Because adjusting yourself to your new circumstances in a way that saves money isn't what's being discussed here. Instead, people are suggesting that it's wrong for people to continue to own "luxury" items they purchased before their current circumstances, even if (as in this case), holding on to the item makes much…

YOU MISSED THE ENTIRE POINT. That is why I told you to fuck off! What you described in your "what is normal and what I think other people should look like" response is EXACTLY what you were criticizing them for in the first place! Their clothes were too nice. Their cars too nice. The purses, jewelery, and makeup all…

This whole "debate" over contraception always makes me so confused. People are clearly going to have sex so why not allow them to do so responsibly? Birth control allows people to start families when they're actually READY or WANT those responsibilities. I'm missing the negative attributes here.....

AH! So it's YOU. You expect people to look like YOU. Got it. Thanks for the list. I'll be sure to pass it on to my destitute single parents and grandparents raising grandchild so they'll be sure not to offend.

Please give us all an itemized list of what a recipients is supposed to look like so that we may distribute it among our clients. They MUST conform to your idea, mustn't they? We need to know what that is. On what continuum, between wearing rags while self flagellating in the lobby of my office to driving a Bentley…

It's a matter of perspective. I read the same paragraph (It's not easy. To qualify, you must be pregnant or up to six months postpartum....) and read it as her trying to educate the reader that's it's not so simple as walking in and saying "give me stuff". This article was addressed to people that haven't been on…

I have zero problem with a couple facing unemployment and an economic downturn (the crazy housing crash) temporarily availing themselves of public assistance, especially when that public assistance is for their children. You shouldn't have to sell all your earthly possessions to use the assistance that your tax money…

I read this story off of a reddit link, and a lot of people also came to her defense in keeping the car. The fact is, a known vehicle with a known maintenance history is a relatively smart decision over selling and getting a possible clunker. Controlling risk is just as important as controlling finances.

I will admit that when I first moved to Chicago from New York, I was walking up the escalator on the left, and there was a girl standing there in my way. There was no one else on the escalator, but when I moved to go around her, my gym bag knocked into her huge purse and she sniffed "Jesus Christ, that was rude." so…

What? If you're not being rude to waitstaff and are tipping appropriately, then you're not the enemy and no one in this article has said that you are.

chill out, crazy

My last job interview:

Firing is kind of an odd punishment for someone there, honestly, especially if it's a first offense. Hell, I once told a customer who ordered a tuna steak well done that she was ruining a perfectly good piece of fish, got stiffed (of course I did, people who order tuna steak well done are shitheads), and I only got…

Any kind of activism, political activity, etc on a resume would turn me right off unless I knew we were hiring for a specific demographic that isn't obvious from a resume, or even an interview. Topping this list would be LGBT. If we need women, women's names are frequently obvious. Persons of color, could be names,…

Yeah, remind me again why I'm supposed to think Joan Rivers is some kind of comic genius? And there's so many layers to her choosing this specific insult too. The masculization of black women ties into the way we're seen as tough work horses, able to take pain, and available to be abused. It's just racism, misogyny,…

That's what that extra set of footprints is up to, I suppose.

So when she says that the guys had to shave below the neck does that include things like arm hair? Because at some point it's just a time management issue.

Do you not understand how health insurance works? Car insurance isn't compensation for labor done, it's something you actively pay for. Health insurance is compensation (in addition to your paycheck). And Hobby Lobby refuses to allow health insurance to include the morning after pill or IUDs. This is tantamount to…

That is not ironic. #englishmajor

Supposedly the woman thought the prize was a year's worth tuition to Duke