See, I always thought that "drunk" was the point beyond which you aren't capable of making rationalized decisions and therefore can't consent. To me, if you can still recognize what's happening around you and respond reasonably, you're not drunk. Probably just different people's definitions of the same thing.

People who are highly intoxicated can't consent, the same way that a drunk person can't decide that they're okay to drive home.

To be fair, I shamelessly stole it from another Jezebelian, so it isn't mine. It is, however, excellent.

Okay, I suppose I agree with him that the 21-age limit is causing/contributing to a lot of bullshit. I also agree that you shouldn't have sex with a drunk person, BECAUSE THAT IS RAPE FOR FUCK'S SAKE.

I agree. I hope she's the one that comes back.

Even better, I once got a message from a 16 1/2 year old that went something like, "hi, I'm messaging all the women I can find in the hopes that one will write me back and not be mean. I'm really 16 (and a half!) but everyone says I'm mature for my age and I'm looking for a real woman, not a girl. Don't bother…

Well, abortion isn't a woman-only issue, since clearly there are plenty of people who aren't women who are capable of being pregnant, including intersex people, genderqueer people, and trans men. Also, your last two quotes seem to have nothing to do at all with transgender people objecting to abortion discussions,…

No, that makes sense in the context of that sentence. "I like my chicken fried" is acceptable, because you're describing the method of cooking, not the whole dish. But you would never order "the chicken fried" at a restaurant, you'd order the fried chicken.

Not to mention the fact that there is a set order to adjectives in English. Based on word placement alone, "chicken fried" is clearly a descriptor, and "fried" would never come after "chicken" if chicken were truly the main component of the dish.

Legally speaking, "escort services" where women just accompany men on dates are not illegal, and not prostitution. In reality though, escorts usually are paid to also have sex with their clients, therefore making it prostitution.

From PBS, here are many slightly conflicting definitions of censorship, all of which involve the state: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/culturesh…

I meant "punishment" generally in the sense of suppressing works, creating penalties for types of protected speech, attempting to kill free speech through punitive measures, etc, which is indeed the legal definition of censorship in the US*. Either way, a private business cannot censor anyone, as they are not the…

Censorship specifically references the government punishing a person for protected free speech. A private business is more than able to choose who is and is not allowed to use their platform to sell things. If Etsy thinks that sell racist merchandise reflects poorly on their business, then they have the right to…

Naw, I'm sure the faculty are the worst. We're located in the administrative building though, so I don't see many of them.

I recognize this woman, and she's not British, she's just nuts.

I have Celiac disease, and this was told to my by my gastroenterologist. As I said, different people have different degrees of sensitivity. Different people also have different degrees of how much risk they are willing to put up with. Eating at a place with some cross-contamination once a week or once in awhile (not…

I suppose so, but if there's one thing this series should have taught us, its that people really like making things as difficult as possible.

No, this was during new student orientation, so I'm fairly sure she was a parent.

I work in a university cafeteria (mostly for employees/the public, not like a student-only one) where we have several stations—Deli, Asian, etc—which you think would be a fairly recognizable concept for most Americans. Each station has a huge, idiot-proof sign over it.

I always err on the side of more clarification rather than less. For instance, I once had a customer who got upset because I understood "chicken vegetable stir-fry" to mean "stir fry with vegetables and chicken in it" rather than "vegetarian stir fry made with the ingredients that go into the chicken stir fry" which…