You mean just like how King George III gave Americans their independence?
Good luck. Try not to kill people. Hands! Hands!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Dec 16, 2010 10:16:08 am PST #11582 of 30001
hwæt
Polter-Cow - Dec 16, 2010 10:17:20 am PST #11583 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
SFistas: Do you have restaurant suggestions for places near Union Square? There's a academic conference in SF just after the new year and people are asking me, although I haven't lived there for 4 years.
I've never eaten there, but people do like Farmer Brown. I really like Little Delhi. There's also the Westfield food court, which has a lot of nice options.
Allyson - Dec 16, 2010 10:17:25 am PST #11584 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
You mean just like how King George III gave Americans their independence?
DAMN YOU SCOLA FOR THINKING OF THAT FIRST
DavidS - Dec 16, 2010 10:19:04 am PST #11585 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Do you have restaurant suggestions for places near Union Square?
Kuleto is right there and was quite tasty for Lee's birthday party.
Ginger - Dec 16, 2010 10:21:22 am PST #11586 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yeah, and his right to vote was given to him by white male property owners.
billytea - Dec 16, 2010 10:24:00 am PST #11587 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
pernicious mansplaining
Is my new favourite phrase!
Re risk aversion, I vaguely recall studies finding this in driving too (which of course equates to safer driving). There is also an obvious jump in male mortality rates when they're old enough to drive and generally do stuff without a signed permission form. Usual caveat: variation within the sexes will be substantially greater than variation between the sexes. Results in one area are not necessarily applicable to different areas. Past performance is not a guide to future returns, to which may I say, thank goodness.
Allyson - Dec 16, 2010 10:26:34 am PST #11588 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Actual call from Omaha Steaks:
Omaha Steaks Guy: Hi there! Thanks for ordering steaks for Steven (my dad)! This is the last day to order in time for Christmas!
Me: No thanks, I'm all good.
Omaha Steaks Guy: So you won't be getting Jason (my brother, who got steaks for his bday) a Christmas gift this year?
Me: Probably not, because he's a Jew.
Omaha Steaks Guy: WE HAVE KOSHER CHEESECAKE!
Lee - Dec 16, 2010 10:26:58 am PST #11589 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Straits in the westfield center is also very good
sumi - Dec 16, 2010 10:27:29 am PST #11590 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Hahahahahaha!
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2010 10:27:58 am PST #11591 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We must counter pernicious mansplaining with a grandiose vagenda.