Poor Joanie. What makes me feel saddest about this is wondering if she would have gone through with it if she had known that no, the partners did not enthusiastically support Pete's shitstain plan, or if the partners had known that no, Joan did NOT agree to do it for a price in the first place. Pete's manipulation…
Chip, in search of dip
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The key is always, always the lean. Find something sturdy to support you, position your butt against it while leaning forward ever so slightly, assume the widest stance possible, and let 'er rip. Consider cuffing your pants, just in case.
Thank you, this is the perfect response to this story.
There is no way for PP to win when people are doing "stings" like this. The general public will always be horrified by things like sex-selective abortion, but PP is not in the business of telling people why they can or cannot obtain an abortion. The only response that would make PP come out looking good would be to…
"But an old friend of mine recently aborted a sought-after assisted-reproduction pregnancy at like 28 weeks because it had Downs, and I just can't get that out of my head. I've tried and tried to come to another conclusion but that was just killing a baby. It badly shook me up about abortion rights."
This just reminds me how Marvel has done a pretty commendable job of portraying heroes with disabilities (Hawkeye, Daredevil, Professor X, etc.).
God, no kidding. The "omg it takes you 45 MINUTES?!" comments are absurd. Makeup isn't easy-breezy for everyone. You have no idea what products she was using. She's probably a bit unpracticed at this point, too. More importantly, whoooo caaaaares how long it takes her to put on her own face?
Most upsetting street harassment of my life came from boys. As in pre-pubescent. I was walking past a park in Manhattan with a friend when a bunch of young boys—probably 10 to 12—started catcalling us (grown-ass women, by the way): "Hey ladies, you look fiiiine today! You should come over here!" We ignored them,…
Every woman has a different red line for this stuff. Some don't mind a dude politely introducing himself and saying hello. Others may find it very frightening and off-putting, for any number of reasons.
I think anything that encourages the objectification of women and this idea that we exist to provide visual/physical/sexual pleasure to men is going to play into street harassment. Not that ALL porn or video games do that, but many do.
We didn't have a school nurse in my grade/middle school. Either the Admin Assistant helped you out (called your parents), or the teacher you reported your injury/illness to would provide front-line treatment. It was utterly ridiculous, actually, because they were unprepared for even the most basic of complaints. …
This is embarrassing. I thought your icon was a legitimate insect crawling around on my screen and I just spent entirely too much time trying to kill it.
The characters were genuinely awful people, and I'm pretty sure that was the point. You kind of just didn't like anyone because they all were self-involved jerks. Even Bernie's wife, who I felt sorry for.
I read elsewhere that the women in question are reservists, which provides a novel loophole to that rule.
Dear World,
Most military folks I know (I work in the defense industry) support women in combat so long as they meet the same physical requirements as men. Some (not all) also have suggested that we may need to revisit what those physical requirements actually should be based on the realities of combat today.
All of my schools growing up required something similar. Different supplies were divided according to the first letter of your name, so some kids brought in paper products, others brought the Murphy's Oil Soap, etc. etc.
Me too! I've been singing La Cucaracha.
"It is sad that people feel like they can't stay home when they are sick, and I really rarely think it's being macho (in the case of dudes) or that someone has SO MUCH WORK—I think people straight up feel like slackers for staying home unless they are deathly ill."