I’ll agree that he was a condescending prick. It would have been enough to say that he has a policy against neck/hand tattoos and leave it at that. I don’t think it was the content but the placement that was the issue. The other tattoos don’t appear to be on necks or, if they are, are likely on the necks of people who…

He totally escalated the situation when he rolled up. Were the kids not being 100% respectful? Sure. They’re kids. Plenty of kids mouth off to adults and authority figures. But the situation was pretty much under control. It goes pear shape when one officer decides to play super cop.

The person that did my last tattoo (on my right outer calf) has a no necks/no hands policy unless the person requesting the tattoo already has a lot of others or voices a good, solid understanding of why neck tattoos can be problematic. His thing is that neck tattoos have a certain amount of stigma attached to them…

I’m not sure why you’re getting an attitude but here’s the thing: the municipality makes money no matter what even though, ultimately, they lose money in housing prisoners. In Maryland a person can pay in cash to bond out. If they appear in court, they get the money back. If not, it’s forfeited to the courts. Surety…

Except that I think that a lot of states have managed to become dependent on the fairly steady stream of income even if it doesn’t really make sound financial sense. Even if the bondsman just pays $100 that’s $100 the state makes and they don’t have to pay to house and feed an inmate. If they don’t show, then that’s…

It is so sad. My husband works in corrections where people come in to pay bails and he says it is the most depressing thing. People with no money trying to scrape up funds to get their family members out, grandparents coming down with canes and oxygen to pay bail for their grandson, girlfriends trying to get their…

Unfortunately, lots of people do things that they shouldn’t do. The problem is that bail has become a nice money-making racket for a lot places. The state doesn’t care whether the money comes from the person, their family, or a bail bonds company - it’s still money in the coffers and there’s the appearance of being…

Though it varies agency to agency, I can say that a lot of CPS departments aren’t going to take those threats as cause to remove a child. Maybe, if there’s some additional information, an investigation might be done but that’s depending on several factors, including how swamped the agency might be and the immediacy of…

That’s similar to the argument that’s used against Tess Holliday - that she shouldn’t be a model because of her weight and because she glamorizes being unhealthy. The main difference is that very few people are killing themselves trying to be a size 22. I know the situations aren’t the same - fashion has been pushing…

I know thinspo is a real thing. I think I’m just leery of going down the body shaming route and of labeling someone as healthy/unhealthy because of their body type or taking the responsibility away from the industry, designers, and photographers who still push thin (just not as thin) as the height of beauty. I feel…

I understand what you’re saying. I’m just put off by the underlying suggestion that the model is unhealthy. It’s too close to what plenty of people say every time there’s a heavy model - that she’s glorifying being obese and unhealthy. I’m probably just reading too much into it. The problem isn’t the model, it’s the…

I understand the idea behind the movement - to decrease the focus on being extremely thin as being the only way to fashionable and attractive - but I don’t like the assumption that there is something wrong with a thin model, that to be that thin she absolutely must have an eating disorder or substance abuse problem.…

I bet they don’t even know what all they have. I know I don’t. Every time I make a serious effort at de-cluttering I’m finding new shit. When did I decided I wanted to make jewelry? Why do I have eleventy billion colored pencils? When am I going to wear this mini-skirt from Lane Bryant?

Don’t do it! It’s way harder to get rid of stuff after a move. You’ll be so busy getting moved in and getting things together that all of those things you meant to get rid of will end up shoved into closets, in the basement, or under beds. Then two years later you realize you have tubs full of shoes, blankets, and all…

Meeting someone for a meal isn’t leading them on and she was under no obligation to spare his feelings or show appreciation for his unwanted, grandiose gestures. If he was under the impression that she owed him something or that he could convince her to keep a promise she made when she was sseriously ill, then that’s…

If he had just said, ‘let me take you to lunch/dinner to celebrate you being cancer free’ and left it at that, that would have been cool-ish. May have still made her uncomfortable if he’d made it clear he wanted more than just a friendship but it would have been 100x better than trying to make her live up to some sort…

I get the female equivalent if I don’t orgasm. It’s a dull, throbbing ache in my lower left abdomen. Goes away in about a half an hour if I don’t do anything about it. The husband says blue balls feels about the same. It’s uncomfortable but not exactly life threatening. Not sure if my experience is common though

Both transplant units in Baltimore do non-compatible donors and kidney swaps. It really has increased the chance of patients receiving a kidney.

I’m saving my kidney for my mom. No joke. She’s been on prednisone so much her kidneys and pancreas are shot so it’s only a matter of time. But I’ve also offered to donate before but the recipients declined because they weren’t comfortable with it. I have some other risk factors (weight, family history of…

If he had a low risk profile, then yes. My oldest transplanted patient was in his sixties and he’s doing fine. He had a hx of prostate cancer but had been cancer free for several years prior to the transplant. The transplant centers are very specific when it comes to cancer patients and require additional tests to…