Harassed, assaulted, etc? Well what was he doing? Obviously all people are upright and upstanding and obviously he was doing something to deserve it, right? Well what was he doing to deserve it?

Eeeeeh, there's been some age of majority laws that some States have tried to bite back against. I wouldn't always call booze-related things the good fight, but...eh.

You sound like you've lived in or directly bordering South Carolina before, and for that I am sorry. I am so sorry.

Apparently we're not! I've run into what I dub "the Anomaly" from a small group of people, but this isn't even paternalism nor racism we're looking at here, this is just stupid.

In other but related news, South Carolina due to implement this law by 2215.

I think the use of quotes was meant to signify condescension of what many people consider as "good".

Oh, no; two different sets of genitals, in the same place?!

Holy wow, Batman!

The McLaren P1. A Hybrid McLaren?! No way!

There, there. It's OK. One day you'll have a better sense of humour, and learn to laugh at things that are funny, instead of at other people.

Well, I added an "O" as a subtle nod to my birth name, and also so at first glance it wouldn't look so obvious just in case someone tries to Out me or whatever. This happened after I changed it as I was worried about increased Kinja exposure - all of this stuff showed up right on the first five or six results of a…

Actually, I find that in this case a .gif is totally appropriate:

Wow, um, yes, you are clearly a History/Sociology/PoliSci nerd. I meant progressive in the more general meaning of something being progressively this or that, and also as a sort of play on words owing to how "progressive twist" fits with "helical".

Mark you are officially invincible.

Exactly! Sort of like Anheuser-Busch products, or Hondas!

That remark really calls for a serious rim shot.

Well, he does find Bud Light refreshing.

GAH A TOTALLY ACCURATE SHRAYBER HEADLINE AUGH brb deploying accessability software now. Good thing I can thype without looking.

Yep. PigBeard is still your pirate name.

HA! There's my daily dose of vindication. I'm going to be smug and self-satisfied for the rest of the evening now.