Wwwoooooowwww.

I love everything about that picture

Your poor busser! Still that story is awesome. I hope she had the courtesy to at least be slightly embarrassed about wrongly calling him out.

Well, I could see him just realizing that if he didn't play ball with SOMEBODY that the whole event would turn into a paparazzi shitshow with, like helicopters and dudes in the bushes and nonsense like that. So the lesser of the evils was pick the least sleazy mags and give them well curated pics and then the whole…

Totally! They should have been cast as the Princes in the new Into the Woods, they totally look the part(s)

yeah, that's it exactly, or like, read it in a book and just think "really, what WOULD happen if someone actually did that?" but then once the curiosity is gone so is the drive.

I've had guys compliment my clothes before and it wasn't weird or creepy, but the thing is, they were literally just complimenting my clothes and it was very obvious that was all it was. Like, "hey, those are cool shoes!" "Thanks!" "Welcome!" *both walk away*. It's cool, but yeah, only when it's a nice human saying a…

I mean, I guess I can see someone doing something like that once, just to sorta see what happens or something. I never would, I would be super weirded out just by the idea, but I know some folks just like trying shit just because. More than once is just not ok. Don't do that to other people, even if they don't know.…

Of course I am not talking about that. Even if you are paying attention and shit happens it isn't your fault. I never said that and you are reading way in by suggesting that was my intent.

Yeah, I actually had a question about that part of the survey. I think anyone really thinking logically will knowledge that it is more than likely at least some views and values will change two generations from now. In and of itself, though, that is a pretty neutral statement. Did they just ask that or did they…

OK, I'm going to just say one thing about this. No. This is not what they mean and it's pretty clear they don't. They mean pay fucking attention to what is going on around you. Don't walk down the street with your head in your phone and the music blasting and absolutely no idea of where you are or what is happening…

It's funny, I don't think I've had as many moments of "Good point... Oh, NOO, oh dear..." over and over in one article.

I don't think there are either. There's some pretty complicated braiding, so if were just an article about braids in general the reference would fit, but not cornrows specifically.

Agreed. I mean, I cannot speak at all to whether it was set on purpose or not, but a lot of man-made materials end up having that weird, chemical-y gas smell when they burn. Also a lot of people underestimate just how hot and fast synthetic fabrics, paper and dry plant matter (I'm assuming there were flowers that had…

That or they're making it, maybe. It's kind of a trendy DYI with a bunch of folks I know right now, so that wouldn't surprise me.

I get what you're saying. I read them too, I don't really believe, exactly, but there is something about how she writes that has helped me at several points in my life to put things into perspective and get off my butt and actually do something rather than continuing to just dither (which I am prone to do). It isn't…

That's easy to say, but if you are stuck in that situation and need to pay the rent you don't really have the option to just "dump it" until you know you have another way to pay the bills.

Asperatime and saccharine give me horrible bloating and stomach aches, but I have no prob with sugar, not even HFCS. Some people really are just sensitive to the artificial versions of things but not so much the natural versions.

I see your point, but there is the other facet of this.

It's actually a good question to ask, for a bunch of reasons.