This is a really clear analysis I think you're exactly correct

That's because the random person would likely feel threatened and humiliated by the offer (due to the stigmatization of sex work). That's not the case here because of the anonymity.

I do agree it's a bit weird, but this isn't exactly why.

It seemed to me more like they were saying they had some other unspecified information that was as scandalous as Cosby, although to be fair it's hard to see what that could possibly be

My friend went to one and came back with a $50 bottle of "ancient sea minerals"

"Skyrim too fun... can't eat nachos..."

You have to tap on the water with a spoon a bunch of times first. This is very important because of quantum mechanics.

No. No! "Pajamas make you feel good by emitting negative ions" isn't an okay thing to say just because pajamas do in fact make you feel good. Don't let the terrorists win.

Maybe he's just *really* worried about global warming

To be fair people might do that if removing hands was painless and instantly reversible

maybe they had it specifically for this purpose

Um, unless you're arguing that getting pregnant at 14 is actually a good idea it's hard to see how this is relevant

It's called a bowling shirt

Yeah I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that the book paints such behaviour in a negative light. Like when Stephen King wrote a book about a clown killing a bunch of teenagers, he probably did not mean that people ought to be doing this.

I mean, yes I guess that would be hypocritical, but also I feel like the intersection of those two groups is pretty small...

"Also, people who are pro-life are officially not allowed to talk or complain about teenage pregnancy."

I'm not pro-life, and this is a tangent, but it's perfectly reasonable to believe something is wrong while not necessarily believing that every possible way to fix it is justified. "People who are for clean energy…

Well, a lot of her lyrics seem to imply she is promiscuous. Which is fine, whether she actually is or not, but it's not like people just decided she must be sleeping around a lot because she's black.

It might be because a fair number of her songs strongly imply she has a lot of casual sex?

" half the time Jezebel will be all skeptical and suggest the study must be using sexist methodology or working from sexist assumptions?"

'Did they control for income?' is also a favourite

Oh my God are you serious you can't be serious

The ones about weight loss also tend to be a hoot