Oh, no, I understand why they had the custom back then. I was simply remarking how it looks from a modern perspective. I’m a lot like you; I’ve read most of the Bible (went to a religious primary school). Crazy-interesting book, IMO.

I agree about the Bidens and in general. It isn’t unheard-of, I’ve definitely heard of those closest to the person who died finding solace in each other that led to romance. I remember a story a few years back of a widower who ended up marrying his wife’s best friend. She was like a second mother to their children…

I think the reaction to me is particularly weird, because doesn’t the Bible specifically say that a brother-in-law is supposed to seek out his brother’s widow?

Agreed. Also gray needs to be stopped. I used to like most shades of gray for decor. Now it is the only “neutral” color available. I hate it now. I hate you, HGTV. I hate you, Property Brothers and your damn gray open floor plans. Find a new color!

Is that real zebra?

I’d recommend Australia if it wasn’t prohibitively expensive here.

I’m black (mixed, white and black) and my boyfriend is Brown (Sri lanken) I too, have brown dudes as my type, I’m from the uk, a lot of lush brown guys!, and I totally agree.

This type of interracial true story is told over and over again, though. Black and white, Asian and white, etc. The message is always the same: The women who look like you are not as big of a prize as the white women.

Let’s not kid ourselves that, for some POC, a White partner is the pinnacle of success. There exists a deep-seated and darkly twisted relationship between POC and White people, spanning all the way back to colonization and subjugation of Black and Brown peoples. So yes, while it might be based on his real life…

FUCKING THANK YOU. I couldn’t finish the first season of Master of None for exactly this reason. GAG.

thoughts and prayers.

This is the most outrageous idea I’ve ever heard in my life. If the child earned their high school diploma, nobody on earth should have the right to withhold it from them.

This is one of the stupidest fucking ideas I’ve ever heard. So I guess there will just always be enough jobs available for every high schooler forever?

Not to mention, from a business point of view: you are going to be FLOODED with applications from desperate kids trying to secure their diplomas, and you know what’s going to happen? Many of them are going to quit the second they graduate because they were fulfilling a hostage demand. So every company, restaurant,…

OH. FUCK. NO.

This will go over really well and be totally successful. Next stop: no driver’s license unless you already own a car!

You can only get out of flying your mission if you’re insane, but not wanting to fly the mission is something a sane person would want, so you automatically aren’t insane if you don’t want to fly the mission thus you must fly the mission.

What high school student has a fucking job BEFORE graduation? This is bullshit.

No, they’ve essentially instituted a Chicago-specific draft.

This seems like one of those ideas that someone pitched to the Mayor as a splashy policy that would generate a lot of “tough love” good publicity, but lord will it have massive amounts of unforeseen (or completely foreseeable from some peoples’ points of view) consequences. For instance; disabled children won’t get a…