Don’t touch strangers in a work context unless someone just died or you’ve just been through a particularly traumatic company meeting ;-) Simple as. I don’t think anybody has an expectation people at work should hug or do this and that.

As a side note, America needs to talk about class more as well as racism and sexism.

I really feel for Ariana. How horrible to be assaulted and have to immediately minimise it because it would not be “appropriate” to call it out and leave an unsafe situation.

I was raised Catholic and I have ten kinds of issues with power dynamics and gender roles within the church I was raised in.

The funeral is for the living relatives to pay their respects and come to terms with their loss. It’s to draw a line and mark the end of the limbo period and the beginning of trying to put your life back together.

People are talking about him not Ariana herself so much so just let me say this:“I’m sorry Ms Grande, what an absolute shitshow. You go try and honour an icon at her funeral and end up being sexually harrassed on live TV and being clearly appalled but also at a funeral, so not able to punch this man or at least tell…

Wish my parents had known that. We were Catholic and I was the oldest so I was always being manhandled by spurious extended family. Curiously enough as an adult, I do not like strangers touching me ;-)

I know but you seem to have more community colleges and whatnot where people with jobs can go at night and do courses that might conceivably get them another job. Whereas here (where I live, London would be different) night school has all but vanished and the courses for adults at the local college are worthless.…

They come off so tone deaf. For me a bad one is late in S7 of Gilmore Girls where Rory turns down a sweet staff job on the ProJo to try and get a New York Times fellowship. Like accept the job and bail anyway if you need to Rory!

I’m trying to bridge the culture gap here (I’m UK/this is US) but I know a lot of people who have suffered with mental illness. Taking a load of strangers into their space while they are having an episode, pointing weapons at them and expecting it to work out is just crazy.

The logic here is crazy to me Tsunami.

It isn’t that you are asking questions, it’s your hostile tone and snottiness, as if anyone who has a different opinion from you must be wrong or deluded. But that’s authoritarianism for you, people with authority naturally want to keep it and don’t want to be questioned themselves.

Yes the irony is crippling isn’t it. I know I never feel more mentally stable than when strangers invade my space and some of them point guns at me. Must have helped with the paranoia.

It’s not a good thing when you get rich people thinking everyone grew up like them making assumptions that the rest of struggle because we don’t have a can do attitude. I worked with a nice private school girl who said “if I can get a job anyone can.” She had model good looks, a terrific education and years impressive …

I didn’t mean you, I meant my 70 year old former boss. He won’t retire so the dude is loaded and it will be invested to avoid Brexit impact.

“Where did I become hostile?”

I wanted to remain as well. I live in Yorkshire though so I’m well used to dealing with the pain of being constantly opposed on this. My 70 year old former boss came to see me to ask how it felt not to be a European any more. It must be nice knowing if stuff goes South you are already sorted financially....

“Why is there no point in having an argument?”

Ah so you are a law enforcement professional and this is an emotive subject for you. But there’s no point even having the argument. I’m English. Our police don’t carry firearms that often because our populace isn’t armed. Out of interest, do you support the gun control that might save lives? I will never ever ever…

Er, it was Prince Rupert Malarkey who was talking about ER, not me although I am a Brit as well. If you feel like arguing about Brexit, Reddit is pretty feisty this morning :-)