I used to live right by Yellowstone, and while this is good advice, pretty much every single time someone was injured by a bison it was because they were out getting way too close and trying to get a picture often of a baby. I don’t remember hearing about someone just sort of happening across a bison in the decade or…

idk about now, but I had Go SMS quite awhile back and it was just plain better than Google’s SMS app. You could customize it quite a bit, search messages iirc, view your shared media as an album instead of swiping through photos one at a time; a lot of QoL type stuff. Google Messages is still lacking in these…

Maybe I am a garbage human, but I... I just drink the olive oil that sardines and things are packed in? 

I rub it on my pits and neck for a fresh fish scent.  My coworkers don’t like it, but cats do, so fuck em.

Thank you! Well, I was long winded enough that this could be a stand alone article. Perhaps I shouldn’t comment just after getting my caffeine fix. ;)

This comment needs to be it’s own article, really good advice

I would just share something about yourself and then wait for cues from people about what they feel comfortable opening up about. Ideally, it should be a fairly equal and even exchange, so that you aren’t over sharing, and they don’t feel like they are participating in a game of twenty questions. Allow space for their…

You’re in the wrong thread for that.  This thread is for people who are twisted on the inside and still want to maintain a facade of humanity.

I think I’d be more impressed than anything, honestly.

So here’s my question. I hate small talk and would rather be involved in deeper conversation with people—religion, the meaning of life, if they ever plan on having kids, etc. I’m never argumentative or judgmental about these things, just genuinely curious and like to listen. But I understand that some of these…

I’m not a woman so I’ll fortunately never have to deal with the pregnancy question but I deal with any inappropriate question one of two ways.

I’ve found “Do you really want to know the answer to that question?” with a look like it’s going to be the worst thing they can imagine is great for making them think twice.

Daenerys of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regent of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons

YEAH, I say cut out high school geometry for:

Verbal abuse by a school official is never acceptable, regardless to whom it’s directed. You have a couple of options, but before you do anything, document, document, document. No detail is too small. One option is to make a formal complaint to the school board. You know all that documentation you have? Now’s the time…

I have a family member who has borderline personality disorder. Because of this, they frequently have full on adult temper tantrums that can suddenly come out of nowhere, lasting for hours or occasionally for several days. From dealing with them and from dealing with a tantrum prone narcissistic parent in the past, I…

As a trained Crisis Negotiator, I can tell you... Never say the words calm down. In context to this article Orenstein said, “‘I can’t really listen to you when you are throwing things. But I would be glad to listen when you calm down.’”. This is what we would call trigger, an express phrase we are trained not to say.…

This is a solid strategy. All his bluff and bluster crumbles into his ugliest most churlish self when he’s triggered by someone laughing at him, as happened in the wackadoo press conference yesterday.

When it’s adults, I always wonder if they were the only child growing up and/or they always got their way as a child. Because, my parents would have spanked those tantrums right out of me.  

I’m just waiting for a reporter to inadvertently laugh out loud when the president says something really stupid in one of his press gaggles.