Of course it’s optional. But my point is, it’s presented as an expectation, and it should not be expected. I totally agree that we should tip the maid and bellhops, they provide a service and they don’t ask for any tip (usually). But, for instance, the guy selling you apples at a farmer’s market isn’t providing any…

We still love you stateside Chick-Fil-A.

Welcome to the new liberalism, fascism repackaged. You’re allowed to think anything you want as long as it’s approved thought. Unapproved beliefs are to be punished and squashed by any means possible.

y’know, I’m not exactly comfortable with this.  if people are sufficiently turned off by the company’s actions, they’re free to not go there and let them fold from the lack of business. But harassing the landlord into kicking them out- while not illegal- is kind of shitty. 

Hey Matt, I was looking for today’s follow-up article about how Mueller’s testimony was the final nail in Trump’s coffin, but I couldn’t find it

Any day now...

she’s done some shitty things while streaming

No, and what kind of a fool would assume they are. They are, by their very nature, about giving another person pleasure. If you think giving pleasure is humiliating, you must have had one seriously fucked up childhood.