You feel the customer should have called in addition to the steps the took through the restaurant's booking system, but the restaurant didn't owe the customer a phone call when they discovered their error? 

It’s different because you’re telling the person you’re talking to that whatever might come in through that airpod is more important than they are. Also, how do you know he wasn’t listening to music or something? It doesn’t say that anywhere.

It’s been used to get out of manslaughter convictions as well. A case in Canada the woman died of a 4 inch tear in her vaginal wall with a blood alcohol content too high to consent, and the man was acquitted of manslaughter because somehow she consented and somehow he didn’t notice she was bleeding out and left her…

I’m so sorry that happened to you. Choking is one of the most popular forms of violence inflicted by abusers because it 1) causes panic and fear of death and 2) rarely leaves bruising or physical evidence. And now they also have the legal defense of “well lots of chicks are into that anyway” to fall back on, so I…

Hey there, domestic violence prosecutor who routinely handles strangulation cases here. I totally agree with what you’re saying, but wanted to clarify that it takes a surprisingly small amount of pressure to strangle someone.

It takes only 4 pounds of pressure to block the jugular veins, 11 pounds of pressure to block…

I’m sorry but this defense is bullshit. If your “rough sex” is so rough you KILLED SOMEONE, you are so bad at sex that you pose a danger to all future partners and should be locked up anyway. Despite what Hollywood movies would have you believe, it is actually very difficult to kill another able-bodied adult human…

I know this is a perhaps unpopular take on this subject but I do think porn is somewhat to blame here. Some men (esp younger men) who I’ve encountered think that choking, hitting, etc are ok because they see it in porn and NOT in a proper BDSM context...so they just try doing it and see if I’m into it or not. With no…

IANAD, but it was my distinct understanding that drowning and strangulation are two of the most difficult, involved ways of killing another human being, precisely because you’re fighting another human’s strongest autonomic nervous system response: to inhale and exhale. If they pass out, and you let them out of the…

This is one writer I finally agree with fully. I think that bringing out soup with the meal is a sign that either the kitchen can’t handle their workload and is doing shoddy timing, or that the restaurant has ignored your food in general. It feels rushed, a bit rude, and it will definitely mean I don’t order anything…

From 2002 people, 2002.

Still not understanding how difficult it could possibly be to say “Ma’am, you need to leave, and if you refuse to vacate the premises we will be contacting LAPD to serve trespass notice.” Not that hard.  Retail betches gotta do it all the time.  There is no “either side,” there’s one asshole and three people being…

Funny, they told me the opposite if i stopped holding my Marvel Comics in public i might get a girlfriend.

None. After he walked out on me and the kids I made a big point of continuing to go absolutely everywhere that I liked because fuck him, I own all these places and HE can go find somewhere new if it bothers him. 

Well for me now it feels like everywhere. I went on vacation for two weeks and come home to have him send me a text Wednesday saying he was talking to someone else and had been agonizing telling me. You’re in agony?! He just moved here so I’m terrified of running into him because I lived here my whole life. Every…

Yes you can expect people to be respectful of your things. What is this bullshit? There is no way he didn’t know better and was doing as he pleased because he’s an entitled ass. 

Like I been to a lot of parties where the beers were in the fridge. Helping yourself isn’t crazy. Going through tupperware is crazy.

I wear headphones because I didn’t like it in the past when people approached me out of nowhere and I don’t like it now and I’m fucking delighted that etiquette has shifted to make this the default.

Start a rumor that there is a curse on anyone who steals the salt and pepper shakers. Fake a letter to the editor of the local newspaper claiming to be from an out of towner who wants help returning stolen shakers because things started going terribly wrong after they stole the shakers.

Especially considering he’d already tried to kill himself once in there. My guess is they let this happen to protect the other high profile people who have been implicated. I’m extremely pissed.

If there’s to be any justice, and I was never optimistic there ever was going to be, the government has to go after Epstein’s accomplices and cohorts, including his defense team that got him that illegal sweetheart deal. Prince Andrew, Alan Derschowitz, George Mitchell, Ghislaine Maxwell, Donald Trump, etc. All of…