Amen. If your towels are getting that dirty when you use them after you’ve showered, you aren’t doing something right.
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That’s ridiculous.
Mayonnaise is the crime against humanity.
For me, it’s married or divorced women’s last names. While I do not understand why women change their names, I am completely flummoxed that anyone else cares.
I have to agree with this. If you want my last name, great. If not, I really don’t care.
Perhaps it is old fashioned, but I was so proud when my daughter came up to the podium and used my name at her high school graduation. I admit some tears flowed.
On that note, I’m always baffled at the volume of people who have ex’s that are the spawns of the dark lord Satan himself™. I mean sure, every now and then you get an utterly manipulative bitch (or bastard), but I almost always enter post-relationships “my ex is being mean to me” threads with the phrase “I wonder how much spin is in here” on my mind. Why can’t people be civil and remain friends with someone they saw fit to share their life with for a good while? Your crushed anima/animus can’t be THAT much of a wall. In fact, how and why did you stick out the relationship long enough that every word between you is pure venom because of how long both of you bottled it up? Didn’t even one of you think to talk about your grievances now and then? Come to a peaceful solution instead of letting it fester to that point? I can understand sometimes it didn’t work because of some fundamental differences in your world view or something, but entire friendships have been BUILT on those differences.
I’m probably just weird though.
Kolga, and -separately - everyone involved in the bath towel hijack, feel free to start a new thread.
If you interpreted my statement as an attack on someone, it certainly wasn’t meant to me. I was and am serious in my statement that threads in which people’s political opinions are attacked as ignorant rather than recognized as different do make my jaw drop.
I don’t mean to be snarky, so can you clarify why you think my comment needs a separate thread instead of being included in this one?
I’m right with ya, buddy. Miracle Whip is the only way to go.
Seriously, another hand raised on the personal data issue. We’ve had photo threads, “What’s your birthday?”, “Where do you live?”, “What do you do?”, “How much do you make?” threads. I’m just waiting for “What’s your mother’s maiden name?” and “Do you sleep with the window open?”.
And I could sure live without the bodily function threads, but as long as they are properly titled (and with “TMI” if appropriate) I can skip over them without too much trouble.
OTOH, I’m glad to read about strongly held opposing viewpoints on issues where I had previously viewed my own opinion as the correct one. Let’s talk about guns, as the subject has already been broached. I don’t own a gun, and will probably never own a gun. Personally, I see no need for anyone else to own a gun, and I live in a city. But the gun owners here make strong and intelligent arguments for their rights to do so. I still don’t see it changing my own behavior, but I’ve appreciated the opportunity to see another point of view.
Ditto. Been paying close to $10 per gallon for years over here (higher now, though) so just don’t see what all the fuss is about.
You were directly engaging another poster. This is not a thread for debate; it’s an opinion poll, or at least it’s trying to be one. Had you said what you said without the quote and the “This.”, I’d have been fine with it.
Got it, and thank you for the clarification. I’ll be more careful in the future.
Some of the kids-in-public threads surprise me with how polarized they become. Someone will come in and describe a specific situation and rather than some good friendly nit-picking on that specific situation, people invariably bring up airplanes, theatres, and fine dining. And by page 2 everyone has sides and the rest of it is mostly just snipping back and forth.
The recent thread where someone asked what to do about a situation where the doper wanted a cat but the SO was alergic, and many of the replies were seriously suggesting that the OP get rid of the SO! :eek:
Break up with your partner, because you want a cat?
I guess significant others aren’t as significant as some people think.
I dumped someone after she tried to kill my cat, but that was different - she ‘accidentally’ pushed him off a balcony. On the 6th floor. Over a busy street.
Cat was fine. GF was not - she was crying a whole lot when I told her to fuck off and die and never darken my door again.
There are three notes and an explanation in this thread. Is it too much to ask that posters simply answer the question in the OP?
Apologies. Unsubscribing now.
Correction: that would be that the rest of us SHOULDN’T be offended.
calm down
threads where moderators try to stop people from talking to one another? under the “You were directly engaging another poster” rule?
Further comments on moderator actions should go in ATMB or the Pit, as appropriate.
Wow, has this gotten out of hand.