Minimum wage was intended to be (and was, at its inception) high enough for a person to be able to afford to house, feed and clothe themselves and their families on 40-50 hours a week. That is no longer possible anywhere in the US, because the minimum wage has not risen with inflation.* Of course food service is a…

Well, this was also the girl who made our (normally level-headed, award-winning) teacher cry out of sheer frustration once. She couldn't figure out why her pen wasn't working, so she decided to take out the ink cartridge and blow into it. The teacher was standing in front of her, and got a facefull of blue ink. This…

Call your nearest elementary/middle school and ask for the contact info for the girl scout troop leader there. You could probably email in an order.

...how do you avoid bone in chicken? She never ate a roast chicken, or fried chicken, or anything?

I once knew a girl who thought that beef was the dark meat of chicken. No idea man.

Even if standing on the dog now doesn't hurt it (or doesn't cause it to lash out—remember, it is very well trained), standing on a dog can actually lead to problems later on. Repeatedly treating a dog like that can cause fractures, spinal problems, or even paralyze a dog, even if it seems fine the first time. Imagine…

Even if there's no immediate injury, stepping on a dog like that (or letting your kids ride a bigger dog) can cause the dog to have problems later on like spinal problems or stress fractures. Also, imagine if a six-year-old was stepping on another kid the size of that dog. You wouldn't allow that, obviously.

It means "everybody acting exactly how I wish them to." My parents, unfortunately, are some of these people so by now I can follow the twisted logic :P

It depends. Some airlines don't allow it after 34-36 weeks or only allow it with a doctor's note, but Southwest doesn't have that policy. It's generally not recommended for women after 36 weeks but sometimes you really do have to travel. Also, she could have given birth prematurely.

Really? Wouldn't it follow, then, that ANY person in a job that involves dealing with customers will be less effective if they're actually paid instead of being tipped? Should we stop giving bank tellers, grocery store cashiers, and mailmen a regular wage and just tip them instead? Or is it just waiters that will…

Jackson, I believe.

I think by "valuable" he means "in control/able/powerful/worthy" and not necessarily valuable in the "needs to be protected" sense.

I guess I don't see what your objection to this article is. It's not like any of these things are extraordinary to ask for—most aren't anything beyond what regular law enforcement does for any sort of crime. Many universities are supposed to have them anyway. Okay, they "just didn't" have a better way of dealing with…

If you go to the police to report a crime like a robbery, they will help you figure out what sort of action to take, tell you how to call a lawyer, tell you how to fill out paperwork, etc. Someone will come back to your house to help you figure out the damage and to make sure you are safe.

Well, science says you're wrong. That was your stance, wasn't it?

A cursory examination of this book reveals that it is also a book about debunking Christian belief systems, not debunking the idea of human agency. In fact, he explicitly says in one interview here (the first one to pop up on a Google search) that humans should base choices on experience and evidence, not faith, which…

You don't think that calling reducing someone's perspective purely emotional and then placing emotion below science on a hierarchy of knowledge might in some way imply that they are dumb? Especially when you're positioning yourself as the holder of the scientific knowledge?

You mean Francis Crick, the known crackpot who stole most of his best science? And look, dude, even he believed in human agency. The quotation you are referring to is specifically about the existence of the human soul as a compass for good and evil (Crick did not believe in souls, and did not believe that humans got…

You don't think saying "your perspective is untrue and dumb" to people have experienced trauma might make them less likely to share their experiences?

Please name one scientist who has stated what you have stated here, because I am pretty damn well-read in the sciences and have not heard one person of repute state that humans are unequivocally acting without control. (You should also inform psychologists that they're going about their profession wrong while you're…