Remember when people thought they were soooo youneek for naming their kid Aiden (which isn’t even the proper spelling of that name OMG my stab hand is acting up again) or Ava?

But what’s funny is the “must come up with an original name” people always wind up with a kid who has 5 other kids in that grade with that name. Turns out other people stumbled on Hazel, as well.

It’s not 488 murders in a year. We are on track for 730 murders. 416 in 2014, 468 in 2015, 730 in 2016.

What is your point when you say that violence is lower than in the 90's? Of course it’s lower; the projects were torn down. The point is that violent crime is going UP. We have so far had a 70% increase in shootings this year + a 50% increase in homicides. 50% more will take us to well over 1,000 deaths. Violence in…

Context: there have been 50% more murders this year than there were at the same time last year. The number has been creeping up each year. We are on track to go back to where we were in the 90's in the age of Henry Horner + Cabrini Green. Btw, Bill Clinton was much more aggressive than President Obama when it came to…

I have to disagree with you. Shootings in Chicago are in the Tribune every day. I know because I read them every day. Sadly, though, it’s not very newsworthy when someone is shot + killed in a neighborhood that is essentially a war zone. (If you read the Tribune, though, you will see they have done a lot of great…

Rule of thumb: If you wonder if someone has a fetish for something, the answer is always yes. Always. The sound of someone buttering toast? Yes. The taste of a dirty air conditioning filter? Sure. A human pretending to cough up a hairball? I’m sure there are copious videos of it on xhamster.

Yep. The world needs a collective lesson on gender identity and gender presentation.

Any time I read anything about bathroom policing I get that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach because I am preparing to read about an act of violence perpetuated against an LGBT person. It’s just a matter of time before it happens and it makes national news.

So glad we keep finding ways to be an openly bigoted country. Was worried that after nationally recognized same-sex marriage we were going soft there for a second

I'm wondering the same thing. I understand if at first, you might be skeptical of his sincerity, but he has been very consistent and has shown that he's trying to educate himself and use his privilege to raise awareness so ... fuck this guy? I don't get it.

Now, as I’m reading through the comments, I’m seeing hate for him... why the hate for him? He is the literal definition of “woke bae” (as much as I hate that term) He is trying, yes, he makes mistakes as we all do, he admits and learns from and moves on ... so why the hate?

They did volunteer the information. They wrote about it on their blog a year before anyone decided to talk about it.

That’s pretty much how I feel. I’ve been vegan for around 14 years, and I’m pretty sure if I found out that the owners of my favourite restaurant went back to eating meat — I’ve met them and it seems unlikely, but who knows — my first question would be, “But they haven’t taken the reuben off the menu, right?”

If the meat and other animal products stay out of the kitchens of their restaurants, I see zero issue with what they do at home. I’m doubting they are the first meat eaters to own a vegan restaurant.

That’s an excellent point. Personally, I do believe that are ethical ways of being a meat-eater, and it sounds like these people are doing that. Besides, even if they do eat meat, their restaurants are still providing a worthwhile service for people who choose to abstain from all animal products.

So is it because they have decided to eat meat or is it because they are choosing to slaughter their own meat for consumption?

There’s a lot to unpack in this story. While I can kinda, sorta see how the client base can be.....unsettled by the Englehart’s decision, it’s ultimately none of anyone elses’s goddamn business since they’re not selling their meat. Even if you disagree with their decision on a moral/ethical/whatever basis....Death…

I mean, when I was vegan the only thing I craved was human flesh. I think that is just a thing.

I ate a Gracias Madre on Wednesday for the first time and it was quite delicious!