I don’t know if I’m misunderstanding your reply, but to clarify I meant if the ruling is in favor of religion being a valid reason to refuse service to a protected class, you could fuck the Republicans and their protections by refusing to serve Evangelicals because your religion prohibits it (as opposed to based on…

Religion is protected though. Put a sign that says “No Evangelicals” in the window.

And as far as I understand it, the gay couple is just asking for a regular old wedding cake, not a cake that says “GAY IS RIGHT” or “FUCK AMERICA” or “SATAN IS GREAT” or whateverthefuck offends him that people are apparently asking him to put on cakes left and right.

I feel sick.

And surely cake bakers still have control over how the product itself looks. E.g. if a lesbian couple came in wanting vulvas all over a cake and that offended the baker, the baker wouldn’t be compelled to make a vulva cake just because the couple is part of a protected class.

You are harping on the minutiae of the semantics of profit and money and trade, and as a result are conflating two very different things that have very different contexts with very different outcomes. When I tried to explain how Dr. Lee’s exchange for content is different than medical researchers’ exchange for content…

As far as opening the conversation, I’d suggest you stay generic if you want to appeal to the most number of women. Stick to neutral shared ground like the weather or the bar you’re in or her beer or that funny thing the bartender said to her at least until you find out more about her and can get on a topic, or see…

Prostitution, drugs, etc. will always always be there and they won’t go away or even necessarily be all that mitigated just because there is an option to sell your healthcare data or organs etc. So I don’t think people suffering because they’re trying to make money doing Y is a good reason for implementing an…

I think you are over simplifying what’s happening in healthcare. In fact the amount paid to doctors directly is far less than the amount paid to 1) facilities for services, inpatient in particular, and 2) drug companies. For example, if you look at cancer treatment, the vast majority of the cost is in chemotherapy,…

Sorry, that bottle of Yellowtail chard you bought in 2011 isn’t getting better.

Yup, we’ve all been told that and most of us live by it. Bad dudes spoiling it for everyone!

XD You might not get a lot of women with that, but you just might get the right woman!

In all seriousness, though, if a guy sidled up and asked if I had a minute to chat I’d assume he’s trying to sell me something or convert me to his religion. Don’t start off with that.

Approaching with a drink in hand also whispers to her “I’m trying to roofie you.”

Because allowing patients to profit off of their treatment (/their medical data being published) creates an incentive for them to undergo treatments (/sign a waiver for release of their data) that may or may not be in their best interests.

FYI, the battle continues well past this sampling. Fun!

Looks like Don and Mel might have the same thermostat wars my husband and I do!

Too nice. More of a, shall we say, diarrheatribe.

“But I TOLD my doctor I didn’t want to be resuscitated!” is going to get you exactly nowhere, even if you have a recording of the conversation. There are absolutely some types of legal agreements that must be put to paper in order to be believed, honored, and upheld.

Someone who didn’t think they were going to die that day? Or did it as a joke?