I had decent sex-ed in public school, but in the eight grade I was up for confirmation (Catholic coming-of-age thing) so part of our preparation was a series of assemblies about sexual purity. Well one of them was an anti-abortion one held by this group of Franciscan friars (you know, the people most likely to get…

Same, I had a huge high school (600+ per class) and I only knew one girl that was visibly pregnant while in school—and she actually transferred in because she got bullied at her old school. I'm sure there were other girls that just got abortions but I only knew that girl actually gave birth. We also had a pretty…

You're absolutely correct, but I feel like the wine thing is kind of specific—some restaurants don't even serve alcohol and not everyone orders a bottle. In my experience, the bulk of a check comes from "extras" like drinks, appetizers, and desserts, so things that require additional leg work and time on the part of…

Oh wow good call. I swear that wasn't intentional lol

Thanks for this!

If there was concrete evidence to suggest that having dolls like this would prevent perps from attacking real children I'd say let them have it, though I'm not even sure if this is true—it's not like rapists don't have girlfriends/boyfriends/masturbatory aids.

A lot of states do. They're usually referred to as "Romeo and Juliet laws".

I find that more appropriate than 4-5 years. Like a 15 year old with a 20 year old just seems icky with me, not so much 18.

I wish there was a way for me to actually SEE this movie. The closest theater it's playing in is in the city=/ I'm always too afraid to look for online streaming

Comping means that the restaurant paid for something, but not me personally. Like, if you ordered a steak and it wasn't prepared right, you can say you didn't like it and they will just take it off your bill. If I was the one who had to pay I'd be pretty pissed haha. I was annoyed because in my situation there wasn't…

So true! I went out to eat with my boyfriend and a friend one time and when the bill came around the friend put down only enough for his food, nothing more. When we asked why he specifically said he didn't tip because of that movie. My bf and I ended up tipping for him (also we're not really friends anymore). I've…

That's what I think, and it's also why I used to get in trouble with my managers. I would personally rather enjoy my meal in peace. I've also heard Americans that go to Europe on vacation accuse the waitstaff there of being rude, but I think it's because we've come to expect incessant cheerfulness from anyone who…

Yes! I'm like if people want to chat I'm more than happy to oblige but I'm not going to be interrupting their meal every five seconds to crack some stupid joke. I know when I go out to eat I sure as hell don't want the waiter prying into my dinner like that.

I actually used to wait at a different restaurant in this town, and it's a fairly high income area so people usually go all out at dinner (bar drinks, apps, desserts...). If they all get soft drink's that's $10 right there. And I'm guessing the "kids" were old enough to be getting adult sized entrees, so that's…

This has been my experience as well. Some of the best tips I've ever gotten were from European tourists that were going all out on their vacations. Also they don't expect the usual schmoozing that American customers do—you know, the fake-friendly conversations you get dragged into when you go to chain restaurants?…

The amount of bitching and groaning I hear about tipping is really disheartening. It's always the usual "It's a tip for a reason, your arrangement with your boss is none of my business" bullshit that just barely disguises the superiority they feel over the people that serve them. I've heard that restaurants in NYC…

Exactly! Tipping is a very flawed system, but where I live it is one of the only jobs you can have without an education that can get you anywhere near livable wage.

This is true at the restaurant I used to work at, but it only happened if your total reported income for the pay period divided by the hours worked ended up being less than minimum wage (7.25 in NJ). The problem with this (aside from this not being anywhere near livable income) however, is that you can end up getting…

Ha! I was thinking the same thing since I actually live close by. Also I just love how these people apparently had no problem being served by a person whose "lifestyle" so offended them, they just didn't like paying her for a service ALREADY PERFORMED (seriously, this is the only industry where a person can be denied…

Exactly! I can get way more done in 3 hours than I ever did in a typical day at high school. However, I do disagree with Kris using the old "you're only young once!" as a justification for focusing on their modeling careers. So it's okay to blow off education to secure better gigs...it's like saying education is…