88 is common neo-Nazi slang for “Heil Hitler.” 14 is for “the fourteen words,” which she quotes in one of the other posts: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.” Don’t ask why I, a pork-eschewing, Conservative Jew, am taking up space in my brain with this information.

Cocaine’s a hell of a drug....

Ahem- I believe you mean Kitler.

Wait... I thought the fascists were all in the Ukraine. That’s what Russia Today said!

Sold. Just ordered the hoodie. I travel constantly for work, and hoodies are my go-to for airplanes. This made my day!

I feel like the obvious answer there is “I Am the Walrus.”

I suppose it’s heartbreaking to some readers, but I think it’s more realistic.

I think the travel thing is improving, albeit very gradually. Most Mainlanders couldn’t travel at all until really recently, and a lot of the time they honestly don’t realize just how disrespectful and rude they come off- and because they travel in large tour groups in areas where few people speak any Mandarin, no one…

In fairness, Taiwanese and Hong Kongers have a history with the mainland that may color their opinions somewhat, but in this case, I’m right there with him. Hell, most of the 老百姓 (like a Mandarin equivalent of “Joe Sixpack”) Mainlanders are right there with him- you only have to go on Weibo or poke around the internet…

Yeah, it’s pretty horrendous. I taught in Japan for two years, and there’s a phenomenon there called hikkikomori, or “shut-ins.” They’re people, mostly teenagers, who basically stop leaving their house or sometimes their room, won’t go to school, won’t do anything. A lot of the time, it’s triggered by bullying, which…

If any of the kids are convicted of assault, they’re done. It’s considered a “crime involving moral turpitude” under the immigration law, and precludes them from getting a visa. They could potentially get a waiver, but not for a while.

There were a lot of people in Germany during the Third Reich who joined the Nazi party, or the kids were Hitler Youth, who didn’t fully support the goals of Hitler. They joined because that was what you did to get ahead in business or the jobs or whatever.

See my post above. Even in many of the smallest, most isolated communities (see Hasidic Jews for a great example), people aren’t routinely marrying the same folks with whom they went to high school. In the Hasidic community, for instance, matches are often made from communities in other countries (the UK, Canada,…

So everyone’s going to marry someone not just from their school, but in most cases, from their own grade? That stretches credibility even before considering that according to the books, the wizarding community is worldwide (they’ve got wizards in enough countries for the Quiddich World Cup, after all), there is…

I was firmly on Team Nobody in the Ron/Harry showdown. Hermione could have done exponentially better than either of them. Also, I found it kind of creepy and weird that virtually every main character in those books went off and hooked up with some friend from grade school.

I’m aware of that, although the real height of the Klan was in the 1920s and 1930s (I believe the huge, public Klan march in DC was in the mid-’20s, and Warren G. Harding was reputed to have been inducted into the Klan in the Oval Office)- if Atticus is a Klan member in the ‘50s or ‘60s, then he almost certainly would…

I was just thinking this. My primary recollection of Atticus Finch isn’t actually from the novel, but from the movie (which admittedly, I haven’t seen in years). On the one hand, it’s sort of heartbreaking to me to think of Gregory Peck’s Atticus Finch hanging out with the KKK. On the other, I don’t necessarily have…

I definitely just hopped on her store to order this shirt. And, uh, two others. Shut up, I don’t have a geeky shirt problem. It’s fashion.

I had just ordered the 30 for 30 collection about ten days ago- I just spoke to Amazon, and they’re giving me a $40 credit for the current deal to save me having to buy the second set and ship the first one back. Score!

I had just ordered the 30 for 30 collection about ten days ago- I just spoke to Amazon, and they’re giving me a $40…

Yep, no success here, either.

Yep, no success here, either.