The sharing economy model leaves out that a fuck of a lot of people are frankly terrible, and we have created industries specifically to have oversight over people providing a service.

Honestly, probably more FOMO than anything. They seem very willing to ignore a previous commitment in favour of a better option, whether that’s chilling on the couch after a long day or another out-of-the-house plan. But it is definitely not limited to the youfs; our average age for events was probably 50-55.

Well, pointless anecdata, but there used to be two! I seriously used to work with a guy whose last name was Raper - he married a woman at the company we worked for and she took his last name, but they changed it to Rapier. Not sure if they did the overall change at the same time or no - they weren’t people I had much…

Seattleite here. I used to work for an organization that did a lot of events; I don’t remember the formula the events manager used for no-shows and sudden-arrivals to events. It’s totally a west coast thing to do that shit. I do remember that she said if the event was free, that was 30% out the door right there who…

And what I want when I’m depressed is someone to come over and give me something other than my own misery to focus on. I think you can assume that friends you talk to about mental health are also ones you can talk to about how to react to your specific situation.

Implausible. Since everyone knows black people look alike to racists, all Obama would have to do to secure a third term is change his name to B-Rock Obeezy. None of this “Dictator for life” stuff, that’s Cruz’s game, especially when you add in “God-King” to the title.

I’m hoping for a boxing glove on a spring with ACME on the side.

Honestly, I’m not surprised. I started thinking, during the height of the anti-vaxx bullshit, that the problem is that many of the people leading the charge (at the popular level) have literally no experience of, say, a polio epidemic, or a close friend or family member dying of a self-induced/illegal abortion. It’s…

Well, but whore doesn’t confer any particular status regarding motherhood, so are you picking that because abortions don’t matter to the average molested seven year old or because by any other metric “Becoming A Whore Day” is the day of your birth, because people (fortunately a VASTLY SMALL minority) will see you as a…

My understanding is that the relationship between food and hunger pangs is building character. That’s according to all the cockhats in Congress who think welfare (TANF, BFET, etc) is the biggest money suck we’ve got.

I got one because my bf and I had been dating less than a month, my salary was ridiculously low, I hated my job so I was generally miserable on top of the fact that pregnancy apparently SUCKS ASS, and I didn’t (and don’t) want to be a single parent but couldn’t rely on having a co-parent. Children aren’t high on my…

My grandma was pretty clearly into the self-induced miscarriage thing; she’d get pregnant and fall down the stairs a bunch, that kind of thing. This was in the 30s, so, uh, yeah. No one ever investigated that I’m aware of, but I feel comfortable with the thought that if abortion had been legal and she had taken…

Look, I don’t know what you’re talking about. I was eight months pregnant when I walked past a Planned Parenthood and realized there was something I’d been meaning to do. If it wasn’t for that Planned Parenthood...!

On the one hand, this is a ridiculous idea. On the other hand, I could get laid and resolve my job search needs at the same time, so that comes out to a nice solid gray area, which I guess means I’m down for prostitution-for-the-medical-industry.

They do know that about half of those babies will be female, right? I mean, I can only assume that they know that “a baby” stops being “a baby” at some point and becomes “a boy” or “a girl” or another gender option. I also assume that they don’t give a flying fuck about girl babies, because inevitably, society will…

Man, that’ll be the BEST society ever. Can’t wait!

I agree with you about the defensiveness of the position, but some of the laws playing out about fetal endangerment make me think there are plenty of pro-lifers who DO think women should be locked up the minute they get pregnant. If I recall correctly, a woman was even imprisoned under those laws ... despite the fact…

It’s a huge blind spot. Or a self-willed one? I don’t know that I have the right words for what it is. But you’re absolutely correct. I hate, in a way I cannot even describe, that all the shouting I do about feminist issues counts about 1/10 as much as if one man joins me. And we’re seeing all these women (who are…

I will check that out! I am the world’s third-palest person (and I know the other two) so I may panic and run away at the sight of actual color on my face, but I will try it out nonetheless. Thanks for the tip!

It’s Anchor Tapestry Wool (which is about the size of maybe a sport-weight yarn?) and 7/8 count Zweigart interlock canvas so it could definitely be worse in terms of working up quickly. It’s sturdy enough to not need a frame, too. Compared to my last classic needlepoint project, which was on 22-count Aida ... there is…