I honestly never believed anyone when they said I would miss university. I researched my major heavily and it was purported by reputable and impartial sources to be one of the highest paying and most employable majors. One year out of university and I do miss it because I actually had some fucking optimism back then.…

Yeah, except now they're teaching you that you better really enjoy the four-or-so years you spend hitting the books, 'cause afterwards you're going to be right back at that shitty job. Minus 4 years of incremental raises and a promotion to night shift manager.

Word. Also, welfare's primarily meant to protect poor children. Kids get no say over whether their parents use drugs, and it's horrific if a child doesn't get dinner because the government found out mommy smoked pot.

Your company is not need-based, though. They have a vested interest in making sure nobody is running the company or dealing with customers or whatever while high out of their goddamn minds.

He's not saying that guy was a John. Just that society seems to value looks to the point of excusing crimes. Many people have overlooked this guy's criminal offenses because he's attractive. He's just an example for the point Penabler is trying to make.

I think there are some apples and oranges here. Comparing results from wealthy countries, where all countries have high scores, doesn't really say much. Who cares which place you come in if everyone is amazing? On the other hand, having a threshold to pass, a minimum standard, is different, and if significantly fewer…

It's always interesting who gets refugee status. Muslims getting pushed right out of CAR by death squads associated with the government, nothing. One Christian arrested then released, international incident.

Not an attack on you AT ALL but I reaaaaally dislike the phrase "failed state" these are countries that have been invaded, pillaged under collonial rule for 100+ years where racial and religious tensions were intentionally amped up by Europeans to maintain their power over the country. They only got their independence…

The most baffling part of this show for me is the fact that apparently it's almost always the catfish who approaches MTV to be on the show, not the person who suspects they're being catfished.

I don't think they were were condoning horrible things for the sake of the culture, but rather giving a reason to why certain ways are the way they are. Understanding the way things became to be helps us better address how to face issues for now and the future.

It's not about cultural sensitivity. It's about a history of colonization and colonial interference. A lot of the increased conservatism in many countries doesn't have as much to do with culture as it has to do with a reaction to Western supremacist attitudes. After a long history of the West telling other parts of…

When LGBT identities are already seen as a Western import, Biden and Rice's remarks could be viewed as further evidence that the United States, or the West more generally, is interested in destroying local customs and cultural traditions for its own purposes.

Doesn't make sense as no stereotype here is even relevant to anyone. It's just throwing "white" out there so the author(s) can feel ever so special. The "busting on white males" thing is a desperate dog whistle to readers that you are cool and e'er so down with privilege theory and are one of the good white people.…

Two wrongs don't make a right.

I'm happy to see black people getting roles in successful movies, but this movie is garbage and I refuse to support anything affiliated with Steve Harvey. Only a misogynistic asshole would tell women to act like ladies and think like men, which basically translates to, "dress feminine but think logically like us men…

I will never in my life know why people took love advice from Steve Harvey, a man who is on his 76th marriage. Also, this sounds like it was co-written by Tyler Perry.

I had sex liberally as a young woman too. The problem was when I met people I liked. All I knew how to do was to have sex with someone I was attracted to. The guys seemed pretty pleased with that scenario and happy enough to keep it that way. I got sucked into all sorts of demeaning power games. It took me a while to…

The average western person couldn't care less about anything that happens in Uganda. It's only the politicians making a big deal of this in order to be seen as "progressive" while really they're acting like imperialistic bullies.

I think you're confusing the average Ugandan for the corrupt politicians/dictators who are directly pocketing the aid money. You probably have this little image in your head that "our money" is going directly to the needy. And now that the Ugandan government is supporting anti-gay/LGBT laws that American evangelicals…

Just to play Devil's Advocate, I'd take a good look at the cultural bias in the reporting. I don't like the status of women in Saudi Arabia either, but I think we knee-jerk our outrage rather than appreciating that there are more ways of being a woman than our own.