Nicotine on its own is as harmful (and has the same effects as) caffeine.

If you read my comment, you'd notice that I mentioned my boyfriend always TRIES to buy the exit row, but it's always pre-purchased by smaller people who could fit easily into a normal seat. He's asked people to switch before; he even offered a woman $100 cash to move to our second row aisle seat when we moved to…

My sister and I flew frequently as kids. Somehow, my parents always made sure we had snacks, books and games to keep us occupied — and they somehow managed to drill into our heads the polite way to behave on an airplane. This wasn't in the 50s — this was in the 90s and early 00s. It can be done, parents!

I'm glad Lindy brought up taller people, too. My boyfriend is 6'5"-6'6" and he literally cannot fucking fit in an economy class seat. I've been saving up money so he and I can travel somewhere, but the last plane trip we took made him so miserable that he's hesitant to fly anywhere again.

Uh, yes he did. Pretty much for the same reasons I did. He's calling out the people fawning over this album like it's something SO WONDERFUL and SO DIFFERENT and SO EXCITING when it's nothing more than major label slop shilled out to bring money right back into the hands of the record label...who will go continue to…

But what will the trolls say when they discover Chuck D also pouring out some Beyonce haterade? Will they pull out the racism card? The misogyny card? Or both?

I'd stop engaging with this person. They're clearly just a troll who discredits opinions simply based on the (perceived) color of a commenter's skin.

"This site did not give Miley Cyrus much shit at all."

I'm supposed to be "proud" of a woman whose success is hinged on a extremely offensive, stereotype-laden role on a television sitcom? Whose inability to speak English without a heavy Hispanic accent makes it OK for her to be the butt of every joke?

Advocating other artists WAS my initial argument and was laid out in my original comment. People are choosing to ignore that.

"when it comes to feminism in music, the only choices are Beyonce and Lorde"

"Sigh. No one is saying that people with opinions contrary to the article can't discuss said opinions."

I think you need to fucking open a dictionary and look at the goddamn definition of "racism." Sorry, you're fucking wrong on this one asshole.

As a Hispanic, I find this equally reprehensible. If this were a comment praising Vergara, I'd make the same observation. But, this is an article about Beyonce.

I'm racist. Because I don't like a black pop star who is well-liked among most people in this country. I'm very sorry, as it seems like this whole situation has hit a personal note for you — but disliking a celebrity who is of a different racial background doesn't make an individual racist. I never said (nor would I…

I would personally stop responding and calling people out on their own biases. It looks like I've been banned (but then you wouldn't be able to see this, so yeah.)

What should I have said instead? I'm pretty sure it's been established that "black" isn't racially insensitive and/or an inappropriate descriptor to use? (No more so than "Asian" or "Hispanic" or "white.")

Pray tell, what am I making up here?

Thanks for trying to point out how all sorts of fucked that comment was. I may be lots of things — antagonistic, contrarian, bitchy — but racist? I actually started crying when I read that. Coming from a mixed-ethnicity family, that one stung a lot.

From my original comment: