Thankfully, we’re not done with Schneider: We’ll see her again in the show’s upcoming tournament of champions, where she’ll be the first openly trans person to take part.

Yeah, I wasn’t familiar with the story and thought it might’ve been a sad case of a rich celebrity shutting down criticism by attacking a small person that couldn’t defend themselves...

I’m so burnt out on “you sound jealous” that I tune the rest out. There’s so little value collectively found past that phrase that I can’t be bothered.

If you don’t know by now that NFTs are a massive scam (https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/rho91b/whats_up_with_the_nft_hate/horr549/), you should really dig deeper before defaulting to a feel-good story about a woc diversifying a white male space.

So was he an invader, or a guy sharing a joint with a friend? If your presence is obviously permitted, when do you become a criminal that someone can freely shoot?

The particular concern about “less than lethal” weapons is that cops will be extra careless with them or further weasel out of responsibility when someone dies. Not to mention that some are (deliberately) misused, completely undermining the “less” part (like rubber bullets).

Fruitcake, if you make it to your own taste, is excellent! I make it for St. Patrick’s day and do raisins/dried fruit I like, soak in tea with just a splash of rum, and use a homemade spice mix.

I don’t know if HIPAA applies if it’s his employer sharing his info rather than a medical institution. But yeah, the fake vax card is a step further and full-out fraud.

This is not the time or the place for discussing what music it’s appropriate for kids to listen to. I don’t know how you could possibly start that conversation and not realise how much it sounds like victim-blaming under the circumstances.

But Nancy continues to be a member of the party that embraces MTG and only supports reproductive rights to women she empathizes with as a rape victim?

“If Antonio’s doctors and the guidelines require a booster shot, then at that time, he’ll be happy to do it live on TV and everyone can come watch,” he said.

Yes, the hyper-precaution around pregnancy goes hand-in-hand with the culture of personal responsibility of pregnancy outcomes. We know to do x/y/z and avoid p/q/r when pregnant, so any miscarriage or stillbirth or abnormality must be your fault. It’s the same old victim-blaming “what did you do to cause this?”…

Oh good, a carbon-neutral scam. Carbon “neutrality” also being a scam 10/10 times.

I don’t see how suggesting someone’s in it for the money (or that the money played at least some role) necessarily translates into calling them a whore...

a new law in Texas that bans abortion from six weeks after a person’s missed period and deputizes citizens to enforce the law by suing each other.

This sounds strange, but denialists will act like it’s just a cold to the point of being a public petri dish as long as is manageable, so he could’ve been sick for God-knows-how-long. It’s not like he necessarily came down with something one day then died the next.

But characters stats still get tweaked post-beta, anyway. This isn’t remotely unusual.

Does anyone know what the hell is going on with Minaj? This is just a giant trainwreck. Just... take a breath and let your publicist do your talking.

Re: John Mulaney

I was honestly enraged hearing this. We had to suffer through more than half a year of a carousel of guests just for them to pick the blandest, laziest choice?