It was the worst space exploration disaster in history. Its still tied for that awful record.

2nd Grade. Sitting in Reading Group. CNN on in the background...

I have to say im gobsmacked by people not knowing what the photo is. Im not blaming anyone, but that is THE iconic image of that day. I thought it had entered the collective unconscious like the Hindenburg photo, or Kent State. I guess it really hasn't. Wow...

HE COMES

GODDAMMIT I'M WRITING A HAUNTED FACEBOOK STORY!!!!!

AND THEN A SKELETON POPPED OUT

You're right about the roots of the issue (OMG LOOSE WIMMINZ!), but totally wrong when you say it hasn't been going on for time. The Lost Generation, The Silent Generation, The War Generation, Boomers, GenX, Echo Boomers, Gen Y... and most of those groups faced the same level of hand-wringing scrutiny over their lax…

Well damn...

Did I log on to the other Internet where hyperbolic references to people being worse than multiple Hitlers aren't recognized as sarcasm?

Why? I agree with Rebecca. I'm mocking people trying to tell her what is or is not appropriate in the comments.

You yada-yada-ed in a thread about sex trafficking?? Hand me your blogging license, you are officially worse than a million billion Hitlers.

I think we need a new word for structural, institutional racism. Because clearly most people not trained in sociology or without an interest in race issues use the old, dictionary meaning of racism, I.e. "not liking people because of their race", which leads to these endless circular arguments.

gotcha!

yeah, I'm not getting it either...

water isn't food! Hence "food AND water" :D

That was sorta my point...

I remember the part in 1984 where Winston voluntarily joins the Party, and Big Brother's worst crime against the people was subtle and temporary emotional manipulation.

"We'll see how loyal a hungry cat is"

Ha!

GODDAMN, I'd go to more state fair if they still crashed trains into each other for fun.