If we're gonna ban gender discrimination in the womb can we at least ban it after birth and through adulthood as well?

That's the thing. Not everyone should have kids because it's just not right for them. Why is the concept of individuals doing what's right for them so damned intimidating to them? It has to be one answer for everyone. Fuck that noise.

He doesn't approve of the child-free lifestyle? I don't approve of sheltering pedophile priests and the cardinals who knew what they were doing. I guess that makes us even.

So I posted on here last week about how I put int my two week notice at the stressful job I had been at for 2 1/2 years and how I was so happy to be leaving but felt guilty leaving behind coworkers that I care for, know my absence was going to create problems, blah blah blah. I got a lot of internet thumbs up and it…

Thank you for linking this post. What an articulate, vulnerable and important essay. I was a recognized nerd in my youth and have been a self-proclaimed one for 10 years now. It is inspiring and helpful to see another nerdy male call-out our habits with such precision and accuracy. The cycles we buy into and…

"Elliot Rodger and company aren't the mentally ill outliers that the media (and the NRA) depicts them as. They're much more common than we want them to be. They're capable of being functional members of society."

Not dogs!

Imagine a campaign to get cars to look twice for motorcycles before changing lanes. What if a car driver got upset by that and said "NOT ALL CARS HIT MOTORCYCLES!!!1!" Like, duh, but it's still an important message, and your reaction makes absolutely no sense.

For the first one I'd make an anonymous donation to a charity in honor of the baby. They won't specify the amount and you can give her the little announcement/card they include. She'll look like a jerk if she says anything and you can make lemonade out of lemons. It's basically following the rules since you gave a…

Did you hear about the show scouting for locations in Spain? Specifically Andalusia. An amazing part of the world and perfect for Dorne.

Brief and dead-on, but fuck switching rooms, onestrawplz— I'd cancel the trip if at all possible, or at least switch hotels. You can meet up with the people you want to see and avoid this douche, so long as your other friends are aware that you don't want to see him— IF you even feel you have to go, or want to go so…

And this is the ultimate problem with "game." The idea of women as actual human beings whose company men might enjoy is completely anathema to the concept.

I was getting negged at a bar, and when I was like "Dude, you're seriously negging me?" He was like "No way, I only go for hot chicks." It was very meta-neg, like being in the neg-matrix. Unfortunately this ended up culminating in him grabbing my ass and me slapping him in the face and getting dragged out of the…

Is there a way to get out of sharing a room with him? Doesn't matter how many other people are there, I wouldn't feel safe without a nice solid lockable door between me and this guy.

"I'm not usually this attracted to women as old as you."

I second the advice to give him a STERN talking to. Make him listen to you and be very explicit that you don't and will never have romantic feelings for him and nothing he can do can change that, but that if he doesn't get that message he can damage your respect for him as a friend.

Not my story, but I did observe this exchange happen to a friend when we went out to a bar the other night:

Him: You look so pretty without your glasses!

As a guy who's seen countless friends take this tactic, I think it's safe to assume that this guy is planning on this trip being an opportunity to make his "big move". Seriously, I wouldn't expect him to dial it down on the vacation, if anything I'd bet he's going to ramp up his attempts. I guarantee you he sees…

Oh, I've got one. Friend of a friend asks me out for a very casual drink- which, fine, I needed a break- and starts quizzing me on what I'd theoretically be looking for in a mate. "Intelligence," was first on my list, followed by, I don't know, sense of humour, respect for art as a job, etcetera.