Seriously: how do you deal with that? When my convicted felon cousin started posting smear articles about Michael Brown and his supposed criminal history, I went apeshit, but I don’t know if that actually solves anything.

Bingo. It was so weird to actually SEE cognitive dissonance at work.

Her one on one feminism reminds me of a conversation I had with a GOP friend, who’s anti-union, anti-welfare, etc. Long story short, he understood the necessity of a social safety net when it’s applied to people who he knows; he just doesn’t trust everybody else to use it appropriately.

I hate the Emmitt Smith section and skip over it every Funbag. Am I alone in this?

Just out of curiosity, how should I be pronouncing “Lemieux”?

Hahaha, awwwww, thanks. I mean, it definitely sucked at the time, but it’s handy to have perspective on things. My Christmases might be bad in the future, but it’ll be TOUGH to be more depressing than that one.

I’d even throw June into that mix, but yeah. Every so often I get wistful for it and then have to remember how expensive, depressing, and demoralizing the city could actually be.

Good looking out, blerg

Close!

Eh, it’s not that bad. I ditched the assholes who bailed on me and eventually made new friends. The following Christmas was WAY better. Also, the most gorgeous city I’ve ever lived in.

OH GOD, I forgot to mention that I had “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and “Blue Christmas” in the rotation too. Those are BRUTAL songs to listen to when you’re alone.

Thanks?

I should have prefaced that I’m a complete fucking softie when it comes to Christmas. I miss my family, I miss spending time with people close to me, and being alone in Seattle always feels twice as lonely as elsewhere. It’s the shitty weather.

The part about being utterly abandoned by people who I spent a lot of time and money prepping for is kinda the thrust of the story

Not sure if this counts, but I lived in Seattle working retail for two years, and wasn’t making enough to afford a plane ticket home. So for Christmas, I made plans for some friends to come to my place so we could all commiserate. I made dinner, this unnecessarily complex version of eggplant parm that calls for…

I tried to buy PS4 Witcher 3, but the price shot up to 39.88 when I clicked on the Buy Now link. What gives? Is that a commission price or did they run out of $30 copies?

I tried to buy PS4 Witcher 3, but the price shot up to 39.88 when I clicked on the Buy Now link. What gives? Is that…

Not good Kinja, GREAT Kinja

Oh my god, chill out. Just because herc said Yoffe shouldn’t be allowed to write doesn’t mean they’ll actually do anything about it. Similarly, me saying “hamlets-unsure should stop overreacting to completely nonthreatening statements” doesn’t mean I’ll start trying to control your brain.

Wow, the video for Bang Bang Baby is AWFUL. I’m probably in the minority, but I didn’t mind the Tiny Music phase of STP. I still dig the grimy guitar.

I watched all of those Sad Browns Fans videos against the Ravens and NOT ONCE did it occur to me how much worse it must have been, because the Ravens. Jesus. Those are officially hard to watch now.