From the age of 6 or 7, I had seen countless of naked bodies in museums, painting/sculpture exhibitions since my parents used to take me to museums all the time. Never batted an eye. I'm not traumatized and I've turned out ok. I always wonder how those parents deal with that sort of stuff: do they cover their kid's…

Well, I'm sure they must study them at school, don't you think? Especially since Iceland seems pretty attached to its traditions and culture. Didn't you read "The Canterbury Tales" in school?

I could say the same thing ;-)

I'm not sure endangered species disappearing (which often has an impact on the environment) and languages dying out can be compared.

Well, sure, but then don't use that bullshit argument of "oh, for some reason, there's no gay characters, therefore no gay sex scene, sorry, don't know how this happened". He's the one writing the books and creating that world. If he doesn't want to write same-sex scenes, he should own up to it.

I wasn't necessarily talking about English here (considering it's not even my native language). My point was that if you have to defend a language so vigorously (as you put it) or else it'll go extinct, then maybe it's not worth defending. Or maybe it is, I don't know.

Aren't all languages in some way infuenced by others? Languages evolve, take on on foreign words and somehow that enriches them, don't you think? I guess I find it quite artificial to preserve a language so drastically. I understand that Iceland is a small country and quite attached to its traditions and there's…

Your students are right, I didn't think about the interview requests, it's definitely very likely they'd be called back less. But whether there's a picture or not, if you're named Mohammed or Khaled or Ladidja well, it's right there in your name. The picture on the application won't change any of that.

That's called sarcasm. Your comment was so ridiculous I thought that was the only appropriate response. There are Neo Nazis in all western countries, yes. And they're a tiny minority thankfully. The way you mentioned it, you'd think France had been taken over by a Neo Nazi governement. That's what I was objecting to.…

I see. If they have a degree, there's no reason they'd be unemployed though. As long as it's a "useful" degree according to the economy. Usually the discrimination and lack of prospects for ethnic minorities is because they're less likely to attend university.

That's right, France is a Neo Nazi country. Absolutely. You clearly know your stuff and you're totally not biased. Like, at all. Jesus, where do you get your news?

Yep. It's forbidden to ask questions relating to your ethnicity, the same way it's forbidden to conduct surveys based on ethnicity. The word "race", as it's been explained above in the comments, is inherently racist to use. That doesn't make it a perfect system and can indeed seem quite often blind to discriminations…

Oh no tons of people hate them, hence my comment. Because I love Birkenstocks. Like I said, there are so many colors and models that I can always find a pair that will go with a lot of outfits, whether it's shorts, dresses or skirts (I obviously don't wear them with trousers). When it's hot in the summer, they're the…

Who says we are pretending? I don't get the hate for the Birkenstocks. Some models are really cute and yes they go well with a lot of outfits. AND they're super comfortable. I'm genuinely baffled whenever I hear people say that they're ugly shoes.

There are theories involving every possible pairing of the One Direction members but I must say the Louis and Harry "relationship" is very convincing. I fell into that black hole too a while ago. I find it fascinating how teenage girls are apparently so horny for guys they perceive as gay.

Sure, male whining was to expected but it's STILL a dumb comment. I don't know, I was expecting more "really Michelle Obama, really?" type of comments.

Yep, it's awful. For the life of me, I don't understand why so may horrendous alternative haircuts happen to be sported by lesbians. Like, really, we want to keep that stereotype alive?

Oh come on. Taking care of yourself and paying attention to your appearance automatically means you're a vain, shallow airhead? I don't find those generalizations useful. They often come from other people's insecurities, deep-seated envy and wish to reassure oneself. Frankly, that's not a good look.

Agree. I don't understand why the fact that Michelle Obama said something really dumb that doesn't help anybody at all is met with so much applause here. The "women are smarter than men" thing is not only completely untrue it also suggests that we women must be fucking morons if we haven't figured out a way to use…

I like what you say about timing. So true.