lol, be more of a senstive asshole snowflake.

Those poor cops, maligned and treated as peasants! Blue Lives Matter!

Police exist to protect the interests of the upper class and oppress poor people and anyone who signs up for that is open to judgment. And maybe if we had an actual safety net and funded, I don’t know, mental health workers instead, we wouldn’t need cops to do a million different things every day (that they are not…

I love this comment so much I want to take out behind the middle school and get it pregnant. 

Counterpoint: Why the hell should I waste the mental effort to remember the real names of any actors and actresses?

I’m going to strongly disagree with Drew on the wedding gift. If you’re in the wedding and you have to travel, then your presence (and the grand you sunk into everything) is your gift to the couple. Anyone who expects a gift after asking you to spend that much money to be a member of their wedding is an asshole and…

The really sad thing is he had that “my email address is hashtag I don’t care” so locked and loaded and ready to that it is clear it was a line he thought about and prepared and was waiting to throw out there, and it is just so so terrible. 

Where do you go that asks “every few minutes”? Usually once the food comes, the server might come by and ask how it is, and then 30 minutes later ask about refills and a check. I’ve never had a server constantly hound me like that.

Yeah, this guy/gal needs to chill out. Servers in America generally tend to check in a handful of times: take drink/food order, deliver food/drinks, check on food, bring check. These are all pretty much the same times/places that a server in Europe will check in on you. Maybe the American server does it a bit more…

“Anyways twenty bucks says this letter writer is actually American and just stayed in Europe after a study abroad and now acts like they don’t remember what the culture is like here.”

“Anyways twenty bucks says this letter writer is actually American and just stayed in Europe after a study abroad and now acts like they don’t remember what the culture is like here.”

Is this guy building a ship in a bottle or trying to comprehend the plot of Mullholand Drive at his table or something? What are you doing that is so intrinsically focused that a server checking in is shattering your peace? You’re in a different culture, if we come to your country we would be seen as rude Americans if…

Once again, a soccer story that ends with no scoring.

Is...this really the title?

Every office I’ve ever worked at it’s been fine to wear headphones/earbuds. It is generally accepted that you should have the volume low enough that you could hear someone saying your name at a reasonable volume, but also people largely IM and email. It’s extremely common.

It’s the advice of a coward.

Looks like an Aquapet!

The hell are you talking about friend? I don’t worry that “everybody” has a gun, but maybe the dude running around stealing people’s shit does. It's pretty standard advice to report crimes to the police instead of trying to confront the perpetrator directly. 

I’m generally OK with fast-casual restaurants. I couldn’t begin to count the number of visits I made with co-workers to Applebee’s and TGI Friday’s and The Elephant Bar for cheap drinks and appetizers-turned-meals after work, and my best friend from high school specifically worked for an Olive Garden, so I do have a…