“so much that they offered a salary bump for a dog-walker when I expressed concern about leaving Oscar at home all day”

Telling someone to try Pepto Bismol if they have the runs is different from pontificating about how they should work out or boring them with some fadish quick fix diet advice.

The organized “Church” has been around for roughly 1800 years, with the Roman branch being essentially independent for around 1300 years. It is a marvel of organization, but hierarchical and slow to change. You cannot realistically expect the Catholic Church to be at the forefront of every single new social change.…

As much as I disagree with her, military worship is far more damaging to real progress than the ramblings of a paid talking head.

Fifty years ago, nobody would ever have thought of pulling a childish marketing stunt like this in any Western country. This ridiculous phenomenon of public stupidity being rewarded by praise is pretty recent and frankly disturbing. Basic dignity is becoming a very rare commodity and the Chinese have every right to…

I have a hard time believing this is some sort of concerted effort at “censorship” and “body shaming”, as if Instagram really cares one way or another. They have millions of users, uploading photos every single day, they simply cannot police the place on an individual basis.

Always remember inflation! Interest rates are still low, inflation is still very low, but wait long enough and hopefully inflation will increase a bit to 2-3%. Inflation eats away at the relative weight of debt. Always take out a fixed rate mortgage, if rates go down you can always refinance. Sure, rates are very low…

Why are you giving this disingenuous quack and shameless profiteer a platform?

On the asshole chef:

It was a vegan restaurant, a natural magnet for people with with ‘food allergy unspecified’ or ‘self-diagnosed’ celiac disease. Asking for a whole potato is only bizarre in that environment.

Huckabee’s use of the term ‘Supreme Being’ is very odd considering he’s a bible thumping Baptist. Is it 1793 France? Is he Robespierre?

“ it was summertime”

A bobo hobo

Eco friendly, woman designed and run ‘brand’, family run factory....

Let’s not frame this as a question of “choice” or whether or not she is a good parent. No reputable doctor should administer IVF treatments to a 65 year old woman. Pregnancy at that age is dangerous to her and to her children. Let’s not beat around the bush, this is completely reckless and immoral behavior.

“I was a geek in high school, no guy ever paid any attention to me”

Those clothes are incredibly garish and lacking in taste, I had no idea they were a sign of “breeding.”

The problem with every computerized diagnostic tool is that it depends on how a person “perceives” their symptoms. What separates a mild headache from splitting pain? A lot. But some people perceive their symptoms as worse than they really are or vice-versa.

It stopped being widely used to designate Roma people in the late 19th century. I don’t know if it was a slur to begin with or a relatively benign term.

It depends on your level of friendship, what kind of person said friend is and the circumstances.