The husband and I were just talking about this. Marvel was smart to start out with 2nd tier characters. They still had a lot of material to work with but this also gave them more leeway with making changes. They were able to do an industrial espionage movie, a fantasy movie, and a WW2 period piece that were also…

Not surprising at all. The idea that slavery magically ended after the Emancipation Proclamation is laughably naive at best. At worst it is purposefully ignoring the fact that a system as ingrained as slavery was would not and could not just go away. It just changed names on paper

When people talk about AR15s for home defense I always wonder what kind of situations they get into. Your use makes sense. If a hog or two is running towards you, you want to be able to take multiple shots quickly rather than having to stop and reload. You also don’t want the hogs to be right up on you before you can…

These people have their own version of the ‘good ole days’ when women stayed home, no good women had sex before marriage, there was no such thing as gay people, and abortions either didn’t exist or was something that no good woman would need/do.

Who gets carrot cake for the office birthday cake? I thought that there was an unwritten rule that office bday cakes were to be of the yellow, white or chocolate variety with too damn much icing and wonky writing. Allowances can be made if the bday person wants carrot cake but then you switch to cupcakes or something…

I’ve never been able to use the applicator in a way that is not awkward and uncomfortable. I haven’t tried OBs and I mostly stick to disposable or reusable pads. I think applicator-less tampons would be the way to go. It doesn’t seem like it would any more messy than shoving a plastic syringe-y object in my vagina and…

The issue seems to be that the Met has to approve someone showing up in what is essentially historical cosplay and either being mistaken for an actual employee, damaging something, or generally being in the way. Especially since this was on a day when the Met is packed. The three ladies mentioned aren’t in costume -…

I was not aware that cosplayers were a protected class.

That seems like the reasonable thing to do. It can be confusing to have random costumed people roaming about who may or may not be mistaken for museum employees or who may or may not become disruptive or a distraction for other museum patrons. Just ask first.

Is this from one of those custom t-shirt websites like Zazzle? I know there’s been controversy before because the stock models they use tend to mostly be white. Which is how you end up with - that.

He’s both.

Blade came out 20 years ago, well before the age of Facebook, Twitter, etc...Believe me, the fact that this was a major comic book-based movie with a black male lead was a big fucking deal in the black nerd community. Black Panther is on a whole other level though

The studio seemed to go out of their way to hide Blade’s comic book origins. If I hadn’t known about the character going in I would have thought it just a good vampire movie.

And it won’t just be locking up someone with a mental health diagnosis. It will devolve into labeling and possibly locking up ‘potentially dangerous’ individuals like the weird, socially awkward kid who draws scary comics or the bullied student that finally lashes out at someone. It’s a concept that can easily be…

I will take a cold office over a hot one any day. One of the areas where I work is exceptionally warm today. I work in a dialysis unit and the machines generate a lot of heat on their own. So it’s nice and steamy and the floor staff are fanning themselves like old ladies in church. I have a fan on and, luckily, don’t…

I switched out to leggings after I managed to get my sweat pants tangled up on a weight machine. Yes, it was suitably Inspector Clouseau-ian but it also proved that me+gym+loose fabric is a bad idea. Sweat pants are great for bumming around the house or running to the store. And I agree about the opaque test. If I can…

Applebees have been struggling so I’m wondering if this incident just sped up the inevitable closing of this restaurant. I feel bad for the folks who are out of jobs. The fact that Applebees is offering employment at other - presumably not soon to close - locations is cold comfort if you don’t have transportation to…

You’d think his superior intellect would have allowed him to understand the potential risks of openly writing something controversial that ends up reflecting poorly on his employer.

The book is a great read. Highly recommended

Al Capone started soup kitchens during the Depression. Plenty of drug dealers and gangsters do good works in their communities. They support local charities, put on parades, build schools and sponsor sports teams. Apparently before we moved into the neighborhood one of the local drug dealers paid to plant trees and to…