Yep. I’ve seen them all over the world, heavily advertised, but of course not everyone uses them. And in societies that are mostly white? You must use tanning beds or self-tanner to make your skin darker! I faced so much shit as a white girl in Los Angeles who refused tanning... I’d just say “well I’m from Australia,…

Not the world’s best sources, but I’m busy and an atheist, so:

There is evidence that a so-called prophet who called himself Jesus existed and that the major points (temple unrest, crucifixion) actually happened to him. But there were a ton of prophets back then. He’s probably not fictional... just fictionalized.

Whoa... I’m Catholic and always thought Mary was 16-18, but you’re saying Joseph was 80-90? Where is that implied? Because I would have lost my faith a lot earlier (I call myself Catholic like I call myself German-English-Irish, heritage not belief) if my church had ever told me that. That is fucked up, right there.

To be fair, in some countries “Indians” and “Asians” ARE considered very distinct. India is often labeled as a “sub-continent.” I have met Indian immigrants in my country who don’t like being called Asian, and non-Indian Asians who don’t like Indians being called Asian either.

He just didn’t get. Men have to pursue women, if they never try they’ll never get a woman...

“Men have to pursue women... If a man never makes an advance, he never gets a woman.”

Fessed up to the five in the NYT. I know there were more and so does he... no points for him, this is self-serving bullshit.

Disagree. He gives a few words to the five women and a lot more to the people who could help him continue to have a career... he mentions four times how “admired” he was by the women (3 were coworkers/colleagues, two were fellow stand-ups at an event who did “admire him” according to the NYT, but he acts like they…

I am not a mandatory reporter, so no. But I don’t take clients who admit to crimes or who I discover in all likelihood have committed crimes. Does this affect my career and earnings? Hell yes, the people who take the highest-risk clients make the most from crisis management.

Becky here. I fully agree with “not expecting props” for basic human decency, but there *are* rewards for not being a racist. Like developing new friendships, and being invited to learn about and experience other cultures/cultural practices, and having a greater understanding of the history of (in my case, my adopted…

Australian/American here, and I respectfully disagree. Vehemently. And I have lived exactly half my adult life (I’m 32) in the US and half in Australia.

All current polls have Australians voting yes on gay marriage at around or above 70%. In young people (under 40) it’s about 90. There are ‘no’ votes from people who accept everything about gay people and their relationships and want equality for them in every other respect but just don’t want it called ‘marriage’ for…

We are very close to marriage equality (the process has sucked, but we should have it by December) and as an Australian/American who moved back to Australia after 10 years in America because Trump... one of the things I think all the time is “it is so wonderful not to hear racist shit every single day.” I think the US…

This is a weird tangent (my speciality) but it reminds me of the Aboriginal reconciliation movement here in Australia and especially recognition of the Stolen Generations. In 1992 the then Prime Minister made a landmark speech in which he acknowledged the guilt of successive governments - “It has to begin with an act…

Very good point about power and how he never (to our knowledge) did this to a woman with more power than him, or even just enough power to feel that they could have reported it and he’d face the negative consequences, not them. There is no way he only much later realized “they consented” (a whole different story...)…

I don’t know how to embed a quote on here so I’ll just say:

The ego is amazing. Three of the women were coworkers/colleagues. The two female comedians who went to his hotel room “admired him” according to the NYT, but they were still fellow performers at a comedy event. These women were not CK fan girls or groupies... that’s basically what he’s reducing them to. I don’t see…

It’s inadequate because it starts with “I want to address the stories told to The New York Times by five women named Abby, Rebecca, Dana, Julia who felt able to name themselves and one who did not,” and apologizes to them, his manager, casts and crew, production companies, family, friends, his ex-wife...

Not anymore, he doesn’t!