Yes. Most people are terrible dog owners, and have done zero training. They think their dog will just chill in their office, but it will not. It will freak out at strange people walking past and possibly fight with other dogs.

Sometimes, I wonder why I’m still so shocked that someone could be cruel to a child. A newborn baby? You have to have no soul to hate a newborn baby. Those people leaving 3 & 4 year olds to die in hot cars, people forcing dumb ass “punishments” like making a kid run until they die or drink so much water they die. I…

What is the training in terms of where to shoot someone? If you are shooting at someone, is the goal always to kill them? Because I always thought that the goal was to stop them - that police would aim for the leg, or a non-fatal area to shoot. Of course, they might die anyway, but I thought the training was not shoot…

I can see where you get that. You’re referencing this point, right?

It is a need. Not as basic as food, water and sleep, but it is a need. All people have different sex drives. You say you are asexual, so your sex drive is very low. If you feel in love with someone with a higher sex-drive, you would be sexually incompatible. You’d be frustrated feeling like you have to do something…

I dated a guy who could only do it in the morning. I was too young to realize it then, but I think he had some ED and, since he was a young guy (24ish?) he was ashamed to talk about it. He was ashamed of sex in general, due to strict religious upbringing. There was no way he was going to admit that he couldn’t do it…

I believe that’s what the general culture is set up to make me think. I don’t believe it, but I see those messages all over the place. Check the White House. A completely incompetent asshat won because people don’t like the idea of an ambitious woman thinking she deserves power.

Sex is a human need. If her needs aren’t being met, the resentment caused by that one little area will start to seep into the rest of their relationship.

I’d love to know what about my response sounded “super rapey” to you.

I thought of Savage Love, too. Sexual incompatibility is an important thing to consider, and often is a deal breaker. What I wonder is, when he does try, does he do a good job? Or, was it more like she appreciated the effort and hoped it would go somewhere?

I just wanted to butt in and say I love it when people have rational conversations in the comments. It’s so rare that a misunderstanding ends with “oh, I get it now. thanks.” and “you’re welcome.”

The fact that you are commenting here, trying to argue instead of listen and understand, tells me you didn’t even need to read those memos. As a white woman, I can tell you I got those memos. As a white guy, you are the default. Everything else is a modified version of you. A “man” in modern parlance is a white man.…

The fact that you are commenting here, trying to argue instead of listen and understand, tells me you didn’t even need to read those memos. As a white woman, I can tell you I got those memos. As a white guy, you are the default. Everything else is a modified version of you. A “man” in modern parlance is a white man.…

ALL of the ladies wearing the fishnet undies have a tummy roll! I love it, because most of the time if you see plus sized lingerie, the models are essentially just straight-up larger than regular models, but otherwise perfect. I don’t have a flat tummy. Seeing plus sized lingerie on women with flat tummies does not…

This is exactly how I try to frame it to myself. I know I felt fat 20 pounds ago, and now I look back and can’t believe how great I looked. I try to remember that this, too, will someday be a version of myself that I think is better than whatever is the current version. I try to look at myself through future me.

I generally like Ellen, because I do think she really is Such a Nice Person. I also think that pranks are awful, whether they’re “funny” or surprising/scaring someone, I just think it is so wrong. You hit the nail on the head - they are done TO someone, not with them. I’m not generally a self-conscious, insecure…

I see that a lot, too. I have two kids and I have to consciously resist playing keep-up with my kids’ classmates. My kids play sports they’re interested in. If they don’t like it, they have to finish the season (because you made a commitment, you have to keep it), but they don’t have to play the next season.

Also, this generation was not allowed to go out alone, to walk to school alone. Their parents planned “playdates” for them from infancy and then helped to schedule everything else. They’ve also been pushed harder in school, have more tutors and after-school, scheduled activities.

I love this song. I never realized how useful it would be.

But “police shot them in the chest” is grammatically correct if the victim were unknown at the time of publishing. Like, if this incident was reported before the victim was identified, as often happens now that news is nonstop. It would read “an unidentified person, believed to be a student at Georgia Tech, was…