Do we have proof the dude lying down *isn’t* diplo?

God, I miss college.

Yep. In Boston, cabbies are generally contractors. They rent the car for the day, pay the cab company so much in rent/fees and keep the rest. They often don’t make enough to cover their costs.

I think it depends on the city and structure, but Columbus uses the structure you describe. DC is a mix of owner operators and the structure you describe. I believe NYC is how you describe it.

Yeah I dunno where that guy lives but it’s the same here in the Chicagoland area - the cab company is getting theirs with no assurances the drivers are getting any damn thing.

No, most cab drivers in big cities are not contractors - cabbies in big cities unionize.

...it seems weird that a mortgage company’s logo is an upside-down house

I read somewhere once that having a kid is a narcissistic thing to do because you want to pass on your genetic line and for men it is more important than women. I personally never wanted kids, when we were young my friends all played with dolls that they pretended were babies. I always wanted to be independent and…

Hey, if that homeless woman could afford money for nail polish, then she could afford money for some damned boostraps.

Interesting--I recently saw listings for $300,000 (the house across the street from me), $1,500,000 (a little less than a mile away) and $3 Fucking Million Dollars (a mile and a half.) To give you an example of where we’re talking about, it’s within walking distance of Ferguson, MO (4 or so miles). I’ve seen all of…

I’m pretty sure the horse head kid is the same one dressed as a vaquero in the second photo. If you look closely in the group photo, you see horse-head has the same serape.

I like you.

It’s the new puritanism.

That’s what she said

Psst. I’ve been on Jezebel for years, and I guess I’m a little older than the chief demographic now, and I always considered myself pretty blue, pretty educated, pretty sensitive, and pretty empathetic, and with horrifying regularity, I learn that I am a Neanderthal woman who is upholding rape culture, objectifying…

Jesus Christ, how utterly EXHAUSTING.

Wanting to fit in, be cool, not make anyone upset. There were kids in my highschool that would have eaten glass if it meant they could sit with the cool kids.

The Prestige TV Show Hot Take Economy is extremely bad and dumb, but so is arguing that the way that we talk about and depict our world in fiction is irrelevant and not worth talking about in general. Granted that many people do it in a way that is stupid and wearying - that doesn’t invalidate the broader principle…

This is your best take by far.

If you’ve never been the only minority in an all white world, it’s hard to fathom why a kid would do this; if you’ve been the only minority in an all white world you see that pic of go: fuck, I’ve been there. (not saying you haven’t, just offering a view).