I think the benefit of the doubt people are giving is how malicious/intentional his act was. Namely, did he say "Hey, it would be degrading and hilarious to go piss on that kid" or was he so drunk he really didn't know what he was doing? He should still be held accountable if it was the latter, but at least he didn't…

Per NPR, Vietze was a member of the US Ski Team before this incident. WAS being the operative word.

Depending on the jurisdiction, I think this could also be an assault.

The level of service does vary from store to store. I've never encountered the level you describe, but I usually don't have cause to complain. Then there was the incident with the jeans. I actually did eventually find the employees, who stood around in a group gossiping with one another and roundly ignored me. I never…

Or you can do what I do and shop at Target. Being pressured to buy $400 jeans? LOL - if I'm in a store I haven't hit before I can't even find someone to point me in the direction of the $20 jeans.

That last one. Last row, last column. I don't know what it is, but I want one.

You've discussed the issue with everyone else? You should write a book.

I've worked in family law and I'm sad to say that your description hasn't been my general observation.

This.

Everytime I hear a man saying his ex-is crazy, I like to inform him that she's telling her friends that he's emotionally abusive.

That's pretty much the mental image I get anytime men start wailing about teh ebil family courts. They manage to encompass all the stereotypes of hysteria and irrationality that are usually applied to women. It's simultaneously ironic and tiresome.

When my stepsister had a baby (in her 20s) and my stepmom was going gaga over her and the little one, my father started paying extra attention to my teenage self out of fear that I would feel neglected and get ideas.

I find that drinking helps. Unfortunately, I'm utterly serious. Thanks to liquid explosives, it's now really hard to maintain a buzz for a whole trip.

Rich people in the 80s sure looked different than they do now. And I'm not talking about their hair and clothes.

I'm on a first name basis with a bodega cat near work. I noticed during lunch that Spike is gettin' tubby, but I had the good taste to not mention it to him.

The age of consent and distinctions like this vary from state to state.

You kind of summed up my thoughts on the subject, as well. Yes, it's prostitution and so what?

I can't remember the exact wording, but the Entertainment Weekly critic who reviewed Tabloid seemed to think it was both funny and romantic. :(

LOL, I did that, too. "One mississippi, two mississippi, three mississippi, four miss...damn, that's a lot of cooking spray!"

Seriously? I thought she was being tongue-in-cheek with the "jealous bitches" and responded with my own joke. If I thought she was serious I wouldn't have gotten involved.