Brands that are "The" Something

Did I say it was a problem? It was an observation. Take your Midol.

Pretty amusing that someone thought Kalbahamut was actually complaining about a quiz being too American. As for it being near impossible for a non-American - not wholly true. I managed well enough - a few of these slogans are also used in Australia. That said, there were definitely some I wouldn't have gotten without spending time in the US.

Why do people have to COMPLAIN about comments like this... He only states that it is probably hard for people that arent from america. You are the only one that were complaining there, he was just stating a fact. Quizzes like this are hard when you are not from the US plain and simple.

HelenO, your juvenile, mean-spirited and hypocritical rantings elsewhere on the site leave your credentials for measuring the maturity level of others' comments tenuous at best.

ander, the comment is not intended to insult anybody and any offense taken is the responsibility of the recipient who felt offended.

Kalbahamut, I really do enjoy and learn from your comments and discussions, - even the times I disagree with you, - but I still think this time you are wrong. I believe you truly don't understand why. The Midol thing is too much of a cliche put-down against women to let it pass unchallenged. Midol is a female-only medication and your remark can come off as, "Instead of arguing with a man you should be ladylike, submissive, and non-opinionated, and the only reason you are acting this way must be because it's your 'time of the month'." Most of the women I know consider that cliche as tantamount to being called a b****. I hope you will choose a different comeback in the future.

I stand by my response.

Call another woman a "d*ck", tell her that she lacks the balls to do something, tell her she needs to get the sand out of her jock strap, whatever, I'm not going to take offense on behalf of all men. If I did, my response would be on me. I would be choosing to interpret the comment in a way that I deemed offensive.

If someone is engaging in emotional histrionics not warranted by the situation, as if they've got a hormonal imbalance, and I point this out, it's a slight against them. Not everyone else who has ever been in a similar situation before.

Also I would *never* assert, think, or imply that to be "lady-like" is to be submissive or have no opinions or not speak up for yourself. *Ever*. And PMS doesn't affect all women the same way. Though I lived through an at-times nightmarish childhood with a mother who *was* affected by it very much, and she'll be the first to admit to the terror that it made her. Anyway, these assumptions, also, are on you.

ditto