‘China is known for building ambitious infrastructure projects in order to artificially prop up their economy and stock market, while simultaneously funneling money into the pockets of contractors and bureaucrats, and not finding humans to populate them after the fact.’

‘China is known for building ambitious infrastructure projects in order to artificially prop up their economy and stock market, and not finding humans to populate them after the fact.’

The toaster one reminds me of the time one of the librarians smelled food and tracked it down to a woman who was sitting at a reading desk with a crock pot plugged in underneath it, cooking chicken stew.

He loved Old Fashioneds, gambling, Frank Sinatra, Playboy, low-stakes cons, menthols, and sweatsuits. Unfortunately he wasn’t SUPER into parenting/grandparenting so I didn’t get to spend much time with him, but my mom and aunts have some funny stories.

My 16-year-old sister looks a little bit older so she occasionally gets hit on by boys in their early 20s. At one point, this one sorry fellow tried to convince her that “age is just a number,” to which she quickly retorted, “a prison cell is just a room.”

Not especially sick or clever, but I give myself props for not walking away and muttering to myself.

I just remembered a great one! Last month, my friend - who is the chillest, least confrontational, most mild-mannered person in the whole world - was visiting Israel and he ran into some German lady who was like, “Why can’t there just be peace?” My friend was all, “Yeah, totally” (my friend and I are both Jewish but…

If tomorrow all my things were gone

I am popcorn Santa! Thank you for spreading my message. May you all have free boxes of popcorn, forever.

Me during the popcorn story

Not bad, but it's worth referencing that Gizmodo already covered the uber-ultimate Facebook creepy-troll tactic, courtesy of legendary Ryan Roy:

Time and again, my White colleagues like to say Racism in the United States (world) is something that just fell into place by happenstance.

This is absolutely wrong. It was manufactured, and intricately put in place by White Men to protect their power and supremacy. Here is a great quote from early in US history:

i need a goddamn vodka.

My husband bemoaned my tipping practices, because I tend to overtip. He was all "The store is less than a mile away, you don't have to give them $5." But then we had a pizza guy that just about started crying when I told him I didn't want any change, giving him a $5.75 tip. He hadn't been sure he would make it back to…

When I first saw the receipt I thought the customer was either dissatisfied with the service or he was a cheapskate, Then I noticed the pound instead of dollar sign and realized the low tip amount was standard in the U.K.. The next thing that struck me was the total amount. Here in the U.S. 69.90 + 6.99 = 76.89 not…

Anyone else realize the new total is wrong?