they are. They bought the ticket for her, thinking they can whine their way into breaking the rules. They could have sent the husband in economy, brought their child's car seat and all would have been fine. But they didn't because they suck as people and as parents.

I have zero sympathy for these parents. They are the parents and the onus is on them to keep their special needs child safe. It seems to me that they just wanted to save some money on a first class ticket. They know that their child can't sit up and they should have provided a seat for her. People will bring…

The flight attendants should always show discretion and compassion when dealing with passengers but FAA rules about lap kids are likely there because of safety. Unsecured items and children become projectiles in case of turbulence. I don't know how much a flight attendant makes but I wouldn't put my job on the line…

If you have the ability to make this go viral after the fact, you have the ability to find a safe and appropriate solution before the fact. It isn't a state secret that you can use car seat on airplanes. There are special needs groups and car seat groups all over the internet that could have told them what to do. …

I don't think this is one of those clear-cut issues. It has to be considered that a large child sitting on the lap of an adult creates some safety concerns, the biggest being that A- There are 4 oxygen masks to each row of 3 seats so if they already had another lap child there would not be enough oxygen masks for the…

I dunno..

The family in this story is ridiculous and was asking the flight attendant to violate FAA rules. FAA rules do NOT allow "lap children" over 2- even for special needs. There IS an exception for using a non approved device on the plane for special needs- such as a special needs car seat or other medical positioner. …

Single method of execution? Uh, no. America has its issues, but we do not, generally, murder religious minorities - and not under the color of government authority. Even my most ardent of non-religious friends, who often are the first to note the dominant Christianity of the country, will openly say that they do not,…

Set up calling centers for people without online access, maybe? They'd have to be incredibly well-advertised, but if women's rights groups provided a service that answered questions and placed the order to your address, that might help.

Canada is a multi cultural country and there are lots of people who don't observe Xmas. A lot of these people also happen to work at Timmies and other service based jobs, so working on Xmas day is not really a big deal to them, and they get paid extra for doing it.

I wonder what she'd think of people like her "idolizing" her, sick as she became of the bombshell sex kitten bit.

Christ, remind me to never pass out at a party with you around.

Waking up with a crude Sharpie dick on one's face is bad enough but you'd probably be all up in there incorporating cheek moles to represent some tiny obscure penis glands and making that shit a masterpiece.

My Busia (grandmother) was born in 1933. Her mother was a lesbian who was forced to get married, and had one child. One of Busia's daughters turned out to be a lesbian, and I, her favorite grandchild, am a lesbian. If this 81-year-old Polish Catholic woman can welcome my aunt and her partner into her family with open…

Desperately want the end of "just sayin" and "said nobody ever."

Yes!!! I hate that fucking term so much!!! I don't know if it is true, but I feel like a lot of these stupid terms are Buzzfeed's fault. I always see them there first, pray to god they don't become a thing, then curse the skies when they inevitable do.

Can we add "thirsty" to the list? (Only in the slang sense.) A word hasn't made my skin crawl like that since "moist."

It means creating a zombie army of acquaintances so you don't look pathetic trying to LARP by yourself on weekends.

I'll try to make this a short and sweet as possible. I stumbled upon Jezebel through I09 because I am a nerd and I do nerd shit. I'm an empathetic type of guy but I never really delved too deeply into the concept of feminism. Until I started reading articles on Jez. Of course I love the puns and snarky comments. But…

It's 2015 here, hello from the future. Went down to the beach last night with some friends to watch fireworks and have a picnic. Then we came to my place and drank lots of champagne. Watched the Sydney harbour fireworks on TV at midnight and went to bed at 1am. it was perfect, actually.

The source of the picture is wunking.deviantart.com