Oh, those people. Ew. I like Robin, but I also don't think he is the savior of shit and the number one example of flawless RnB. Because i grew up with Luther, so no. lolol That's like ppl lookin' at Hall & Oates as the greatest example of RnB. LOL Who does that!?

This is so hard to get away with. I get in trouble for always trying to wiggle my way out of staying over or not having my S/O stay over on a weeknight. I sleep diagonally and in dramatic fashion when I am alone and it is grand.

"Often"? You can google "living normal life schizophrenia" and come across countless articles and psych studies which show just the opposite of what you claim. The baseless assumptions—propagated in the media in particular—that schizophrenia involves a life of "agony" as you put it are simply untrue.

Sex-selection and daughter neglect aren't products of secularism in the same way that the consideration of women as chattel is a product of religiousness. I'm sorry, but I don't think your analogy is exactly valid. Just because the abandonment of superstition doesn't render human life a paradise doesn't mean that it…

I don't think Oprah was asking anyone to shed a tear for her. I thought it was pretty clear that her point was that racism still affects everyone, no matter how wealthy or famous they become. She even said that the way she experiences is far more subtle than how others do because of her power in society, but even she…

Well, the incidences of widow burning and foot binding has gone down after secularization...

It is frustrating to see some people diminish the racism here because there is a 40k bag involved. Oprah buying a 40k bag should be a separate discussion. Some people act as if Oprah buying a 40k bag is worse than the fact she experience racism. Or some people seem to not care Oprah experience racism because she was…

Whether or not one can say whether religion is the genesis of misogyny (I don't think it is), to deny that it is not often used as a tool of misogyny is... overlooking a lot. Also—religion isn't used as a tool of female oppression in India?

Racism is real oppression, even when it happens to a rich person.

Yeah, no. I call bullshit. Pretending that classism and racism aren't totally intertwined is ridiculous. What, other than Oprah's skin color, would have made the salesgirl think that she didn't have money? And do you really think that the salesgirl would have refused to even show the bag to a white woman who wanted to…

You and your family sound like delicate little flowers.

Your family sounds really melodramatic.

Okay, dude. You know, I can actually tell the difference between someone in distress and someone than is making a scene because they dislike smoking. But I'm sure you are correct that smoke of any quantity, even in an open air space, pointed away from people, could technically cause an asthma attack and for that,…

You and your family are sanctimonious and overwrought. I'm sure smokers have about as much respect for your neuroses as you do for their habit.

Cancerous fog? Stuff like that makes me want to take up smoking just to irritate awful people. You should be far more concerned about the health side effects of breathing in your own farts so much.

Ha ... At a party attended by a friend's (racist) friend I overheard her try to smooth out a race-related kerfluffle by saying that we were friends. Cuz' I'm black see? Without even thinking about it I shouted over "We're not actually friends and she says racist shit all of the time" and then went back to my…

The "smugly judging my choices" bit is why I don't make friends with Christians or Republicans. Just while we're generalizing.

There are ways something can be negative without it being an effect of individual racism. If someone grew up in the South, for instance, most states there have fairly high black populations. Someone who never sees black people might not be trying to avoid them, just a product of a society where schools, neighborhoods,…

I don't really feel the need to eff off, but thanks. I never said anything bad about this particular woman. If this is something that makes her happy then I hope it was a lot of fun for her (at least until the police showed up anyway). However, I do get to decide what I consider a pro or a con with people that I…