Well, shit's changed, my friend. There are huge numbers of people who don't have the option of not taking a job because they don't like the perks or the pay. There are large numbers of people who don't qualify for welfare and are lucky to get hired as a Walmart greeter because the economy has gone to shit on the backs…

Your response here is totally reasonable but can we back up and ask who the hell spends $15 on lunch at Taco Bell?

I love the taste of spicy but once it starts it's work... man, oh man... I've dubbed it "Party in the mouth, hangover in the stomach."

As someone who worked in retail for years, I bet they deserved it. I've often felt that just as every adult in certain countries has to go through mandatory military service, adults in the US should have to go through 2 years of mandatory customer service.

That's absolutely true. A thousand years ago, one of my summer jobs in college was as a nurses' aide in a nursing home and that is exactly what we did. The following conversation actually happened with a 90-something year-old dementia patient who was still back on his farm.

My kid had been complaining at me for like ten minutes straight yesterday and I said SEE HERE I CAME IN HERE FOR AN ARGUMENT BUT THIS IS ABUSE and he didn't get it. I guess I need to show him this.

But in all honestly, I think "Qcumber" is way cooler than "cucumber."

There is a fine line between the "cool" mom and the stupid as hell mom. This woman saw that line as a personal challenge, backed up and mad jumped right over that sucker and ran right down field to the criminal mom end zone.

PS:
I just wanted to attest: once you get over the initial weird feeling, nothing feels more supremely badass than dining alone at a good restaurant. Do take a book. Do order a fancy beverage. And do feel like royalty.

i'm 53 and if my husband and i ever break up i'll be retiring from the peen scene permanently. no way i'm going to deal with any kind tindr shit like that, oy!

Frequent reader, first time commenter. Fat guy.

YES, CAUTION. At 5'7" twenty pounds is a big deal (and well done! But still...caution).

That acquaintance of yours should be kicked in the ballsack! What bullshit it is to declare that «all gay guys want a skinny dude» or «all straight guys want a skinny girl», it's simply not true. Also, losing 20 pounds in three weeks sounds very unhealthy, please be kind to yourself.

I'm right there with you, man. Don't let it get you down. There are plenty of gay men who struggle with their weight and who don't see it quite so idiotically.

From my experience, the "fat slob" stereotype is particularly pervasive in gay communities where standards for men are more in line with the kinds of standards…

I grew up with a hatred for my body type. I could never achieve the trianglular, wide-shoulders, small waist that people wanted me to be. They never took into account, my wide hips, sizable posterior, and muscular thighs.

:(

Dear Mr. Ozarsky...

Is it even a 'joke'? Aren't jokes supposed to be funny and make you laugh? Whats fucking funny about calling a room a 'Rape Room'? What's so fucking funny about making people think rape goes on within its walls, if that's what they're even aiming for?

I don't think rape jokes are always horrible no matter what. I can imagine joking with my friends and calling some place the rape room because it looks like some place you'd get raped. It's funny to me because as a female we're taught so many things to avoid rape that it just gets kind of ridiculous.

Exactly! I'm not saying calling a sketchy room the "rape room" is a totally awesome and hilarious thing to do, but the real issue is how they reacted when she asked them to stop. Another major issue is the implicit misogyny when a bunch of men fire a woman because they think she's overreacting to a rape joke.