An alarm clock is a fun gift for a boy? Do they stock toothbrushes and apples in the candy aisle at Halloween?

Thimble comes across as strong just wants to protect others from getting hurt, but inside Thimble is empty. Pretty compelling stuff.

My thoughts exactly. Are kids even desperately bored enough in the 21st century to invest time in a board game as endless as Monopoly?

Right, Rey is like, so boring and not interesting to play as, whereas I have always found myself deeply passionate about, and highly invested in, small metal thimbles and top hats. I mean, have you heard about Thimble’s backstory???

Insufficient interest in Rey or Monopoly?

You just *know* that the studio really wants a white guy. And that all this “we can’t find a guy after 2000 auditions” is just cover for when they announce that Aladdin will be played by Hugh Jackman.

This whole story was so blatantly ridiculous that I was surprised it wasn’t an email forward from my mother

This is precisely what I came down here to write. The second I hear “mama bear” I go ahead and assume slightly nuts. Though they’re usually on the other side of the counter demanding to see the manager.

I live in Memphis and used to eat at this restaurant until a friend of mine posted about her experience working there - they leave open breastmilk in the fridge, use expired products, essentially just microwave gardein patties and treat their employees like GARBAGE. They have been running wild on social media for a…

From baby buttholes to tofurkey sausages, this whole article made me vaguely nauseated.

Fuck Richard Dawkins. He’s the Bill Maher of ethology.

Why are people so suspicious of mainstream, accepted medical advice and care but so willing to plunge, unexamined, into unproven homeopathic treatments?

“There was a general principle that a person should not put himself in a dangerous situation.”

Dude: “It’s in the Torah”

I LOVE that these kids came up with this and did this themselves. That takes effort and initiative and is just frankly awesome. Also - your idea of starting a fund is actually great. I just kicked an email to some friends in the mid-atlantic area to see if any are interested in throwing in some funds for these kids.

When you see teacher turnover like that, it is because of the principal. Even in high-poverty schools, where the students have a lot of challenges, most teachers will tell you that the kids aren’t the problem. It’s the lack of support from administration. My school had 25% teacher turnover this year. We lost some…

One of my guesses is that the citywide test doesn’t accurately measure reading ability. (I teach at community college and our most recent standardized placement test has been a disaster in terms of marking ready students “not ready.”)

I don’t want to take anything away from any of these kids…

Congrats grads on your many accomplishments!! I know this isn’t even close to the last we’ll hear from you.

Except that psychopathy and sociopathy are more than just chemistry. There’s distinct underdevelopment in portions of the brain that process risk analysis, repercussions and social cues. Truly, these disorders are more analogous to brain damage than poor spirituality. Whatever that is.