Um, quick comment from a professional fundraiser for nonprofits here, but you should clarify a couple of things about tax-deductible donations:

I apologize constantly as a symptom of anxiety. I was raised in an emotionally abusive household & was bullied a lot as a kid - everywhere I went, I got the message that I was less important than everyone else. The only people who did like me were the teachers, and even I knew it was only because I was quiet, docile,…

I have this problem and I’m pretty sure it’s due to a deeply-ingrained need to please everyone around me. I think it’s also why I avoid confrontation, even when it’s to my detriment.

Who is Troy Montana?

“Yep that is one huge clusterfuck. Thanks GW Bush and you too, all the halfwits who voted for him.”

Yup, M60A3. I noticed the lack of ERA too, I’d hate to be in crewing this thing in the land of RPG’s.

As I understand it, there’s an office within the military that registers men of draft-age (18) during their final year of high school. The draft hasn’t been in effect for 40 years, but they still register those young men, so they can reinstate it quickly if need be.

Really? I guess you’ve never been around/lived with 44 guys that don’t interact with women much, that believe they are the definition of machoism.

I know from experience that the infantry is different. I’m not sure I can explain it. You’ve got a disproportionately large percentage of the infantry that is young and believes they are invincible killing machines. It’s just going to be a tough transition for many people.

Oh and that test the Marines ran? It was flawed because it studied teams instead of individuals. Never mind the ENTIRETY OF THE MARINE CORPS works in teams, never individually.

Nah, it sucks and therefore you suck.

In most companies, if you asked for 20% more than your prior salary and the company representative, knowing what you asked for, actually offered 100% then that HR person would have been fired. Ditto on the 1,5% increase within 6 months.

So basically you made it up from your sole personal fantasy that every white/black interaction is racist.

That sounds... like a pretty racist fantasy.

So basically you made it up from your sole personal fantasy that every white/black interaction is racist.

That sounds... like a pretty racist fantasy.

Well, there’s a lot of address here on a broader national level, and on the specifics on this event. How do you guys not get this by now? Racism is the norm. Everywhere. All over the world. In fact, most manifestations of contemporary American/European racism are absurdly tame and largely theatrical, when compared to…