White like all the perpetrators of previous terrorist attacks on parliament. Over here, it certainly would be considered as such, who knows what Trump would think.

And the answer should still be “yes, it is terrorism”. It’s the attempt at loss of civilian life for the purpose of a political cause.

Just out of curiosity, why would you not think this was terrorism even if you didn’t know it was Parliament (giving you the benefit of the doubt that you somehow missed that fact)? Man, probably men, intentionally runs over civilians, crashes car into government building, then jumps out and starts stabbing police…

I think that would depend on the exact schematics of how the counter works. All the videos on Facebook play automatically, so they’ll start even if you’re just scrolling or are answering a message. If autoplay is indicated in the count, then I think it would be difficult to make charges stick—as autoplay is the…

I feel you on the rage. All my people are hawking leggings in hideous patterns with clashing oversized t-shirts (omg, but it’s a uniiiicoooorrrn!), spidery fake lashes, obnoxious nail wraps, and the so-called “pink drink” that apparently makes you skinny and cures all the ailments and diseases known to man. I want…

The Art of the Deely

“Pushy Rando”

I have also been rickrolled by a party that billed itself as a Mom’s Night Out and turned out to be an Arbonne party.

These companies are huge on the whole “you don’t have to work” angle. It gets a little suffocating and gross because all the chicks who sell the stuff post all this crap about how they make all this money while still being good moms, raising their own kids, etc. I mean, be a SAHM all you want, it’s great! But don’t…

My mom is uppity too. My dad did really well for himself and my mom silently lorded it over the other moms. She would deign to buy Tupperware from whatever neiborhood lady was throwing a party and always replied to a ‘thank you for coming’ with ‘I’m so glad we could help you out’. But she wouldn’t have been caught…

the worst is when you get invited to a seemingly normal party only to find out it’s for wax melts. Like, no thanks, I thought I was here for the cheese and crackers.

You know, you bring up an interesting angle. This has a bit of an insidious side too. Companies like these take women out of the work force with (false) promises of wealth. Look at how this guy describes the Avon ladies, like he views them more as unruly children. Instead of forcing society to pay women equally, we…

YES. I’m a young lawyer too and I understand that student loan payments are ridiculous and some of us are getting paid like shit but DAMN keep that out of your professional sphere. God forbid one of the partners sees it. Also, what actually is Rodan and Fields? One of my law school classmates just started shilling…

What’s killing me right now are the fucking Rodan and Fields chicks. I belong to a FB group for lawyers that I thought wouldn’t have such stuff, but they are everywhere. They have a superpower of knowing when anyone, anywhere brings up the topic of skincare. Their shit is fine, but it’s a gimmick to get people to buy…

Yes, markedly so. My mom had a friend that sold Mary Kay. She was a SAHM who lived in a rather palatial house that her husband’s very large salary afforded him and she brought in spending money this way. The products weren’t bad but they weren’t markedly better than stuff like NYX which costs half as much (and…

I may have some more rage about this than I thought.

Starred for “pushy rando”. I have friends I don’t hear from unless they’re short on their arbonne-usborne-sex-toy-christiany handbag goal. No, I do not want your pink ‘for her’ faux leather whip (it’s vegan!) OR your ‘natural product’ lip stain in this ‘season’s’ hottest shade. Can I just write you a check for your…

I used to LOVE going through the Avon catalogue and some of their products will never be surpassed (there was a Tinkerbell lip balm that had exactly the right tint AND strawberry flavour).

I don’t know about POC based storylines - that’s a problem in itself. The crime dramas sometimes include that sort of thing, but my point is that the main characters are very diverse, i.e. the cops, lawyers, etc. The British shows I watch regularly have very diverse casts with POC and they’re just regular people -…

Musing how the role in Get Out might have been played differently by someone with a personal experience with American culture is not a diss.