Hot Take: They should have picked a uglier way to commit suicide. Blood in the water is romantic imagery

Take victories where you can get them. It’s true that this likely will not solve the problem to the point where it never happens again. It’s also true that we are forced to accept as an article of faith (at least at this beginning stage) that future incidents will be appropriately handled by the chain of command. But…

I want to get inside Ellie from Brooklyn’s head. She’s got some hot existential takes - “the basis of our lives is our beliefs” and “People don’t live their lives on an ideological wavelength” - and decides, on September 12th, to call into Mike and the Mad Dog to share them.

It was a weird time, the Dixie Chicks were almost forcibly deported

I would counter that when you consider that “Love it or leave it!” was the prevailing sentiment of a large chunk of the country shortly after the attacks and during the Iraq War, this seems far less insane.

“They can’t stop me,” she said. “I’m an American. I have constitutional rights.”

“Some of my best friends have children.”

someone (i believe it was on comedy bang bang???) once proposed the idea that jeffrey is a ghost and i honestly haven’t been the same or looked at the world the same since

Someone should also point out that the Tesla is ALREADY a unit of measurement in electromagnetism, but there’s clearly bigger fish to fry in the “general knowledge” department.

This is my favourite excerpt.

Shipper is a word used everyday for someone who ships via air, land, sea. The fanfic definition is definitely not the norm.

This is a nice comment but recall we are Tough On Crime and must remain so even in our brains and internet comments. Nuance is for the enemy.

A pool of lightly crumpled $100 bills. You could survive that. Or if you’re going with a liquid with a high market value, how about printer ink? We know that shit’s expensive.

I wonder when “turn of the century” will finally start referring to our current century rather than 1900.

Do you want an “Ewww, Yuck!” moment?

I cannot believe another man with two digits of mechanical keyboards when he says he’s too busy having sex. More like, too busy not having sex because he’s in the doghouse from CLICKITYCLACKCLACKing late into the night when she’s trying to sleep.

Don’t get me wrong, this thing is seriously cool (no pun intended), but I paid $500 for my laptop, and my entire professional life lives on it.

Half a rack for an ice machine seems a little excessive.

Good question! Here’s a link to an article that answers your question:

Don’t you have to clean a pebble ice machine every day or else something like an infection will happen? They sound cool, but the upkeep is a pain I hear.

Man, thank God we kept the Clinton family from increasing its personal wealth through the presidency, amirite, guys?