My gripe: TV shows that encourage pranks with live animals. Cruelty anyone?

— Anonymous

I'll remind strangers that to give me flak for drinking in the morning is asinine, as I work nights! This is my evening. Monday morning is my Friday night!

— Anonymous

The postal increases make it hard to use the mail recreationally (for example, correspondences). That's why technology boomed. They need to make mail fun and joyful again, like the Victorian era did.

— Anonymous

Regarding women changing their last name for marriage, in many Native American tribes, family line/head of household, etc., is determined by the woman, not the man. I know some Southern tribes are run by men, but here and most places even asking a woman to change her name is the worst insult.

— Anonymous

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