I don't always attend atheist meetups in my area, but when I do, I always get talked over by douchey dudebros.

I agree wholeheartedly with Dawkins' virulent antipathy towards religion. I wish he would confine his clever brain to writing about science and religion, and we could all go home happy. His MRA fanclub is harming atheism and feminism and it is impeding sincere communication across social factions.

I loved The God Delusion. But this man is problematic.

Oooh I'm so close...

That is what got me laughing too. I've enjoyed several of his books, but being right about some things doesn't make you right about all things. That is an important lesson for adults.

Nothing is less surprising than the willingness of the fortunate to trumpet their own imagined virtues.

Yeah, easy to be a good grandpa when you've retired after making a king's random doing leveraged buyouts and liquidations of companies. I'll bet there are a few grandpas who would love to spend more time with the kids but are instead spending their golden years as Walmart greeters after their jobs were liquidated by…

Here's a bonus tale of billboard vandalism. I've told this story before on Kitchenette but this time I have a picture, which is worth a thousand words.

one of the best ricky moments.

A la Trailer Park Boys:

I used to work for a Perkin's diner as a host when I was 15 but I also did the take-out orders by phone. One time a man called and wanted to order the sliders with fries. I put the order in and told him it would be ready in about 20 minutes. When he came to pick up his food he opened the Styrofoam container and…

"the thinly veiled racist shitpickles she's fermenting"

Talking about/inwardly judging ignorant and stupid customers is cathartic for industry workers. If we didn't get to do this, we'd all literally snap and go insane at some point. Getting to laugh about dumb customers together helps keep us grounded and (mostly) pleasant during work hours.

Ricky is exactly who I thought of when I read the jalapeno story. :)

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I look forward to this, in miniature:

Listen, don't be ashamed! It wasn't your fault AT ALL. It was HIS fault for pushing your head down too far. He did that! That's a rookie fucking mistake. He's a dumbass. Dude needs to learn that if a lady is kind enough to go down on him, he should keep his fucking hands to himself and just focus on telling you…

Umm ... no offense, but shouldn't you have fled the perimeter right after spotting the stuffed animal? Not sure what protocol says about men and plush toys.