Whole papers have been written on the ethics of this. Yes, by leaving them in Iraq it’s possible they will be destroyed, and that’s a very real concern. However, by taking them from Iraq they will almost certainly never be returned. Countries can make noises about repatriation all they want, but the truth is that the…

The name of the school is Richland Two. It’s not for just two-black-parent households.

We simply should not have armed officers in schools. Especially not “safety officers” with dubious credentials and training. The track record of brutality against students of color and disabled students is appalling.

You know, of all the times I’ve been scammed, it usually wasn’t by people who were actually poor.

What if we framed this in terms of money? Speakers at colleges are paid. Can’t the students say, “I dislike that my tuition is being used to support a person who preaches bigoted things about my fellow students”?

PSA:

It’s not really about the specific time when people go home, it’s that everyone has to wait around for that one customer to be served before they can finish their closing duties. That’s annoying no matter what time you get off.

Sometimes people have a bad day.

Well, yes and no. Banana peppers can turn red as they mature, but pretty much all of the peppers picked to be pickled and sold in the US are picked in the yellow form (for uniformity of color). There’s no way you’d assume that banana peppers in a pizza place are going to be red.

The problem isn’t so much that she called salsa “dip,” the problem is that the restaurant had multiple dip-like items and she refused to specify even after being told that there were many dip-things on the menu. Servers aren’t telepathic.

You joke, but I actually had a history teacher in high school who didn’t hand out candy and didn’t let her kids trick-or-treat because “Halloween is a communist holiday that teaches children to go around begging.”

Clearly you have never worked a buffet.

Okay, but I’m guessing those quesadillas consist of more than just a tortilla, too.

That was probably my mother. Every time she calls me she opens with, “Hello, is this linalee?” Asking her who the heck else would be answering my cell doesn’t seem to get the point across.

Man, I want to be the sort of woman who doesn’t wear pants. Y’all are so much fancier than me.

Man, I want to be the sort of woman who doesn’t wear pants. Y’all are so much fancier than me.

How does one avoid a product if one literally doesn’t know what it is?

Being clothing and not a painting does change things, I think. You’re literally wearing a black person.

I realize it’s not a name, but I don’t think it matters whether the boss knew that or not. Even though the LW may be technically using the phrase correctly, it implies an inappropriate level of familiarity and I think many people (including people who know it is a colloquialism) find cutesy terms like that demeaning.

I don’t really think the distinction matters here. Don’t call your brand new boss a cutesy name, even if it’s a colloquialism.

Or...she could just not do the thing.