I think you've got a good point about judging people in history. There's a big difference between sanitizing history - not showing or talking about things we now believe to be wrong - and showing but also judging. I think it's a mistake to do the former, but perfectly acceptable to do the latter. You can show the…

Word. And, all men beat their wives...and therefore we should not hold Jamie accountable for beating Claire!

I love how they are implying all men beat their wives back then. Also, that there is this "savage" aspect to the clansmen, as if we should look at them using the same eyes that the English use to justify the occupation of Scotland: the northern wildmen are barbarians in need of civilized taming.

I think you really hit the nail on the head. What Jamie did wasn't RIGHT but the show did a good job of showing how he BELIEVED it was, and then shortly how he came to understand that it really wasn't, and if he wanted to stay with Claire, he'd have to change. They accomplished something in 55 min that Diana struggled…

You've hit the nail on the head. I was incredibly confused and upset by this scene when I read it. I was 14 at the time and had stolen the books from my mom's bookshelf.

"I personally didn't care for the wacky hijinks music, and hearing Ron Moore talk about how all the women in the writers room wanted to make the scene darker but were overruled made me suuuuuper ragey."

To me she didn't need to include that bit seeing as she really did not research it to see if it was historically accurate, she said it was historically accurate and yes spousal abuse did happen back then but it was not as common as she said it was and she didn't have to romanticize it. . The author is an awful person…

I think you can be well-educated and still act immature, and by failing to reckon with the fact that Claire's from a different place (though WAY different than he thinks) and expecting she'll just go along with his "well this is the way things are done in the Highlands" speech, that's what he's being. He might have…

atlanta bread company is WAY better than panera

A few weeks ago I was at my favorite bar with my GF and a few friends. the GF and I are pretty well known to the staff and they always treat us well when they're not busy but this night they were pretty swamped. we said our hellos, sat down, and ordered. I got one of their burgers which while that night was somewhat…

Yeah, those imbeciles who can never remember which place they're ordering from were always some of my favorites. The best ones were those who, no matter how many times you corrected them, continued to do the same damned thing. Every. Time. I had one who would even pay for her meal with a check, and…

Why do people argue so much and so ferociously when they are SO VERY WRONG? At a previous summer job I had people scream at me because I didn't have their booking, only to find out they had made it at another resort. It happened so often that I had the other resort on speed dial and when the fury started I would get…

There was a little Thai place near my work where you could eat a big lunch special with drink for about $10 to $12, which is about as cheap as you can get in this area. I was always polite and said thank you and please, and all the stuff my mother and grandmother drilled into me, and tipped 30%. So, of course, I…

1) I used to work at a place where we had one regular who would order his toast completely burned through, like charcoal. He'd specify that he wanted it "so burned it is probably a carcinogen"

My stepmom always wants her steaks well done, her bacon charred and her toast utterly and completely black. She must look like a coal mine inside.

I haven't yet had a story I feel was worth submitting, but after a year at an Atlanta Bread Company (think Panera but the food is actually pretty good) I've collected a few smaller stories.

I just sneezed and got a fun panty favor

Hey guess what, I'm a vet, and I served with ALL KINDS of douchebags. You must be one of those right-wingers that think we want and/or need people like you kissing our asses all the time and serenading us with Toby Keith while throwing "Support Our Troops" magnets at us. We don't. We are not that stupid and don't…

(yes, in the Mustang...I know, shoot me, but she did her job and I alway kept her clean and maintained, as I still do now)

i am having some really strong emotions, and part of them are from period feels and part are from franzia.