May sound harsh, but for yeaaaars, everytime I’d hear something about America being the greatest nation in the world on TV, I’d crack a half-joke along the lines of ‘Greatest at WHAT exactly... military spending’?

Thank god. I don’t want that racist pile of filth here.

Oh man, I can’t tell because internet but the fact you’re asking makes me think you ARE at least a little bit interested in getting past boning. There’s nothing wrong with dipping your toe in the water and going on a real date, is there? I’m assuming he’s being weird because he can tell you’re backing away and he…

I’ve had one amazing FWB, I really like him as a person, but when this was a thing we lived in different places, and he was in an open relationship with someone else (where sex was okay but no other relationships). Even when they broke up it never progressed further, at the time we were quite close, and I considered…

Yeah.. I was laid off last year because my industry was tanking and I finally got hit. Was a lucky one who found something equally good/better 5ish months later, but between that I started lifeguarding again (which included are-doing an awful 5 day course with a bunch of 16 year olds) to keep busy and keep motivated…

I didn’t know until the past year or so, mainly because I’m not that interested in the lives of movie people. Greta being in the industry makes it much harder to believe she wasn’t aware, but it’s not exactly impossible she didn’t know.

The worst part of this whole Google manifesto business was that there were a few women in my friends (I’m a female engineer, these were too) who thought that some of the ideas he spouted had some merit. Most of us were fucking outraged and furious, and it made me so upset to have a fellow female engineer say that…

Because she wants Cardi B’s ring. duuuuuuuh. /s

I think my current work would do some calling around if I didn’t show up (like call my mother/emergency contact who would then go and check on me), but previous jobs... highly doubt it. Depends on the situation I guess.

OMG ME TOO! My boyfriend moved in with me late last year, adn one of my favourite parts was that if I choke on my breakfast there will now probably be someone there who can give me the Heimlich or call an ambulance whereas before I would be left to try and save myself with my countertop or some madness. That and if a…

Thank you! :D

True! That was a huge goal of my mom with raising me, and one of the big drivers she had leaving my father. She has talked about this 3-generational theory a few times, about how abuse tends to take 3 generations to truly purge itself. She being the first generation, and gave me a less-abusive upbringing than she had…

I thought they shipped people to the island from Vancouver??? Sending homeless people to a place with terrible winter is horrifying, also, I can’t see Alberta taking it lying down.

Yep, they did this in Vancouver before the Olympics. If I remember they rounded up as many homeless people as possible and shipped them out of the city, to the island I believe.

“...that slogan from the mug has taken on meaning that its author didn’t quite intend when she said it. Ulrich didn’t mean, exactly, to cheerlead women into exceptional acts of bravery, activism, or creativity. Instead, its purpose is somewhat simpler: to recognize the fact of ordinary women’s existence, the idea…

I think they doubted he’d try something like this? Or maybe wanted the laughs, or some possibly may have still wanted input because they thought he was wrongfully dismissed.

My father was an abusive narcissist, my best friend’s father was a neglectful ass, and my mother’s parents were both abusive and I’d like to think we all turned out better than fine, so yeah, no sympathy from me either. Childhood shapes certain parts of you but at the end of the day you’re responsible for your actions…

Yeah, I got the impression quite a few times while we worked together that they were having significant problems, a lot of them seemed to come from my coworkers obsessive need to work, and direspect he had for her taking on more childcare and sacrificing her teaching career (she tutors now that the kids are older but…

Yep. I was talking to my partner about that a few days ago. The only way I can see such an insecure man coming out of the early life he appears to have had is if one or both parents abused the living crap out of him. It makes me sad, because abusing kids is terrible, but also, most abused kids don’t become…

AHHHHH King Charles Spaniel? My friend has one, and she’s the sweetest little puppy ever.