get by, then hey, anything you give is a bonus, and good on you for doing it if they gave great service.

This.

. . .especially if they get treated like human beings.

I was a cook, then a restaurant chef (for a hotel), then finally a sous chef for another hotel chain, 7 years in kitchens before I finally burnt all the way out. And in my experience, it's seldom the special requests themselves, its the timing/attitude. Here are my unsolicited tips:

I was a cook, then a restaurant chef (for a hotel), then finally a sous chef for another hotel chain, 7 years in kitchens before I finally burnt all the way out. And in my experience, it's seldom the special requests themselves, its the timing/attitude. Here are my unsolicited tips:

I was a cook, then a restaurant chef (for a hotel), then finally a sous chef for another hotel chain, 7 years in kitchens before I finally burnt all the way out. And in my experience, it's seldom the special requests themselves, its the timing/attitude. Here are my unsolicited tips:

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