I’m male, hetero, and cis, too. I know there will be some things I’ll never fully understand because of that.

I try to keep things gender neutral (they, y’all). I know I’ll be wrong sometimes. When I’m corrected, I apologize and make sure I don’t repeat the mistake. There will be rare occasions where that’s not good enough for someone, but I look at that as more their issue than mine. I’m being sincere, and doing the best I can.

That’s an excellent question. I wish I knew the answer.

That was my first guess, too, but it’s nothing more than a guess. I’ve never known anyone with OPs issue.

We need to call them something other than “stem cells” (here in America, at least). Republicans have trained people to assume that stem cells can only come from aborted fetuses, and that will be a major hurdle to overcome for any procedure involving “stem cells”.

Kind. Not overly serious. Polite to public-facing employees.

An odd combination of mysterious, ominous, and boring as fuck.

I am going to steal the phrase “dildo of consequences”

Just let the man have a pint! He’s certainly earned it.

I think Russia patented that technique.

Our (American) system of capitalism rewards selfish sociopaths.

If you only look at it from that angle, yeah. I bet the next generation of Anonymous is growing right now, though.

He wasn’t, but having boundaries and being a do-gooder are not the same thing. Some types of criminals need to be kept in isolation to protect them from other criminals.

When I saw the title, my first reaction was to talk it out and explain your feelings to her. Once I read the rest, though, I changed my mind.

This is shaming and bullying. Sex is also a huge no-no. A supervisor should know better. HR is probably your best option.

I know that for years it’s been popular to say things like “HR exists to protect the company, not you.” In many cases, that’s still true. However, companies (and society in general) have become more sympathetic to issues like yours. They’d rather discipline people like her than deal with the multimillion dollar settlements that people like her cause.

Looking at these comments, I’ll just file it under “terms to avoid”.

So… of the employees who sold shares before the warnings, what laws did they break?

I hope they are. I just don’t trust corporations/governments to take the major and expensive steps required before it’s too late, and I have a hard time seeing past that. Individuals can only do so much.

I don’t have kids of my own, and don’t plan to. I often wonder what kind of world my sisters children will grow up in.

People don’t think pot is addictive because it’s not chemically addictive, like nicotine or alcohol are. Those things actually change your body chemistry, and your system becomes reliant on them.

Pot doesn’t do that, but it can definitely be psychologically addictive . Virtually anything can be psychologically addictive, like video games or watching TV. If you feel the need to take a few bong hits every hour of every day, or if your desire to get high interferes with your responsibilities, then yeah, you’re probably psychologically addicted. Get help.

Getting wasted every once in a while is probably okay, though. People need to make sure they’re not like one of those idiots I knew in college, who insisted they drove better when high. They didn’t, and neither does anyone else.

It’s kinda cute. I wouldn’t buy it, but I’d happily borrow it.

I have no skin in this game, and just think the drama is funny.