I heard rumors (nothing confirmed though) about the actual library while I was there so ... I don’t blame you.

Low Library is actually not the campus library, but is mostly admin offices and occasionally an event space. It is kind of the symbolic centerpiece of the main campus, though.

I think you're mostly right, but also that if there's anything in your past that would potentially be a deal breaker for a reasonable person, you need to disclose it.

Generally, I agree that you don't need to disclose the identity of your former partners, but I think you definitely have to make an exception if one of your former partners is someone that your current partner has to deal with on the regular. Especially if it's, like, someone in your current partner's family. You…

It’s a global and a local problem. In a community that’s not industrial and relies mostly on small scale farming people aren’t going to end up using many resources, so lots of children aren’t really going to hurt anyone and might be necessary for the community. A country like Germany, which, though industrial, is…

Every person who has more than 1 kid on purpose is not being fair to their children or the planet.

Jack Black seems an obvious choice for Eddie, but I’m going to throw Danny McBride’s name into the mix because this project seems unnecessary, but he makes everything likeable. Anytime I’m watching a bad movie I replace the worst character with Danny McBride in my head and it immediately improves, like, 1000%. Like,…

Not really. Germany’s actually really good on sustainability, certainly better than most developed nations:

I’m not defending her, but considering Germany’s demographics, the overpopulation criticism doesn’t make much sense.

On average Germans reproduce well below the replacement rate (less than 1.5 births per woman), so I don’t think that criticism exactly holds here.

I found this kind of judge-y, it was just closer to making a positive judgment than a negative one.

That’s fair. There are a lot of good people serving, but there are also a lot of fucked up assholes serving.

Well, I guess the positive thing would be if she went to a free legal clinic, they’d say to call the insurance company?

Aaaand recommended, thanks for setting me straight. Like I said, I’m not an expert.

I have a lot of military folk in my family including vets of the recent wars. My brother, who has done a few tours in Afghanistan and is a pretty conservative guy, tends to have a much more nuanced view of the wars than say, my mother, who is also conservative but obviously has no first hand experience of the war, so…

That fucking sucks. The attorney can’t make you do jack and shit though unless they file a complaint against you, so I don’t think (think is key here, I’m not an expert) his letter telling you to have your insurance company pay for him can actually compel you to do anything, but I understand that you probably don’t…

This made me laugh really hard. Maybe it will help? I think the image won’t post though, so here’s the link:

I think it’s possible that someone who identifies as a feminist could be condescending or rude about another person’s life choices. I’m sure at least some self-identified feminists are assholes. Though it’s also possible that some people who don’t identify as feminists have interpreted a critique of forced gender…

:-( I really hope he and his daughters end up doing alright. LeTourneau ... I just hope she doesn’t teach again ...

I agree that it should be extremely difficult to terminate a parent’s rights in the absence of a criminal conviction of rape, but I think relaxing the standard slightly in the context of a custody battle, which by your account is what this law does, could be the right move in that it takes into account the reality…