Yeah. The argument seems to be that if you said Trump was an "Ass kisser" it wouldn't be homophobic, but if he gave Putin a rimjob it would be…..that's a pretty lame argument.

I'm an apologist for his joke because very large numbers of the LGBT community realized it isn't offensive.

I'm glad he's old. If he were 18 is avatar would be horrifying.

So it's homophobic because your gay friend didn't like it? Thanks for getting that out to the world.

Not to mention that they aren't gay. Had Trump been a gay person then maybe it would be homophobic…maybe? How does an "act" qualify as homophobic is beyond me….

That's true. Also depends whereabouts you visit, but yeah, I agree with you if you don't count smart devices as computers. I've lived in SE Asia for over a decade. The content issue really depends on which country you are in….some, like Indonesia, def have a lot of homegrown content. Someplace like Thailand, probably…

They don't need it. They have national healthcare in the Philippines.

Pretty sure it's a living wage in the Philippines…..

I think you'd be surprised. The developing world is surprisingly tech saavy. I've seen many a shack with satellite dishes.

No. It's actual homophobia when you pass laws which discriminate against homosexuals or make them disappear in the dead of night….

Right. Because the joke was totally that Trump and Putin are gay…….Geezus.

Well, take it however you want. I certainly took it the way Betty stated it….

Yes. That absolutely happens. More should be written on it. Survivor itself had a season where they openly addressed it with 4 "racial" tribes. They quickly abandoned it because the black tribe lost A LOT the first couple weeks. Not because they were black, mind you, but the optics weren't good.

But is a nightmare really the end of the world?

Does she talk about how this perception is because the other players are racially ignorant? Because that's basically all I get out of watching interactions with her. She's "too black" for all the white people on the show.

Hahahahaha. Yes. Yes, it is. That should have been a sign of things to come.

Totally agree. I think the management of US airlines is abysmal. You can almost tell they think of their staff on par with a Wal Mart greeter. This attitude trickles down from the top to the passengers. I think mountains of text could be/has been written on the airline industry's toxic organizational culture.

Haha. I'm not sure. I stumbled into whatever place in the Dakotas at 3AM and it was like an 80s movie. Tacky prostitutes milling around the bus terminal and a porn theater across the street with neon signs. It was disorienting.

I actually did only half the country. STL to Seattle. Wasn't horrible. I think three nights, but it was constant driving. I can do it in two nights. They love to meander up and down and all around.

Haha. Everyone should do a cross-country Greyhound at least once in their lives. It's how I realized that the Dakota's have problems with prostitution. Who knew?