Remember after the banking crisis when we had that wave of bankers complaining in the media about how mean people were being about them? Totally missing the point that this isn't about a personal attack on you, but a public debate on what is potentially a culture of wrongdoing. The more we allow institutions to…

Yes, the part where they demanded to know how the University would "restore" their reputations struck me as particularly rich. Restore your own horrible reputation, which by the way was already horrible before this awful Jackie situation was even a thing. You could start by not being an atavistic misogynist bunch of…

You can rest assured that, if they do, they will do so quietly and refuse to answer any questions about why!

That Post story is a piece of shit, but I bet it came straight from the frat boys.

When the only penalty they ever faced, even before RS issued its statement, was being forbidden to throw parties for a very short period when school was not in session, I think saying they have a "great deal at stake" is ridiculous.

Isn't it interesting how the changes that paint Jackie are an opportunistic liar are announced from the rooftops, but when changes go in the opposite direction, they're quietly made without anyone admitting to doing so, much less explaining why? It's almost like these "unbiased" reporters have a vested interest in…

As a former fraternity member (I feel like half of my Gawker comments these days start with that clause), I'm pretty confident in saying UVA's fraternities and sororities need to shut the fuck up, regardless of what happens with this story — which at the very least shows some of the warts of the system even if the…

Yeah, I'm pretty surprised at the trolly nature of this one. I probably would have bypassed the comment as obviously trolling, except that NonServiam is usually pretty reasonable.

dude, you asked her a question about progressive theology. she gave you the answer that the scholars in this field are suggesting. she didn't come up with the theory, she didn't give you her personal opinion, either. come on.

i mean, moses (and therefor all jews) had horns on his head for decades because of a mistranslated passage (whether accidental or deliberate we don't know) so anyone saying the bible is infallible is a dumb idiot.

You asked this above, as well, and you have to broaden the question to, "Why is there evil and/or suffering in the world?" if you actually mean it as a theological question. If you're talking about a specific case, then I'm very sorry, because that is horrible.

Thank you for pointing out that this is BAD theology.

I think it's a combination of the meat sweats and my deliberately being an asshole.

Although that said, i really am bemused by the notion that a burger place shouldn't have vegetarian options... I mean, i dont think i've ever even seen one here that doesn't? In actual burger places (as opposed to pubs which sell…

Oh joy, the 'why don't they just cook for themselves' argument. Look your heart seems to be in the right place but your facts are not. Cooking for yourself requires food to cook, supplies to cook with, the knowledge of how to cook, and time and energy to devote to the task. Buying food at the grocery store may be…

I don't know why everyone's giving you a hard time about this - I agree it would be great if they offered a better veggie selection. Restaurants in the UK (including fast food chains) manage to offer decent veggie options and the country hasn't crumbled. Every time I go back to midwestern American where I grew up I…

In 'n Out starts employees at $10.50/hour. The food costs the same as McD, with the added bonus of being way better, prepared on the spot (including cutting whole potatoes for fries) and never from frozen ingredients.

But it's also a significantly higher quality product. No one is pretending it won't be more expensive, but do you know what's even cheaper and even higher quality than McDonalds?

Making it your damn self.

If you're eating out, you may as well eat something nice, rather than re-fried road kill.

So what you're telling me is that it's on par with Subway, Chipolte's, Panera, Zaxby's or any number of other second-tier fast food places that don't pay their employees $15 bucks an hour. People have been paying more for fast food for over a decade now. It's disingenuous to pretend otherwise.