Even when they aren’t yelling I want to beat the parents reciting incorrect information to their kids because it’s too damn hard to read the sign to figure out what the animal is. Kookaburra and eagle, not the same thing. Mountain lion and snow leopard, not the same thing. Manatee and whale NOT THE SAME THING.

Nice of the campus assholes to let the new kids know right off who to avoid. Life is so much easier when the offensive types are obvious.

These are college boys, not telegraph boys. The post office has had enough scandals.

I’m kinda relieved that someone, somewhere is offering Anna and her kids a way out. Would be nice if he didn’t phrase it like it’s some chess move to teach Josh-the-molester a lesson, rather than an attempt to keep his extended family safe. That phrasing is understandable, but probably makes it harder for Anna to…

That was a constant problem at the grocery store bakery where I worked. One person orders the cake, someone else in the family picks it up, no one looks at it until the party has started so OF COURSE they have to serve the entire inedible cake to their guests (even though it’s the wrong flavor, or the yellow is too…

I always find it remarkable that people think because same sex marriage is legalized, we’ve achieved equality.

Wine snobs would not be doing wine tasting on a train because the movement would upset the sediment in the bottles, and temperature regulation would be terrible. Also changing elevations could alter the flavor, and why do a wine tasting while risking motion sickness?

Yeah, but many parents don’t ever believe that their kid did anything wrong. He was framed, it was the bad crowd he was hanging with, it was just once and he learned better etc. Drug problems don’t necessarily mean he’ll commit every other available crime.

There is a large and growing population of people who either can’t get into the real estate market (minimum wage, ahoy) or choose to stay at home in order to assist with bills or medical issues (handicapped family members, aging parents). “Lives with parents” as “underachiever” is not going to last as a cultural…

It would be nice if mental illness wasn’t considered a personal fault rather than a medical issue, but right now it is. That announcement could make life harder for Chelsea without providing any more help than “she needs medication” would have.

“English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
—James D. Nicoll

Even the pool of middle-aged, cis, hetro, white, sexist male literary types MUST have a better option than this failure. Someone with some understanding of human anatomy would be a start (I’ve seen the sex scene exerpts).

It doesn’t seem possible that a non-disclosure agreement could require not reporting crimes, or in some of these cases, becoming an accessory to the crime. But I can certainly see how risky it would be if you only had suspicions, not proof, to balance against the end of your career.

Plus, even when it is reported the evidence kits might sit around for ages before being examined.

...you don’t get to apologize it away

Religions are treated like alternative government agencies. They get special treatment under the theory that they are providing an alternate law enforcement, education, social security etc. And some church groups probably are . . . but then some non-religious clubs provide that stuff too without the bonus tax…

People, even otherwise moral people, can get bad ideas from religion just like they can get bad ideas from anywhere else. I don’t know if we could say she wouldn’t have decided that reproduction is more important than disease prevention anyway — it isn’t an idea unique to the Catholic church. People, even otherwise…

Do you really think that these people wouldn’t find a different excuse to be evil or lazy if religion wasn’t available? There are people everyday who use politics, class or philosophy for the same purpose.

Any situation with a stark power imbalance, I would say. Rape is about power not sex.

Does this mean they don’t report ANY crimes unless required to do so? I would assume that every theft, vandalism charge, parking violation and neighbor dispute would have to be handled as confidentially. ‘Cause there is nothing in that quote that says sexual abuse is the only crime to keep secret.