Right? I was admittedly late to the fandom because I even though I was the perfect age for the prequel trilogy, it was terrible and it colored what I thought Star Wars for years. I didn’t love TLJ, but it was just as good/better than RotS and had some great moments despite the pacing issues. TFA, Rogue One, and Solo…

He is definitely projected to....

My school admin is relatively conservative when it comes to student protest, and even they decided letting kids walk-out but not go off campus supervised was the way to go. I’d say at least half of our 9-12 a quarter of our 6-12 walked out and chanted anti-gun slogans for the 17 minutes and came back to class. Our…

Right? I used to work at Old Navy and met the CEO of Gap Inc. and Old Navy multiple times in my store (we were tge closest besides the SF flagship stores). They didn’t care about the strain on their workers or high turnover. I was one of the staff that frequently did overnight merchandising and also trained corporate…

Costco does, and we already know they’re pretty damn successful. My husband gets $22+/hr plus time and a half on Sundays with a 401k, vision, and full medical/dental benefits. He’s worked there for 10 years and is aiming to transition to the regional buying office where he can get even better pay and more growth…

I did the same. Grandparent’s day at school made me very sad, but Mr. Rogers showed me it was ok to be sad. Couldn’t ask for a better pretend grandfather.

Flagged their posts. I recommend we all do that. Racist trolls are better banned.

My personal anecdata support this. I have a disorder that makes me resistant to pain killers and anything but high dose everything does little to nothing. Two percocet might get me 1 hour of relief (should last 6) even with acute pain, and I build a tolerance up easily, so after even a couple days 2 pills might not do…

I felt similarly, though I was secretly hoping they’d bring out Marco Antonio “El Buki” Solís to do the big number. His version from the Spanish dub is my favorite aside from Gael.

The “free” can be “I don’t see color/we’re all part of the human race”.

That one just came flooding back. Can we please acknowledge Jez is part of the problem?

Well considering MS 13 is originally an LA street gang that was exported to El Salvador when they deported members to a country in tge middle of a civil war the US goverment backed militarily and financially, it’s ironic he thinks it’s Mexico’s problem to deal with.

We have the rubber wedge door-stops already. Main problem is they keep disappearing. Kids will accidentally kick them out of the room (we use them to hold doors open before classes start) and then who knows what black hole they go to.

Your reply honestly means a lot to me. It’s a sad world, and the reality is tgere isn’t a whole lot we can do, but it’s nice for someone with real knowledge to back up what I tell my kids. In a real active shooter, I’d definitely barricade as well as hide. Our school is also looking into a mechanism that latches onto…

My dad was abusive and threatened to kill me and my mom several times. If he’d had access to a gun (which he can ahoot very well due to how he grew up), I wouldn’t be here. Either he would’ve shot us in a drunken rage, or I’d have cound the gun during one of my many suicidal episodes and offed myself. Guns are the #1…

Right. Teachers shouldn’t have to train like cops or soilders. Our job is educating the youth, not killing the next asshole who decides to shoot up a school.

Heard about it before. Read a lot about it actually. The idea of training kids and teachers to fight back against an armed threat just doesn’t sit right with me. First, because kids shouldn’t be and can’t be responsible for that burden. Second, because not all teachers are even physically or mentally able to do so…

Only for fetuses and corporations—and especially not for women, POC, immigrants, LGBTQ folk, or the disabled.

If I owned a gun, I’d already have used it on myself. On my last psych hospitalization, they had me sign a paper acknowledging that I could no longer legally purchase a gun in California...you know kinda like the Obama-era legislation trump struck down. I could probably drive a few hours and buy a gun no problems in…

You’re probably a troll, but fuck it and fuck you. I’m on the second floor of an inside hallway in a school surrounded by heavy wrought iron fence. You think I don’t fucking know we’re sitting ducks? But going outside and being visible is riskier than sitting in a dark classroom behind several doors. What we do is…