Well, in your hypothetical, the Golden rule works just as well, too: "Didn't it bother you when they didn't stop when you asked them to?"

I don't really see how using the Golden Rule would solve those problems, either. In those hypotheticals, the parents wouldn't be letting kids do those things because they don't want to be allowed to do them either, if they were using the Golden Rule. No over-simplified tennet fixes everything or teaches all the…

Every time I've seen the "treat others as they want to be treated" idea discussed, it's encouraging people to talk to each other as ask how they want to be treated on a basic, human level as opposed to making assumptions. "Treat others as they want to be treated" doesn't mean be subservient or a kiss-ass. I think…

The Platinum Rule, yes? The Golden Rule is based on bad statistics. Take the life experiences of one person (the generic "you") and generalize them to 7 billion people.

I've seen very similar things on Hot Topic's website.

Oh, but didn't you know? He's a "genetic freak".

Exactly - there's nothing gritty, or controversial, or edgy about maintaining the status quo, despite what all the photographers, filmmakers, and comedians want to think.

When I worked at Target in the late 90s, my supervisor and I figured out how to hack into the inventory system to see if another Target store had an item a customer wanted (this was in the days before merchandise locators and the like). The database also showed how much the company had paid for each item, and the…

Also, it is incredibly difficult to win a libel case if you're a public figure. The standards are different from the suits brought by private citizens; you have to prove malicious intent, if I recall correctly from my communication law class.

I've never even attempted to button one of those shirts up to the top. It's always a shirt/tank combo deal for me.

I have no fees other than hypothetical overdraft fees, and the $5 initial deposit in the savings account. It's been that way with every credit union I've used. Not to mention great customer service.

My cats don't look twice at the apps. But they pay very close attention to The Beastmaster, Supernatural, Too Cute, and UFC fights. And one yells constantly at the TV during Glee episodes.

Found out about this in the Supernatural fandom. It is all over the place there. I'm a little ashamed that I didn't need to read the article to know what you were talking about. Some stories just don't have enough warnings.

He riffed Jurassic Park with Rifftrax's (and MST3K's) Mike Nelson. So funny.

This won't stop me from buying stuff online. I don't do it to avoid taxes; I do it because of my work hours, to save gas, and because I don't like waiting in line at understaffed retail stores (which have been understaffed since before the onset of online shopping). I also shop online because of the pathetic selection…

I could definitely see that. Like models/actors insisting on their good sides and Barbara Walters insisting on a soft lens.

There's no way she requested pics that are out of focus (in a hack, untalented way, not a skilled and done for effect way) and that horribly lit. It seriously looks like the first pics I took with a Canon T3i Rebel before I got used to the functions.

I worked at Old Navy for 7 years. Wash everything before you wear it. Even if clothes aren't gross from being tried on, they make come in off the truck in the rain, they don't all come wrapped in plastic, they can end up in dusty upstock or wedged on the floor under a table, whatever. Just wash them.

THIS. This is exactly why cheap martial arts schools and cheap CrossFit gyms in Florida try to convince you that working out in an un-airconditioned warehouse is good for you. It isn't. You reach heat exhaustion more quickly, which actually negatively affects your workout benefits, because you aren't able to work out…

The one in my neighborhood has been playing Christmas music for the last two months. I don't know what's wrong with them.