The ACA is still a disaster compared to any sane health care infrastructure. It’s only good compared to what the US used to have.

He rolled under the dumpster. It’s Nicholas’s guts, and Glenn is OK. If you try to tell me anything else, then I’m gonna be like Hurley here.

I love my period panties too, but mine look like this:

I would argue you should join the reality-based community where they absolutely do.

And come on, that 9th shoe is just a waste. I wear all of mine in pairs. Much easier than mixing and matching. It’s my favorite minimalist lifehack. You’re welcome.

I mean I should delete that comment but honestly “fucking kites” is making me laugh so hard we’re just gonna let it stay for a sec

Social Security and the projected shortfalls are greatly misunderstood. Yes, the trust will be depleted sometime in the 2030’s, but that doesn’t mean SS will be gone. It means that payroll taxes will only be enough to support a percentage of benefits, typically said to be 75-80%. People will still receive a payment…

Social Security isn’t “drying up,” benefits are on the same path they’ve been on for years. The “funds” that are depleted are just IOUs the government writes to itself. It’s just another line item in the budget and will stick around the same as it ever was. The absolute worst case scenario that involves the government…

I just read this book twice in a row and there is zero mention of Mindy Park being Korean-American. I’ll re-read it again to make sure, but I’m fairly certain there’s not a single indicator of whatever her ethnicity might be.

“Yes we’ve got trouble. Trouble in Bourneville Village. Trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with B and it stands for Booze.”

“My leg is broken.”

Those are hepatitis causing viruses. Hepatitis comes from a myriad of causes, for example Alcoholic hepatitis is very common, autoimmune hepatitis has been known to occur. Also common is hepatitis from toxins for example pesticides as purported in this article and from bush teas.

“No problem Gramps”

You should start calling him “dad” and see how it goes over.

It’s so infuriating. Like, the only way to eliminate these practices quickly is brutal oppression; it’s the same with the Thugee cult’s extermination under British colonial rule. But that’s an awful way to gain allies, as the Americans want the brutes in charge to owe us and not hate us, so we can’t impose basic human…

They’re absolutely insufferable. But that’s half the fun! It’s amazing watching a trans character blossom amongst the weeds of such a selfish, fucked up set of individuals. Maura shines through like a beacon, authentic and brilliant. She is honest, fragile, and beautifully less broken than anyone else around her. And…

The shoes. The difference is the shoes.

Sooooooo...she’s complaining the clerks were “coerced” into following the law because if they didn’t, they might go to jail...

I agree. Am I worried about harmless, natural things that just happened to have complicated chemical names I can’t pronounce? No, and I don’t think people in general are. Am I worried about things like antibiotics, hormones, franken-fats, etc. in my food? Hell yes, and with good reason. Telling the consumer to just…

People are using heroin in record numbers because America IS fucked up. Heroin kills pain — physical, emotional, psychological. Unless you are among the 1%, America has become a home to millions of anxious people, and heroin makes them feel better. The media always cites users who have moved on to heroin after…