I know exactly what you mean. Crying when every particle of your being is screaming "no tears! stop crying! why are you even crying?" is the worst. Fuck women's increased levels of prolactin and differently shaped tear ducts!

When someone cries in the middle of a meeting, the other people in the room are obliged to stop what they're doing, console the person, reassure them, and make sure they are incredibly delicate and sensitive to them as they go forward discussing this issue, if the meeting continues at all. It's incredibly selfish, and…

The CEO was totally out of line. But that's why I wish even more that she had managed to keep tears at bay, challenging though it might have been: being able to coolly and confidently respond to that kind of harassment, and report it later with a clear head, can be a powerful tool in her arsenal.

I think he was referring to the fact that she said "unsafe," rather than "uncomfortable." I'm totally on her side in the sense that this sounds like a fucked up workplace, but I admit that I'd love some clarification on what her thought process might be that connected the sexist gawking at hula hooping to feelings of…

The boss was way out of line, for sure. I'm shocked that she worked there for more than two years, between the boss and the colleague. Either her employment options were seriously limited or she wasn't thinking of her own wellbeing.

Yeah, I tried to acknowledge that with my last paragraph. I'm hardly a stoic person: I cry at the trailers for movies, I cry during Hallmark commercials, I cry when I open Christmas presents. We shouldn't be robots! We should experience emotions!

I likewise get exasperated when I see someone scream or throw things.

I totally understand why she would be emotionally affected by the boss talking to her that way, but I really, really have little patience for tears in an office setting. Every time I see a coworker cry because of something related to work—not a personal loss, difficulties at home, etc.—I have to consciously force…

That's my concern with this: it's going to break down significantly different across class lines, with some people working service industry work to defray university costs, and others getting shitfaced in developing countries.

Yeah, I think this is going to play out in very different ways based on income. Rich kids are going to drink their way through western Europe; poor kids are going to be working convenience store counters to try to defray college costs.

Wholeheartedly agree. I, too, would love to see students working on volunteer work that benefits low-income Americans, rather than either (a) doing volunteer work that has little training and limited impact, or (b) spending the year drinking their way through western Europe.

I've got this thing I do, where I only cook the pasta to al dente, then add it to the pan to cook with the clams. It's a neat trick; Burneko's probably never heard of it.

Is there something about celebrities named "Josh" that makes them utterly unmemorable? Josh Brolin, Josh Hartnett, Josh Holloway, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas—I bet if you were to mix up their pictures and ask me to identify which name went with which face, I'd miss at least three.

I mean, that presupposes that all parents start work at 9am. I've taught in low-income schools, and by and large, my students' parents do not have 9-5 jobs. They work a ton, but it's not on that schedule. Getting their kids to school at 7:20 a.m. is literally no easier than getting their kids to school at 10am—but the…

OMG I ONLY JUST REALIZED SHE WAS THE GIRL FROM HIGH FIDELITY. The one who John Cusack dated after he broke up with Catherine Zeta-Jones? Who was all sadsack and perennially single? CONNECTIONS.

Agreed. Would be cool if one of the prominent commenters here schooled some of these commenters who, by indulging their desire to either (a) get into a scuffle with everyone rooting them on, or (b) feel like they're educating everyone, even the trolls, are dramatically lowering the quality of dialogue in the comments.

Why did you reply and promote this motherfucker? Seriously, why? I honestly could scream at how we are a community that has said—frequently, loudly—that we don't want to engage in dialogues with assholes who obviously just get kicks out of pissing people off, but we simultaneously cannot fucking restrain ourselves…

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Really? All I remember from my junior high laser tag games was that everyone did exactly what Justin and Selena did: try to sneak into dark corners to make out. Not even the roller rink could guarantee such privacy!

My first thought was that they were just repackaging cheap generics—i.e., selling a Walgreens brand lip balm as Chapstick and marking up the price accordingly. Then I saw the line about possible health risks and realized that I might be thinking way too small time. I guess they were producing their own versions on the…