The correct age of consent laws are the ones that say that a person is an adult in all other regards. If you are too young to vote, to drink, to join the military, then why are you old enough to fuck? If you can't sign a contract, then you can't enter into a marriage contract. Also, consent had nothing to do with…

You might think that, but what's-his-fuck from Duck Dynasty thinks you should marry them girls early, before they know any better, and lots of dumbasses listen to his dumbass. Whether it's Christian or Muslim, it's part of Dominionism.

I suspect that most children are raving assholes when not in a situation with tangible consequences (and sometimes, in spite of them) based on my casual observations of unsupervised children in my neighborhood.

I have had semi tractor/trailers be less obstructive to my view than the stupid SUVs. And trust me, if I'm following too damn close it's because they cut me off by merging into the safe driving distance I had between me and the car ahead of me. In fact, that's the only time I don't have a 3 second buffer.

I've only spent a couple of days in London and that was back in 1996, but I was amazed by the average size of cars (much smaller than the US) and the vast amount of cyclists in heavy traffic. I didn't see one accident while I was there, but I was confused by all the cars without windows behind the cab. I'm told it's…

I just wish you needed a commercial driver's license to drive a Ford Expedition or a Hummer. The people who drive those things have no damn clue how much they obstruct the view of every other driver.

Thanks, but no. Did you learn that from studying Freud? I don't want to say it, I just don't want it to be okay for some people to say it, but others using it in the same context are magically racist for doing it. I want people to USE THEIR FUCKING HEADS before they get butthurt about words.

We weren't that fancy. We were not a "white-glove" theater, nor did the owner wish to be. My boss was teaching me how to splice reels together the year I graduated from high school, which was also the same year I got my first portable CD player (1996). But I assure you, I flee an area if I hear The Brady Bunch…

I worked in a small theater when I was in high school (3 screens). I still cannot stand the Brady Bunch theme song as it played at the beginning and the end of the movie in the auditorium closest to the counter.

The wait staff and cook generally do have a superior knowledge to the customer because it's their job. And if you are a customer that is an asshole to staff and makes a scene due to your own ignorance, you deserve public shaming.

This is why I decided not to make a career out of my love of cooking. I would be the owner who would make the news for yelling at the customer that "smoked salmon is cooked!!!" and telling him to get the fuck out of my restaurant and to never return. The customer is not always right. The customer is an asshole.

Great reading comprehension there. I really appreciate your feedback concerning my discomfort with being buffeted by a word I am not allowed to use considering racism comes with implied intent, and I would never use that word (and never have, to a PoCs face or behind their back). So if it's okay with you, I'll…

Not really. Remember, we threw Japanese Americans in prison camps and we actively tried to exterminate Native Americans, so I think you're wrong on that.

Additionally, the era the word is used during has an effect on the meaning of the word too. We're still in the era where aboriginals of most countries are still marginalized, including Native Americans, so no, Redskins is not an appropriate name for a football team, nor was it ever. I worked in a skilled nursing…

Heh, when I listen to a song I like that uses the that word, I never know whether I should sing along or cringe. It's really frustrating. Using the word in your music, which is sold to a wide audience, then decrying the use of that word by the part of your audience that doesn't share your skin color isn't really…

I really think people are more concerned about taboo words than the substance of his work.

Stephen Colbert is not transphobic.

In Madison proper there are about 200,000, but it's a metro area, so Fitchburg, Middleton, Monona and Sun Prairie all kind of run together, with the only noticeable space between Madison and Sun Prairie. The county population is about half a million.

It's great for it's size. The politics get in the way sometimes. The music scene is kind of lopsided due to the racism of the Alcohol License Review Committee (which has garnered some very vocal critics), but what is here is pretty good, and there's a talented band playing every night somewhere. There are so many…

Indeed it did.