I’m not a rampant flagosexual, but I do know my Flag Code thanks to my Girl Scout years. It’s amazing how many Flag Sins I see committed by so-called “patriotic Americans”. Flags flying in all weather and all hours of the day and night (unlit). Raggedy flags. Flags used as buntings. Flags “crafted” into clothing…

Wisconsin still sucks.

ABSOLUTELY AGREED. Like.... the point is to grow this idea. Its not really about THIS charity, its more that I’d really like to find ways to bring philanthropy into our everyday lives instead of it being this separate thing “ok. NOW WE ARE BEING CHARITABLE.”.

At a late point in the dinner, i will announce, “OKAY... whip out your smartphones!” and then we will all donate at the same time. I’ve tried a number of iterations on this, and this is the most successful. Infact, at one party, we worked out a cool twilio hack where you texted donate to a phone number and it returned…

Hi! I’m Amanda. Actually, this is the point of the night. Its advertised as “you come have dinner and donate what you’d have spent for the night out”. Agreed, surprising people does not work well. Anyone who comes, comes because they understand thats why its there. The sneaky part isn’t like, “SURPRISE, BE CHARITABLE,…

Yep, nothing wrong with buying a cheaper wine if that’s what your tastebuds like!

Don’t forget reopening the coal mines to supply a product that there’s a diminishing demand for.

Why couldn’t have Mama June focused her efforts on teaching her daughter a lifestyle of healthy eating choices rather than getting hot through surgery?

Voicing support for Morning Glory here. It is a wholly enjoyable decent rom-com movie. And Patrick Wilson so,

“Guys” is my generic word for a group of people, regardless of age or gender. And sometimes “dudes” if the people I’m addressing are close friends. I don’t care how formal the setting is because, well, I live a very informal life.

My partner is a Young and if he waxed his chest I wouldn’t be able to have sex with him without feeling dirty and wrong.

It’s patronizing as fuck.

Not sure how universal this is, but myself, I use “guys” as a unisex term, in very casual settings. “Hey you guys,” might be addressed to any grouping.

IIRC from the “Prince Harry Las Vegas strip poker” incident some years ago, he really doesn’t have much body hair in the first place, and as a redhead, it’s probably light blonde. Why bother waxing?

A friend of mine - female - uses “gals” quite casually in everyday speech, and I do not call her out on it because she is 75 and it is the parlance of her youth. She did see me flinch once when she used the word, and I admitted to my private dislike of the term, but we have been friends for 30+ years and it’s no hill…

It’s minimizing

But yeah, I don’t like it. It’s minimizing.

I’m not crazy about it either. A friend of mine uses it, and he’s a good guy who does genuinely respect women, and would be thoroughly confused and hurt if I called him on it. So I don’t, but it’s tempting sometimes.

for a start, it’s tremendously condescending... = |

“Gals”