I LOVE slut as the insult for women that don't want to sleep with you. It really shows how the gendered nature of our insults matters more than the implied content.

His comment was that women don't want him because he's short and not rich. His comment implied that women go for rich guys and they are shallow enough to pretend hot rich guys are funny (NOT the thesis of the article). The article isn't saying men and women are shallow; it's saying that physical appearance is a factor…

Haha it sounds like you're a total insecure asshole (probably women's fault, right?). Spoiler alert: your assholeness is the reason women don't want you.

Agree - I think it's ENRAGING to men who think they aren't hot to even consider the fact that some women (hot women, usually) wouldn't want to fuck them. BUT THEY'RE MEN, DON'T YOU KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MAKING THEM FEEL SPECIAL ALL THE TIME.

Probably you don't consider yourself a hottie, so the idea that a woman might want to have sex with someone that isn't you pisses you off. Enraging, when women have a desire that doesn't align with yours.

LOL yeah you right. I'm losing my Louisiana manners up here, I think! I should have just said bless their hearts ;)

Oh, Gilbert. Being funny never got you laid because (1) you're not funny and (2) you're a total horse's ass that thinks he's entitled to get fucked by women and that anyone who doesn't want to fuck him is a lying b-word.

Say it with me, people: C-H-O-I-C-E.

Wow really great question. For most crimes, the estimate is that 90% of the crimes are committed by 10% of the criminals - but that's more for property-type crimes. I really wonder what the answer is here, but I'm also really scared.

Exactly. On Shakesville I hear it framed this way: Are the jokes you're making more likely to make a rape victim comfortable or a rapist? If you answered RAPIST, you've got an issue. If you make a joke and a rapist thinks, "Yeah, this guy gets it!" and you're not disturbed by that alignment enough to change your…

Thanks for clarifying for the idiots! It's amazing that you could say he has raped someone and people would perceive that as metaphorical...uhhh, wtf no.

Are you being sarcastic? This IS the way the law is written in lots of states in the US. However, I think what wbff is saying that the way this judge's mind works is similar to how any sexual predator's would, and that is what makes wbff think he is a rapist.

100% AGREE. That's what I was thinking the whole time I was reading.

Good point - the other thing is that cooking with fresh ingredients ensures that whatever you made won't last. Whereas those foods full of preservatives? OOO they last and you don't even need a fridge!

Not to mention the roaches. People always say, "Why don't poor people just cook?" Well, assuming they even have the tools to cook (which, check out what you use - it's a lot of stuff!), who wants to make a mess if you live in an area with BUGZ?? That's real, people.

This is so crucial; good on ya. I taught at an extremely high-poverty high school and many teachers used food incentives to reinforce good behavior. Prizes and incentives work wonders for some kids and add a lot of positivity and feelings of achievement in a class. However, our school was in a food desert and here we…

You know, I taught at a school that received an F- and you know what happened? It was shut down. Hmmmmm gives me an idea...

And unfortunately, the worst states also have large populations in poverty and poor health care in general for people in poverty. They have small, if any, middle-class. They generally have corporations that have enormous profit investments in their remaining cheap and regulation-less. They have large communities of…

Black women in life and movies never get to be "cute" because "cute" implies innocence and Black people never get to be considered "innocent". Think about how Black vs. white youth are portrayed in the media: white adolescents are "kids", Black adolescents are just pre-adult criminals. If they even get that. You're so…

YES. Your comment makes me think of Hattie McDaniel. She was the first Black woman to win an Oscar for playing the original Mammy, but Black women at STILL relegated to playing the Mammy (really the only "positive" portrayal of Black women you listed, but even that is an ugly, flat stereotype). HOW MANY YEARS LATER???…