We’re not teens anymore. We’re smarmy late 20 to early 30 somethings now.

Pensatucky is actually from Virginia. The term “Pennsyltucky” though refers to parts of PA (usually north or west) that have seemingly backwoods ideals and accents.

A Russian Nesting Doll of disappointment three or more levels deep.

I am also someone who over values holidays but I also have a very large farm of over a 130 acres with about 800 surrounding farm land. Let me know if you need a place to hide a body. *Allegedly*

Die Hard is THE best Christmas movie. Ever.

I am reminded of a case, years back, in which a very wealthy couple used their children as pawns in a divorce battle (if I have any lacunae in my memory of this, I am sure some J-belles will let me know); and the judge was finally so tired of their shenanigans that she ‘awarded’ the house to the children, and ordered…

I don’t understand how she doesn’t get that she’s trying to win the battle to lose the war. If she legally obligated this kid to spend Christmas with her, what are the chances he’ll ever spend one with her after he’s 18?

Look, I’m liberal up to a point but you are really overstepping here. The Cardassians gave out soup at their Bajoran labor camps! They'd never do this. And most of them are good people don’t judge them by their military dictatorships Don’t throw the good people of Cardassia Prime in with the likes of Trump (or more…

Mom would pack me two sandwiches. I was a heavy kid and it would embarrass me to have to pull my lunch out and there’s two sandwiches and two juices but my friend whose folks were Mormon with several underage children all raising each other couldn’t afford to feed them all. She would always sit next to me and pull out…

Literally throwing away good food in a way that intentionally shames children is completely unreasonable.

Listen, what’s that sound? It’s the sound of Trump getting a boner over the thought of pulling off bullshit like this on a nationwide scale. Get out and vote people!

But remember, despite the fact they can be driven into a rapey, violent rage by a smile, direct eye contact, or a flash of female wrist or ankle, men are still the wisest, most capable, and most well-suited for leadership than women are.

It is not forced cultural assimilation to explain that in the new country there are laws, and those laws must be obeyed. Rape is against the law, even if it is of one’s spouse. This does not seem to me to be remotely controversial.

I wonder if the course should be extended to women and men? Cos internalized misogyny is a thing that affects everyone, not just men...

To me, the last paragraph exemplifies why this is a good idea. It seems like they’re going out of their way to avoid saying “your immigrant ways are wrong” and instead are saying “there are the rules here. even if these rules don’t apply where you are from, they apply in Norway.”

I was thinking the same thing, all children everywhere should be taught about consent and respect.

Is it weird that I feel like this is okay? Like, it should be taught as part of language classes and middle school classes and to everyone everywhere.

“Men have weaknesses and when they see someone smiling it is difficult to control,”

Agreed - and I think it extends to the stormtroopers. Just hearing a woman’s voice coming through the helmet was IMPORTANT.

How is “a woman afraid of what society thinks eventually overcomes that fear and does what she wants” not an improvement over “a man roofies and rapes a woman who just wants to get home to her family”?