Good points. And I have no idea. I am also very embarrassed, as a sociology major, that I too conflated unintended pregnancies with unintended births.

Damn dude. You don't think the government has the right to tax you to fund basic safety net programs, but you think forced sterilization is an okay use of government's power? You just outed yourself as a fascist.

I'm very aware that actions have consequences—like how unintended pregnancies go up when abortion is regulated away! Imagine that!

Since it seems like every day some piece of weight loss wisdom is disproved by scientific study, can people stop being so self-righteous about their weight loss theories? In truth, we have no idea what actually works as far as losing weight and keeping it off. If we did, the millions of dieters would be skinny right…

Lol I meant to write something to sympathize and just ended up feeling sorry for myself. Thank you for the kind words. Best of luck.

I completely agree. It totally freaks me out that I am constantly on display and people feel entitled to comment on it. How is someone's body a polite topic of conversation? I have no idea how to respond, other than to give a curt answer and change the topic of conversation.

I'm right there with you. I "supported" myself all through college working as a waitress without help from my family, but now I've got six digits of student loan debt. I've been unemployed since May, my dad died in July, and since then I've been sinking deeper and deeper into debt. I've been living on credit cards…

I'm confused...wouldn't the probability of having a gay son increase with the more sons you have? I mean I guess I understand why scientists want to find a "biological" explanation for homosexuality, but it seems like a simple statistical explanation is in order here.

Absolutely—and I call bullshit on anyone who says that working in fast food doesn't require any skills. First of all, duh, it does require skills, like customer service, operating kitchen machinery, and food safety. But perhaps the biggest skill set you need in fast food is thick skin and tenacity. Fast food…

I've worked in diners and in sort of upscale-casual dining, and while 15%-20% is considered the norm, people in diners tend to tip right around 10% and people in nicer restaurants tend to tip anywhere from 18%-22%. The crazy thing about tips though is that waiters and waitresses in most restaurants must "tip out" to…

Spot on.

I hope hell exists.

Calling out "ghetto" as a racist stereotype is not the same as equating "ghetto" with blackness. Pretending that the concept of "ghetto" doesn't have any racist connotations isn't going to make racism go away.

That's not good enough. Just saying, but not all ghetto people are black!!! does not one fucking thing to challenge racism. No, not all or even most black people fit the racist "ghetto" stereotype. That's the point! In this situation, ghetto is being used as code for urban, poor black and this is a racist…

I hear you—it's not like we don't get enough of it in the wider culture. Losing weight=good, gaining weight=bad. Enough already.

Great work and thank you. I've signed the petition and plan on sharing it with others.

The minimum wage is $7.25 for most workers, and $2.13 for tipped employees. Certain types of workers are not covered by minimum wage laws: those include agricultural and domestic workers. Some businesses do violate minimum wage laws—it's called wage theft and it's a growing trend in the U.S. Although it is…

People are motivated by their self-interest, and they're ignorant fucks who think they have nothing to gain from fast food workers making a decent wage. There is plenty of evidence to show that raising the minimum wage would only do good things for the economy, like raise wages overall, increase jobs, and increase…

OF COURSE PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN BEFORE THEY ARE FINANCIALLY ABLE TO. People have sex, people are raped, birth control fails, abortions are hard to get, financial situations change, fathers run off, parents die, and the median household income is something like $44,000 a year. Over half the households in this country…

Exactly. All these fast food corporations have the ability to pay their workers a living wage and still turn a profit. Any business that can't afford to do so should be out of business.