Yep. That quote from the judge -

You can police every aspect of your speech, you can wear the right things, you can get all the degrees and expertise, you can write the most fucking eloquent and heartbreaking courtroom statement and still there are men who will not hear you because they just don’t listen to women.

As I use my dishwasher for things I eat with, I’m going to not put things like brooms, garbage cans and potty seats in my dishwasher, thank you very much.

Yeah. It would really undermine “hate crime” as a legal concept if we applied laws criminalizing “hate crimes” to crimes committed by men against women due to men’s hatred of women - which is far, far, far too normal a criminal motivation. “Hate crime” is only meant to apply to felonies fueled by unpopular hatreds.

#notallrapes

If I’m reading this correctly, the victim did go to the police. The rapist is serving 20 years for the conviction. Their completely valid suit against the university is that they refused counseling services to the victim (likely in hopes of shutting her up so their athletic program wouldn't get more bad press).…

As usual, women pay the price for sex. As usual, men can beat and denigrate women but the women are the ones who are on trial. Fuck this judge, fuck the media, and especially fuck that asswipe Ghomeshi.

Is “playing the woman card” just basically saying anything at all while having a vagina?

What makes it a bad analogy is that choosing which child would be super-easy, because he only cares about himself.

Totes, choosing toiletries IS just like Sophie’s Choice! I mean, Vitamin C face masks OR essential oil aromatherapy mask is EXACTLY the same as deciding which child to let the Nazis kill in a death camp! Why can’t we just have both, amirite?

Fuck, you sound like the local fucking police. Look, there’s no damned sign saying there’s an age limit on the god damned PlayPlace!

And garlic. And chicken stock or veggie stock.

That looks absolutely terrible.

The finest microwaves.

Why are customers always convinced people are lying to them? They have only one cup size, they aren’ trying to trick you for the fun of it. I one time had a customer, when I worked at the convenience store, swear up and down they paid for a money order with a credit card there just recently. The damn computers didn’t…

“What’s homo milk? Is this milk from GAY COWS?!” he demands, utterly* seriously, even angrily.

The Reuben one reminded me of a story Terry Pratchett told. He said that one jet-lagged evening he accidently asked for Three Mile Island dressing for his salad. The waitress didn’t say a word, just brought him Thousand Island dressing and a bottle of hot sauce.

The soup of the day is usually Hitler miss, but I’m sure you’ll just Goebbels up today’s gestapo soup.

“But why would you “crack down” on someone complimenting your shirt or making a positive comment about your attractiveness? How are men who are attracted to you supposed to communicate that to you?”

“Sorry, I thought you were from Denmark.” is going to become my new go-to phrase for getting out of awkward conversations.