It’s always worth mentioning in stories like this that Hawai’i was an independent kingdom, recognized as a sovereign nation, until white businessmen organized a coup d’etat in the 1880s, forcing the monarchy to sign away its political power at gunpoint (for this reason the Constitution of 1883 is referred to as the…

Sunk cost fallacy

Typical German response.

Carrie Fisher, who used to joke about how she had to pay George Lucas every time she looked in the mirror, because he owned her likeness, is laughing darkly at this somewhere and preparing to use it for her one-woman-show soon to be playing in the afterlife.

I dont understand our fascination with space exploration. We already know whats out there: Nothing.

This is why I simply refuse to have friends.

Its America’s greatest invention ahead of Jazz. Please die.

A fried egg is a pretty standard - and absolutely acceptable - burger topping. I might be biased, though, since I find that a sunny-side up or poached egg improves just about anything you top with it.

I think it is worth noting that Donald Trump is almost certainly not the next Hitler and that I generally find comparisons between Nazism, the Holocaust, and contemporary people and events highly distasteful and disrespectful of all those who lost their lives. There are exceptions of course. It is appropriate to…

The barista allows the situation to escalate into a scene because he seriously can’t bring himself to spend half a second writing a name on a cup? So another idiot barista decides instead of writing a name on the cup and ending it all there.....he should waste tax dollars and police time and escalate the situation even…

Actually, proponents of the Two Timeline Theory are starting to annoy me.

Ha, this is great I’m going to have to read it tonight. This scene is perfect, “The bonemobile runs on the buzz”.

I wake up with the original every day.

It’s imperative to reinforce good habits. While yes, the gun may not fire by itself, especially if there is no ammunition in the firearm, what he did was a violation of the “first rule” -which is “always assume every gun is loaded and ready to fire...” - If you walk downrange, you should drop the mag and make sure the…

Yes, I’m sure you like to think that.

I bet Harvick pushed her into him.

When I saw that header for Day Men, I have to admit that for a second I thought it was something to do with this.

Where's the money, Lebowski?

Irony is being high and getting killed by a guy known as Smoke.