#13040 Over a year ago I made a tough decision to choose Purdue over another engineering school. I'm a sophomore now, i have no friends all my hs friends abandoned me and can't make new ones. I feel so miserable here I'm depressed and not having fun at college at all. I contemplate everday whether I made the right choice and if Purdue is the right place for me.

#13058 I almost fathered a baby. I get turned on by girls. I was never sexually attracted to guys. No reason to worry that I am gay.
But, I get more excited when I see 2 lesbians kissing in a bar. Does that mean I am bi?
Is it normal for a guy to be curious? Did I say that I sometimes feel like watching Trans-porn?

#13039 "Your sexual appeal in a sexy Halloween costume as an attractive woman intimidates me as an unattractive woman so I'm gonna call you a slut and a whore so that I can even out the playing field that you are miles ahead of me on."

Every single hater

#13038 I've never been in a relationship. Mainly because I'm looking for someone to spend the rest of my life with, not just the next year or 2. I'm looking for that one girl. The girl that I can love and support unconditionally. The girl that has the same interests as I do. I'm looking for the one. I may not have met her yet, but I love her already.

#13037 I have only ever been with girls until a recent event. I now know that men give better blow jobs.

#13036 I'm confused by the whole tipping concept here.

Tipping is not a custom all over the world (in some places it is even frowned upon), but where it does exist, the whole point is to improve public service -- that is, somebody is given a "tip" if the service was really good, as an incentive to keep working that way.

In the US, there are firstly complicated rules on when to tip (e.g. you would tip a waiter at a restaurant or a bartender at a bar but not the Starbucks guy even though they all do similar amount of work). Secondly, you are expected to tip even if the service was not all that good. This is the one that baffles me all the time. Apparently good service deserves "more tip" and okay service deserves "medium tip" and bad service deserves "less tip". I just can't understand how society accepts giving incentives for poor service.

The usual reaction that most Americans have for this rant is that "many jobs rely on tips for basic income", and I agree this is the reason that most customers end up paying the tips anyway -- but that is the fault of restaurant managers who don't pay proper wages to workers since they are aware of the pointless social norms in the country.

And the worst thing is that when Americans travel to other countries, they (well, many of them anyway) continue this habit of default tipping with complete disregard for the local culture. This habit causes people working in tourist-frequented zones to expect tips from everyone including the locals in a country where tipping is really not a normal thing (at least when the service is not good).

I feel the default tipping culture is ruining the service industry as a whole in America as well as other places.

#13035 I want a boyfriend but my insecurities hold me back. I know that whole "love yourself before others can love you" but it's easier said than done. I want someone to like me for me, so why should I change for a guy? What can't he dig me the way I am? I wear sweats weekly, I'm not the smallest girl on the block, but I'm ducking hilarious and I've got a big heart. I'm girlfriend material but most guys here don't want that. I can't be a girl that sleeps around. Sorry not sorry.

#13027 If your backpack sticks out three feet behind you, you need to stand like you're aware of that fact.