*30 For 30 voice*

That hook you jotted down just now, from the opening theme of the Banana Splits show, is pretty much the exact same hook as Bob Marley used on Buffalo Soldier, but at 130% speed. Once you hear it, it can’t be unheard.

It’s not a holy relic. It’s not a leader you trust or admire. It’s not a set of laws, or a code, or an ideal. It’s a flag. And we Americans are the only ones that swear allegiance to what basically amounts to a team logo.

No argument there, but you can’t tell me it doesn’t look fucking weird as hell. It’s a Man In the High Castle sort of vibe when you see it for the first time, no?

Well, for one, you start the Pledge by swearing allegiance to a flag. The “republic for which it stands” isn’t just denied pride of place in the Pledge, it’s made subordinate to the flag. The Pledge of Allegiance is used as a means by which American residents and citizens can affirm their commitment to the ideals,…

Yeeeeeah, there might be more to that than you realize. When Francis Bellamy wrote the Pledge back in 1892, he also devised a set of gestures to be performed while reciting it—gestures that became known as the “Bellamy Salute.” If you’re not familiar with it, go ahead and visualize the Salute as described by Bellamy…

[...]Tusitala “Tiny” Toese, who often brawls with antifascist protesters, has allegedly assaulted people who were not protesting[...]

With fans (the guy he had kicked out of a concert for yelling that he play “Summer of ‘69"?).

Inorite?  This is kind of like following “Meet Me In Temecula” in real-time, but with less knucklehead trolling, and more Weird Tales tourism.

That’s an astoundingly succinct assessment of Elliot Abrams.

Oh yeah, and you’ll never guess who was defending Magic on that play!

Ah! I wasn’t saying (or meaning to say) “Damnit, this is clickbait,” I was saying “Damnit, you skeert the hell out of me!” Dapper Dan is absolutely a Gucci collaborator, I get that. But the start of the headline, “Amid Calls to Boycott Gucci,” led me to expect a contrasting follow-up—sort of a “Surrounded by…

Goddamnit, Ms. Kai! That headline, with its use of “collaborator” gave me a serious fright, making me think Dapper Dan had gone full company-man and sold himself out to Gucci by defending them. Dan’s full-throated denunciation set me straight, but for a minute there...

My best guess as to why there’s a striking lack of commentary on this story is that it’s because it is fucking HORRIBLE. Chatter-goes-silent horrible. Brain-can’t-process horrible. How-can-God-or-thermodynamics (take your pic)-let-this-happen horrible.

I ssee what you didd therre.

Most vomit bags in hospitals are opaque (usually green or blue), and have a sort of plastic ring attached at the top to hold the bag open. But some of the vomit bags in hospitals are clear, with markings to indicate fluid volume. I’ve seen the clear ones most often in emergency rooms— I’m guessing there’s some info …

I can’t be the only person wondering this, but who is the person in the pic? The FJ guy or the comedian making fun of the company?

YES! That was the key I needed— I found the clip!

Aaagh!  I don’t recognize the clip.  Please inform me!

Even the contradictory, self-incriminating, delusional and/or hypocritical response from Curva Nord’s racist Ultras doesn’t amaze me half as much as the fact that your Kinja image is Cool Porygon. Whoooole other level going, my man.