I agree that the "thank you" changes above are not equivalents. I have not personally heard them ever, though.

I always say "no problem" or "no worries" or "my pleasure" instead of "you're welcome". "You're welcome" seems to have a hint of "yes, I did you a favour but that's okay". The more modern substitutes more fully indicate that the person did not need to be grateful. And since the point of manners is to make others feel good, why not?

Shaming people for being fat does not make people thin, but it can contribute to eating disorders, particularly among young people.

People are fat for many reasons, some genetic, some psychological, some economic, some medical. No one wants to be fat, and it's rarely a matter of pure laziness. Helping people to address underlying problems would be a lot more effective than just piling on additional humiliation.

And this exhibit, which really involved fighting fat people, couldn't lead to anything other than an increase in obnoxious, judgy children, some of whom seem to have commented above.

Great, take a brilliantly funny picture, which the bride would have treasured forever, and use it to say that she and her best friends are fat.

That is all kinds of nasty.

Oh yes, yes, yes!!!

We girls don't always have pockets, and we tend to put our purses down when we're inside. I've been saying for years that I wanted a watch phone like Dick Tracy. How much better if I can play Angry Birds on it!

My theory, which is based on a sample of myself, but doubled because I have two kids, is that there is a very specific narcotic effect connected with children. Occassionally -- very occassionally -- you have these utterly sublime moments with a child. Your infant looks up and giggles at you with your nipple still between their gums; your toddler races to cling to your leg because there's a butterfly nearby; you find a crumpled drawing of yourself at the bottom of your kid's backpack, with "I love mommy" written on it. And the feeling is so exquisite in those brief moments that it makes all the barf and the whining and the sleeplessness and the Wiggles and the sneezing right in your face even when you just told them for the millionth time to cover their god damned mouth that you've endured since the last time seem trivial.

So, on any specific day, when a researcher rates your happiness level, it's going to be lower than someone who actually gets to go out in the evening or wear unstained clothing or have sex that involves personal pleasure more than making sure you're being as quiet as humanly possible. And maybe even averaged out, parents aren't as happy. But without those kids, you couldn't ever get that high.

They were so right to grant me citizenship -- 100%!

Of course, those of us with both are the smartest of all ...

The emotional cost to so many sexual assault victims, to transgender people, to people whose religion deems the exposure of the body to be a sin, and to women generally, who have had body shame foisted on them their whole lives makes this grotesque.

The willing submission to what is effectively a strip search in order to take a trip to Disneyland is a spectacular affront to the basic idea of civil liberty that the United States was founded on.

Thank you, bedwetting American public, for destroying our freedoms so the terrorists don't have to.

Oh goody, another excuse for men to whip it out in public.

That was hilarious! That little noise would haunt your dreams long after you took the hat off.

I'm disturbed by the reaction of the commenters. If there is a restraining order against the person, she's supposed to leave the plaintiff alone. The fact that he didn't is not just a violation of the restraining order,it is an indication that she is unable to control herself, which means she may be a danger to the plaintiff. The plaintiff is smart not to block the person -- leaving her facebook page the way it was gave him/her the equivalent of an alarm.

That was awesome! Kid was a great singer. The girl has real acting talent and the whole thing was utterly charming! Are you all really creeped out by the song mentioning wine and spending the night together? It was just sweet all over.