see, what you don't realize is that they're trying to avoid being photographed in the "seig heil" position...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bBzlOnGvXY

deathtokoalas
he should really have to pay twice the busfare if he's going to take up twice the space.

as it is, he paid for one seat and is consequently required to give the seat up to whomever requests it.

it's a nice try, but it's ultimately just yet another mra fail...

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deathtokoalas
it's first come, first serve. she paid, so she's entitled to the seat - so long as somebody else hasn't claimed it first.

there are a lot of larger people on the bus that are going to require multiple seats, and they should be paying for as many seats as they take up, as well. i don't really see what difference it makes if it's somebody's baggage or somebody's ass.

nor do i think the "social upheaval" here warrants any kind of punishment other than a stern talking to. it's clear that the guy doesn't at all understand that she is in fact entitled to a seat - and not due to her gender but because she paid for one.

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deathtokoalas
i wouldn't expect a judge to accept that argument. sorry.

Art V
As a 5'1 368 lb Strong Beautiful Woman, I find it highly offensive that you feel someone should pay twice as much if they take up twice the space. I am sick and tired of the media and "skinny is beautiful" lobbyists who feel the need to spread their fatphobic logic and hatred online by saying things like this...

Shane
Skinny is not beautiful but neither is fat. Are you healthy? Does the doctor say your are in good health? Honestly? You can be whatever weight you want and I hope you are happy but you cannot say that being 368lbs is healthy.

deathtokoalas
it's not a question of media images, it's just a fact that you need two seats.

can you provide me with a rational argument as to why you shouldn't pay for two seats if you actually require two seats?

fwiw, your offense is of no concern to me and will not have any effect on my opinions or the way i express them. if you're just going to complain that you're offended, and that's the extent of your argument, then you can kindly fuck off.

i'm scawed.

roach update - good news

hi.

i just want to give an update on the roach situation because it's the end of the summer and proper communication on the subject is a lease obligation on my behalf.

i guess it would have been  the end of may or the beginning of june that i blocked the holes up and did a significant amount of spraying around areas that i thought they might be considering nesting. as mentioned, i didn't ever get the impression the nest was in the apartment, but that they were coming through holes in the wall from somewhere else. the concern was to stop them from nesting. i have not seen an adult roach in the apartment since the beginning of june, so this has been mostly successful.

i think what i did eliminated everything except any possible egg populations, which i couldn't get at (there may have been some deep under the sink) and which the spray would not be effective against. so, the concern was that they would repopulate as they hatch,

however, that doesn't seem to have happened. i've seen a handful of baby roaches in odd places that probably were hatched in the apartment, but they've mostly been found dead.

i also noticed a spike in the centipede population after i sprayed, but this is probably a function of them coming out looking for food. when you see a lot of centipedes, it means you probably have roaches near by; certainly, there is a source of insects for them to eat. that also indicates that the roach population was dwindling or gone. note that the centipedes will also eat the egg sacs. based on what i can observe, it seems like they may have gotten almost all of them.

the next thing i noticed was that the spiders started disappearing. i'd rather have a few spiders near the windows than flies floating around, so i prefer not to kill them, but the centipedes must have been eating the spiders. now i've got more flies than i'd like, but hopefully the spiders come back...

the centipedes then mostly disappeared altogether, indicating the food source had been exhausted.

it's still too early to declare them gone. i think they must be around somewhere, not too far from here, but they don't seem to be present in the apartment right now.

we'll find out in the next few weeks if they have another entry point, as the temperature begins to fall and they seek refuge indoors for the winter.

j

another staged attack will not work. it will immediately produce a violent backlash.

in fact, an *actual* attack would probably be rejected as staged at this point.

not only is this not necessary, it's going to be ineffective. a total waste...

the state needs to be working on ways to regain the trust of the population, at this point.