The parents taking away their phone? A parent has the right to do that (a boss doesn't).

Parents have the right to do this because as the guardians of minors, they get to decide things like this (and the law supports that) and, more often than not, they are the ones who paid for the phone and contract in the first place.

Me, reading aloud: "This family only eats natural food, from the earth."

Yeah, REALLY not into the fat shaming in this story.

just canned tuna (which is GROSS) or all tuna? I hate canned shit but a nice fatty tuna/toro (I know...I know...bad for the ocean) sashimi or seared rare ahi steak...mmm

Bedspreads and tablecloths tend to be floral or Muslim-inspired geometric designs. What you saw were probably large wall hangings. I can assure you that you have not seen Indian deity-decorated bedspreads and tablecloths.

Because you're using their iconography. If you don't use their iconography you don't have to follow their rules. Hinduism might be a very open religion (I'm not even sure it's possible to convert to it) but there are a few things that are important. But if you do, it's kind of rude to ignore every cultural context…

Yep, totally fine.

Yeah bullshit on soy being bad for you (GMO pesticide soy maybe, but normal soy? No).

Exactly this. In India *almost* every sort of thing can be found covered with decorations - often neon and glittery - of Hindu religious iconography. Shirts? Yep. Puffy stickers for your scooter helmet? You bet. Pens? Got those too. Keychains? Plastic please! Do you want a dashboard or home ornament that is a…

I have never had that problem...I mean, my usual flight is a trans-Pacific haul and there's always at least one child meltdown (frankly I don't blame the children and by hour 12 I want to melt down too, it's just that they can get away with it and I can't), so perhaps I just tune it out/don't care, but I have never…

Actually, it's not. It's still usually cheaper to fly where I need to fly within the USA with Southwest or Jet Blue. Once a year I fly Washington DC-Portland ME. The cheapest choice is Jet Blue, or for the same price I can fly US Airways to Boston and take the train or bus, with a baggage fee. So I fly Jet Blue. I…

I agree. Cathay, ANA, Korean - all good airlines that do much better than these losers.

Same here. I am an expat, but when I visit the USA and need to travel domestically, if Southwest or Jet Blue don't go there, I either take the train or I don't go. I WILL NOT fly any other US carrier unless it is a dire situation. Like for a deathbed goodbye maybe. Not for any other reason.

I am sorry but no, I have not "come to accept" checked bag fees. I find them, well, unacceptable. I remember well a time when such a fee would have been considered ridiculous (GET OFF MY LAWN!) and I won't pay it now.

I won't win but I want to share. It's not even all that special, just a little negging. I'm an expat and the city where I live has an expat bar that's kind of infamous - - and known for being a meat market. Like, actual prostitutes. I had never really been even though I live within walking distance, but a friend who…

but he did do a "foods that should not exist" - anything on this menu.

Interesting and nuanced? I disagree. I "read" Vogue at the hair salon, because it's available, and the only articles I've ever seen in there among the mounds and mounds of ads for things I'd never buy that cost way too much money are completely pointless (IMHO). One article on fashion for travel could basically be…

Fish Powder sounds like something I eat regularly, living in Taiwan. Except in Taiwan it is actually powder made out of fish.

Why not? You can penalize a restaurant for any legit reason why you didn't enjoy it, and noise is a legit reason. I suppose you could say "just don't go there" but that, taken to its logical conclusion, negates the entire point of reviews: so others can read about your experience.