DestructoBeam
DestructoBeam
DestructoBeam

bravo for the Charles Portis thing. that was really fantastic, mainly because Moore is too stupid to be the Elmore Leonard character he obviously aspires to be

tell your dad the stock market and our economic health is the only thing between us and an actual collapse. people aren’t really feeling it yet, not in the way they do in places like Egypt when things go south. and for that, I - and he - should be grateful.

I do happen to be writing my dissertation.

I think...

YES. Jesus that’s irritating.

take comfort in his complete incompetence. it saves things from being a lot worse.

girls?

I will. thanks for the heads up.

THE BEN SAD. NEED CHOCO TACOS NOW.

“And if you could point me to one single program that benefits at risk teens in America by creating after school programs for them, I would be both shocked and appreciative.”

Warren Buffett has donated $6 billion to charity. Bill Gates has donated $28 billion to charity. a lot of that money is going precisely to the programs you’re describing, as well as going to programs like wiping out the threat of malaria in Africa, which kills millions of people far poorer than people in the US.

this bears repeating; eastern KY has some of the poorest counties in the entire country. fucking with these desperately poor people like this is unconscionable.

“State funding was increased for organized sport, music, art, dance and other clubs, to give kids alternative ways to feel part of a group, and to feel good, rather than through using alcohol and drugs, and kids from low-income families received help to take part”

and who would these evil chip-stacking motherfuckers be, I wonder?

agreed. working for McDonald’s is awful. any perks they get are fine with me.

I picked up Watson last week and then was too cowardly to start him. not this week. same result. I’m all in.

I feel like your feelings are validated. also, nobody wants to say Bowling Green State University every damn time. if you’re in Ohio, you can just say BG or BGSU and everyone knows what you mean.

it was frequently terrifying

so the difference is in how you react to incompetence rather than the incompetence itself?