I know, I’m in Canada too and after 8 years I finally got 4 weeks holiday. I’m currently at almost 11 years, and I think at 15 I get another 2-1/2 days? It’s total horseshit.

But what happened to Gen Y then? I thought it was boomer, x, y, millenial (and now apparently there’s something along the lines of digital age babies, they’ve never even seen analog electronics, let alone used one).

I thought you guys were gen Y? I’m a young gen-Xer (I’m 42 - I was a tween while all the “real” gen-Xers were getting all grungy and dirty and miserable), and my partner is 6 years younger - but I would never have classified him as a millenial, I thought those started in the late 80s early 90s...

Ha, your “gender condemning” is inadvertently more apt than not :)

It’s too bad people aren’t taught to reason or think critically anymore...

Thanks, I don’t usually engage to that degree but holy smokes was there ever a lot of apologism going around...

I am a parent, but before that I was an educator and a world traveller and a graduate student and a public health policy wonk. I know a fair amount, but I definitely don’t know “best”, that’s why I *gasp* do resesarch, and learn from and defer to the goddamn experts. If all the mouthbreathers out there who procreate…

And they’re not shy about expressing them. Mine is half Shepherd half lab (met her parents, there are no questions), and she is super vocal - talks back too when I make her do something she doesn’t want to do, lots of sub-vocalizations and grumbles. I figure it’s preparing me for when my 4 year old daughter turns into…

And they have each other - pets need friends too! :)

And everybody keeps religion-splaining to me about protocol - I’m not talking about protocol and I don’t care (it’s all mummery and showmanship). But at it’s fundament, it’s about oppressive religious dictates that target women, so what’s sauce for the gander (Islam) should be sauce for the goose (Christianity). This…

Wow, you’re charming! And the logical inconsistencies are rather breathtaking.

The pope is a head of state (Vatican City) who meets with other heads of state in secular ceremonies. There was nothing “religious” about this visit...

Thank you for the catholicism explainer... However, that still doesn’t fly. The pope is also a head of state (Vatican City), and places like Saudi Arabia are theocratic monarchies (and incidentally, for whatever it’s worth, wikipedia has both Vatican City and Saudi Arabia down as 2 of the remaining 7 absolute…

But I’m pretty sure the Swiss guard hasn’t stoned any whore women to death or beheaded any adulterers in the last, oh, hundred years or so, unlike some other quasi-police/para-military bodies out there... So that line of argument re: appeasement doesn’t really hold water :/

It’s bullshit. If Arab dignitaries that are horrified by the site of women’s skin don’t get placated with costumes, I don’t see why the hell Vatican reps should be humoured... Consistency would be nice, but I’m pretty sure there are other reasons for the double standard (gasp, could it have something to do with…

It’s fucking ridiculous is what it is. They didn’t cover up in Saudi Arabia so why the hell are they doing it with the pope?? If you’re going to stick to your so-called “liberated American woman” guns in one country, why the hell won’t you do it in another? (oh right, ‘cause the brown people are horrible and awful to…

That’s an all too apt comparison actually...

The bags are so bad for marine life though! I’d be fine with the bags (they’re actually awesome in operation), but why the hell most of the country refuses to recycle plastic bags, I don’t know...

I know, our spies like to think they’re in the big leagues but really they’re just the annoying younger siblings following big brother around yelling: can I play tooooo??

That’s his spin for everything - the President can get away with murder, there are no conflicts of interest for the President, and secrets shmecrets, says the President...