This video would seem to support the idea he DID pay for the cigarillos, something else precipitated the confrontation with the clerk.

I'm a scientist and a statistician, and these "studies" make me so mad, because they're always poorly designed, hugely biased, and lack any kind of statistical power to actually show if there's a difference between the genders. I'm curious to know if a) there are real differences between men and women smell…

i see the purported theft as a false narrative, irrelevant, and an attempt to demonize him. but you're right—perpetuating the false narrative by leaving out the context of its utter bullshit does give it power. will fix.

That's true. I guess I was looking for a reason.

I don't think that is an excuse for repeating something that isn't proven, has a statement from the shop owner against it, and was used by the Police Dept as an obvious derailing tactic. It's not helpful for what is happening in Ferguson.

I read "paps" and I think pap smears.

I asked my mom once why I couldn't just walk to school or take a bike as it was not far away . She told me that it was because it was part of the few times of the day my could spend with me on the week (other being lunch as in Mexico is the main meal and when he came from working at night) So I did not press the…

Newsflash: In some places, police officers get fired for misusing social media.

I read her original article because I didn't understand this article. So, being catcalled is her kink or whatever (she describes it as making her feel euphoric, soaring, etc.). Almost no one else I know feels this way. It's fine that she does, but it's not fine that she tells other women "deal with it!" She's not…

This is the stupidest part of this whole thing for me. The writer can't a) imagine that some women do not like this and get an ego boost from it b) that someone might say something that she doesn't find flattering or c) that someone she thinks is gross might say something that would be flattering coming from someone…

Exactly. I personally don't mind getting catcalled but I'm not about to tell people who don't like it (i.e. the vast majority of women) that they have thin skins and should get over themselves, or act like it's okay for men to violate strangers' boundaries just because that particular action doesn't violate MY…

I wish my kids could walk to school. Elementary schools used to be walkable for most kids. Now, many districts are closing small schools and creating big mega-schools. I don't know many children who walk to school anymore. It's weird.

Seriously. I generally hate catcalls, but there have been rare instances where the guy said something clever and non-threatening enough that I actually laughed (I don't know why really but 'that's a lucky bike!' really tickled me). Do I think that all women should decide to be cool with unwanted harassment because if…

Yeah, the whole original article is pretty much "I like being catcalled, so get over yourselves and enjoy it too. I don't want catcallers to think I have a problem with it like the rest of you. I want them to think I'm cool and you're ruining it with your alternative perspectives!"

They're paranoid delusionals. I mean, concerned parents.

The walking to school thing really gets me (especially because I live across from an elementary school). Parents insist on driving their kids right to the door or walking them right to the door, often with the parents carrying their backpacks. This is a very safe neighborhood, so letting them walk even the last block…

When I was a kid I would ride my bike the five blocks to my friend's house. A friend whose mom literally would not let her cross the street from one of side of the block to the other. A residential street when she was in second grade and she couldn't cross it.

Do it. We eloped 35 years ago. My husband and I are the happiest couple we know.

I eloped and it was awesome. Still going strong after almost seven years :)

Well, to view it consensually you would have to click on a descriptive link first. Given that's not how the comments works, I'd say that's a no.