They still are, they just don’t get press. For example, a Lutheran church I went to for a few services said right in the bulletin some of their offerings were going to help a young woman who needed an abortion. It wasn’t newsworthy or controversial in that church.

Really good PR, perhaps. But he also actually backs up his preaching with his actions (today’s example being spending his afternoon serving lunch to the homeless in DC) which is what I think makes me that much ‘cooler’.

He’s cooler. He’s a Jesuit. They are cool and most Jesuits don't need to be cool for PR. They just are so I do believe he is cooler.

Ask and you shall receive:

Not all of Iranian culture is this kind of shit.

I haven’t tried them but my country has been invaded by Hersheys ‘chocolate’ and vengeance is definitely called for. Bring a friend, a pitchfork and unresolved angst.

Am...I supposed to be mad? Honestly, truly, why should I be upset? If it weren’t so hard to get citizenship maybe this would happen less?

Are you crazy? That would just make it so strong it would have killed them!

They should have diluted it in water until there was statistically probably nothing but water left.

What about “123password”, that’s gotta be a good one. I mean really, who puts the numbers at the front of their password. It’s genius, I tell you.

The ceiling above the crib was the color of television tuned to a dead channel. Little Casey straightened his bib, hit full-reverse on his cyberdeck, and felt the effervescence of the Matrix overwhelm his senses. He was in; at least, partway. However, until he was able to hack his way past the Black IC and directly…

But really who uses mirrors anymore to fix their hair or makeup? Most of us have smartphones with forward facing cameras at this point

Many years ago one of my very good friends died suddenly. The circumstances were pretty bad but he had this super cool hippie mom. His mom was the mom who’s house we always wanted to hang out at as teenager. So when he died she decided to bring him home and some friends made him a pine box and she decorated it with…

How can Jimmy Carter have cancer, and Bill Cosby gets to keep walking around?

The entire West Coast is a hotbed of anti-vaccine stupid. I was so happy when my home state eliminated any vaccine exemption that wasn't for medical reasons I started dancing.

You know those anti-smoking ads that show the horrendous after effects that smokers go through later in life? Why aren’t we do that with people who didn’t get vaccinated (cause your story would scare some parents straight... also, my condolences, and if you’re in Oregon anytime, you can have a drink on me)?

I have the opposite situation! As someone who lives outside the US, it’s super weird to see movies that are supposed to take place in the past or some poor village and then see the characters’ teeth all bright and unnaturally white. It instantly pulls me out of the fantasy. :(
For example, I understand Game of Thrones…