How did you read the second sentence of my comment but not the first one? I said 'If the children aren't bothering you and the parents aren't asking you to change your behavior for the kids, what business is it of yours? "Yeah, you should go outside if the kid is being disruptive. That's not a reason to make sweeping…

I mean. . .I might go to a bar to drown my sorrows about how ugly I am, but that doesn't give me a right to be mad that there are hot people there, does it? This is the most bizarre of the arguments I hear about this.

Or, possibly you only notice babies when they're bothering you? I can think of many, many more instances of when I've been bothered by adults than babies in public places.

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If the children aren't bothering you and the parents aren't asking you to change your behavior for the kids, what business is it of yours? Being in a public space means that other humans will be there with you, and you don't get to choose which you like and which you don't.

I get discomfort with babies in bars, though personally I don't mind, but brunch? "Family Restaurants" are not the only places children are allowed. Poorly behaved children is one thing, but it's a little ridiculous to say 'you had a kid so you are only allowed to eat at places that serve chicken fingers for the next…

Yeah, I don't get the huge problem here. Babies area cute and not disruptive if their parents are taking care of them properly. People complain that their friends disappear when they have kids, but then complain when they try to bring them with them to socialize. Can't win.

Yeah, Dave #2 is basically just deciding all that parents are responsible for not triggering his existential crisis.

Last year my Halloween Party mix had Werewolf Bar Mitzvah on it seven times. Best. Halloween. Ever.

Fair enough, I guess there's no way to be 100% sure. Though, GOOP was all 'conscious uncoupling I'll have more time to spend with my kale' so I'm not surprised about how chill she was about it.

I've said this elsewhere on the thread, but it's important to note that men of color may be more likely to commit street harassment, but that doesn't mean they harass women more than white men in general. Most of the street harassment I get comes from construction workers or men in other blue-collar professions, and…

If you don't want to be racist about it, consider it a class difference in how harassment is perpetrated. Most of the harassment I get comes from construction workers, garbage truck operators, etc, and sometimes they're white but most often the people in these kinds of jobs are men of color. White men are more more…

It is worse in NYC. I wouldn't say it's a reason not to visit, but I get it multiple times per day. I often wear headphones when I'm walking around, and when I take them off I realize that guys are shouting from a distance or muttering as they walk by me and I don't even always notice anymore.

It really does wear on you. Sometimes I fantasize about moving out of NYC and to some remote country location, entirely because there I might be able to go jogging and have it actually relax me, rather than feeling relaxed until some douchebag takes it upon himself to shout disgusting things at me. Being a woman in a…

That study would include single guys who don't have very many partners, though. I think it'd make sense that men with that many partners probably have pretty high sex drives and also masturbate a lot in addition to sleeping with lots of women.

How could you have sex with 20 of the same women? Multiple personalities? It's different women.

I have a friend who has been on-and-off with a horrible guy like six times, and every time they break up we've all had the bad judgement to say "OH THANK GAWD" and then they get back together a month later and we're all like 'um. . .cool!' At this point I think we've all given up on even trying to be tactful.

Ditto. I just listened to A Rush Of Blood To The Head yesterday and I realized that A. The Scientist is really a gorgeous and affecting song B. I had never actually been through a breakup when I first loved it, so listening to it now gives me Feels X10.

I find it kind of odd when people assume that all relationships between celebrities are set up by publicists. Like. . .celebrities are interested in love and sex just like other people, and most of the people they interact with are other celebrities, is it so far-fetched that they might get together sometimes based on…

That's quite the dilemma. Though honestly, an email this late in the game that basically says "we're upset but there's not much else we can do" is way too little too late. Barnard could probably be taking a stronger stance and making stronger demands if they were more willing to threaten their relationship with the…