Buddhists promote selflessness because the "self" is a construct of thought. There is no "self" to be found anywhere upon close inspection.

One day I was sitting on the bus behind a girl with headphones on with a guy started calling her "Blondie," and just generally telling her how he'd like to get to know her. He wasn't particularly crude about it, but it was clear his attention was unwelcome. But he kept trying, and she kept replying in monosyllables…

And lord knows the few people able to profit off an fundamentally exploitative and unjust system should be able to dictate whether we continue with it.

I think he meant the parents OF the prankster. As in, if their son is so immature that he'd swat, then it's their responsibility to keep him from playing such games.

Why do people watch sports?

Someone on NPR was interviewed after putting in 20+ years in prison, and he said something along the lines of, "If you really want to punish someone, rehabilitate them. If you make them feel the shame and pain of their actions, they'll carry the burden their whole lives."

"Veiling in Iran is compulsory, so fighting against it is a fight for freedom."

That honey, was what we refer to as "a damned fool".

It has everything to do with rights. No one should be forced to endorse a political agenda that they disagree with.

"She opened her top and showed them her boobs, which Jennifer says were completely covered in 'the most beautiful angels and beautiful butterflies and baskets of flowers in pastel-colored tattoos.'"

parenting is mostly voodoo. this seems like as good of a strategy as any

If you are not guilty of said action, then it doesn't apply to you.

Not everywhere.

Matt, you are using a BS argument to foment outrage where there should be none. Your notion of rapidly detecting blood borne pathogens like HIV has no relevance to the world of Blood Banking. Blood Banks use screening tests, not diagnostic tests (if you don't immediately understand the difference you should recuse…

Any time somebody makes a broad generalized statement of ANY group, without qualifiers, expect someone who doesn't wish to partake in thoughtless binaries to answer with "Not all..." That's life on Planet Earth.

Yes, the Protective Knights of Male Whitedom are annoying, but most people who are intelligent would rather…

People are often uncomfortable with the numbers that are associated with HIV and sexual orientation. According to the CDC, Males who have sex with males (MSM) make up only 4% of the male population, but make up 78% of new HIV cases among males, and 63% of all new HIV cases. It makes people feel uncomfortable when…

Burnt Sienna

Owen Wilson was SPOT ON! Perfectly done.

I was bullied heavily in school. I also had few friends. I never did shit like this. I reported it. Nothing was done (I lived in the 80s. Bullying was a "get over it"). I learned to cope with it. On the other side, I became a much better person, and my bullies have since apologized AND tried to initiate a friendship…

Trans women exist you know.