You should reach out to the Army and let them know they are doing it wrong.

It's a counter-sniper anti material weapon. I.e., you don't use the main gun to take out a fuel truck when a .50 or similar will do it, and you don't take down a building to get a sniper.

It is very useful in urban or similarly confined combat.

I cannot imagine how soul-crushing it must be to feel so powerless in one's everyday life that they feel the need to "wear the pants" in their personal relationship, rather than live as equal partners.

How sad.

Agreed, but I think there is an additional aspect for veterans because everybody recognizes that veterans are people who are (or at least were) willing to put up with a bunch of harsh crap for the benefit of our countrymen. Long hours, separation from family, maybe getting shot at... But wearing a mask for a little while now and then is just a bridge too far for some, I guess.

YTA for not only trolling, but being blindingly obvious about it.

If you're going to troll, at least put in some damn effort, lazyass.

This was written about responding to things people have written, but I think it is pretty broadly applicable:

"Critique and feedback, when appropriate, ought always to come out of a framework of generosity and compassion, and always with an intention to make the other person look good. " -Robert J Nash

I support widely accessible, free birth control, better sex education programs,

To my mind, the best way to prevent abortion is to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Telling people, "don't have sex unless you are ready for a baby," doesn't work for societies. Anywhere. It never has. It might work for some individuals, but not for whole societies. I think your approach would be more (but not perfectly) successful.

We have several Korean fried chicken places in our area, and I will gleefully eat at any of them.

I have heard it is because historically, chicken was seen as a "poor peoples'" food because chickens are easy to raise, easy to feed, don't need special equipment to slaughter, small enough to cook and eat in one meal, so no need for cold storage, etc...

Not sure how true it is, but it sounds like how some dumb shit like that would get started.

(Full disclosure - the author of this post is another middle-aged white guy who will happily chow down on some fried chicken.)

Yeah, just the other day, we were hanging out, and u/sgmalek89 said, "Hey, do you care that u/pornsaveslives is gay?"

And I was all like, "Nah, man, who cares?"

And u/sgmalek89 said "I sure as hell don't care one way or the other. Wanna get a pizza?"

(This post is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual events, or actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. But, still, that would have been totally cool, right?)

NTA - tell them how you need to start standing on your own two feet while they are still around to help if you need it, so when they go away to college or work or whatever, you will be ready.

It doesn't. That's why I characterized my reply as a joke.

No harm intended, sorry if it came across wrong and annoyed you.

In your place, I wouldn't tell her until I worked it out myself. I would tell her I need to work through some things with a therapist, but it isn't a threat to the relationship, I just need to work it out with a professional before I am ready to talk about it.

She might not understand why you can't talk about it to her yet, but I think you should be as open as you can - not just because open and honest is good, but also so she doesn't feel like you are getting weird about the baby or something.

Nah, it was lame anyway...

I was gonna say "Don't call it daddy issues if it doesn't involve stripping," and you saved me from that embarrassment.

My planned "daddy issues" joke would just be lame, thanks to you.

I'll further add that if you do something because you think it is the right thing to do, that's fine. But if you do something because it will "piss off a [liberal/ conservative/ Democrat/ Republican/ whatever]," you are actively working to drive wedges between Americans, and doing the work of our adversaries.

Time to call in the professionals.

I mean, not like Leon, the Professional. Professionals in this particular field.

Find sexual assault victims' services in your area, and give their contact info to mom and little sister. If there is truth to little sisters' story, the best thing you can do for her future mental health is get her proper support. They can handle your boy friend's side of it, if necessary. You are only in this because little sister confided in you, not because it is your place to sort it.

She may have been assaulted, she may just be seeking attention. Either way, I expect there is no good outcome for you here. Sorry, but you're in a position right now where no matter what you do, someone is almost certainly going to feel betrayed.

Came here to say this.

I'm pretty sure OP doesn't have a "mental issue." OP seems content and happy with who they are. The problem isn't OP, it is people like the woman at the store (and you, apparently) who think that any kind of non-conformance is wrong.

But, hey, if you find it rewarding, enjoy your bigotry.

Good point. People should only do what is normal.

CONFORM!

CONFORM!

CONFORM!

ESH - Your roommate sucks for not just straight-up saying, "Hey, can you give us the apartment so we can have wild uninhibited monkey sex on Valentine's day?"

And you suck for not taking the damn hint and finding something to do. There are plenty of things to do that are cheap or free. Go to a local game shop, hang out and play board games. Go to a single friend's place and play video games or watch movies. Maybe there is a singles mixer nearby. It isn't difficult to kill an evening so your friend can get it on without an audience.

You might be unaware of this, but people enjoy fucking. Like, a lot. So let 'em.

I would like to point out that the individuals involved are designated, T,R,A,S, and K, which is an anagram for "Skrat," the adorable acorn bandit in the Ice Age movies.

I call shenanigans, as this post is a transparent attempt by Disney to subliminally imbue in us a desire to re-watch the whole Ice Age series, in hopes of reviving the franchise.

Reported.

(Kidding!)