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Yet here we are.

"Tipping is why the most important thing in restaurant service is to be sexually attractive to your customers." This isn't true. You tip for their service not sexual attraction. It…

From my previous conversations with Lyft drivers, if I recall correctly they get a sum weekly/biweekly and don't see who tipped. I used to live in a country where tipping wasn't a …

1. I don't think the drivers can see how much you tip. 2. In case of restaurants in the US, generally servers make very little without tip. When you pay you are paying the restaura…

More than the typos, I was more put off by the structure and sentence flow which made me feel like it was haphazardly put together, but didn't know he is ESL. Thanks for pointing t…

"politicizing attempts". Sexual harassment is politicizing?

Poorly written (probably because it was written in a hurry to piggy back on Susan's article). This doesn't contribute anything new to the conversation.

Law itself has very little power without change in social norm. Look into Foucault's modern philosophy of power.

I see this kind of reasoning frequently, but I remember reading a study that showed that most of the Trump supporters were actually not victims of job-outsourcing and had good econ…

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I agree that talent is not be-all and end-all. I did not mean that with my comment.

It is my fault for not being clear. I was making fun of the bumper-sticker, oversimplified statement. I have no quarrel with the idea that everyone has something unique to bring to…

If you read my second sentence "I just wanted to make a point that such statement places all the burden on the individual, without acknolwedging the systems at play in fostering an…

What good is talent if you can't exercise it? Also you clearly do not get the point of my rebuttal. Also why so hostile?

Having no talent and not being worthy of being in the gene pool are not the same thing.

You raise a good point, and CA is the reason why trading with other nations is a good idea (econ101). I should have made my point clearer. I'm not trying to take the glass is half …

The word used was "everyone". All I have to do is point to a bum on the street and the original statement is false. I just wanted to make a point that such statement places all the…

Definitely not true. That is such a feel-good, sweeping generalization with no evidence that says nothing and helps no one.

With friends who live close by, we don't interact online. Instead we schedule dinner or make plans for weekends. With friends who don't live nearby, I don't talk to them as often. …

I couldn't agree more with the points you raised. Social media services have their place and they can be a valuable tool. By the way, I'd never heard of the term "self media" but I…

early 20 something here. My friends and I went "offline" and we are much closer and happier. Social media is overrated. I think we will look back at this time in the future like ho…