I gasped audibly! NO!

My mom once made gingerbread cookies so toxic even the squirrels wouldn't eat them in the middle of a terrible midwestern winter.

Two years ago during a big Friendsgiving my roommate overstuffed the turkey, causing all kinds of juices to run over the pan and burn on the bottom of the stove. He also put the bird in way too late in a finicky oven. The whole house was just full of toxic smoke, everyone had red watery eyes but it was too cold to be…

I feel you, I used to get a sick stomach at restaurants and my mom would very helpfully accuse me of being anorexic. On the plus side, when I *did* wind up with pretty severe sports related anorexia she was over that shit and took a scorched earth approach that probably saved me soooo.

Ugh hang in there - hopefully the masks saved you! My partner works in a small shop where someone tested positive after working a shift (no fault of her own) and no one else got it because everyone was masked and following cleaning rules! I go into the office twice a week and last week my boss told me they spent the…

I’m in the “drunkenly trying to touch the neighborhood cats” category, but since I hung up a bird feeder they are coming over more often....might need to rethink my wildlife strategy...

Guffawed at the James Taylor comment. The one that gets me is James Taylor performing with the Boston Symphony every summer. God is dead (we killed him). 

Disagree with your closing points but hard support for everything prior. I have no great love for Pelosi, but I can respect she's a powerhouse who knows what she's doing. I can't think of anyone who could have handled the last four years better.

There’s a quote in one of old history textbooks from a senator during Jackson’s presidency along the lines of “if they weren’t carrying two pistols, they were carrying a pistol and a cane.” Followed closely by the flagrant burning of effigies and propensity for publishing floral, violent little threats leading up to…

Fellow midwesterner, similarly unimpressed. Come visit us in the “flyover states” and we will wow you with our big, stupid trucks. Please...

The only gracious thought I have is that the federal government lends itself to petty tyrants. Based on my own experience, people like her are not uncommon. They love red tape and bureaucracy* that makes them the center of attention, even if it’s negative, because often they’re very hard to remove/demote/replace.…

Honestly the ad explosion is working for me because I'm more likely to shut the app faster now. Insta is the only social media I use and I have been guilty of over using in the past. But now I get annoyed faster and shut it down.

I’m sorry you’re going through this. Several years ago I clammed up when a friend’s dad died - he was the first person I knew to lose a parent and I was scared. My greatest regret is not making more of an effort to be there for him. We’re still close and I have worked to make up for it, but it’s one of the only things…

Looking forward to checking this out! I briefly worked in special education and with the right evironment and director, plenty of my students would have been perfectly capable of acting in a film AND giving honest input on whether the story represents their experiences. Sure, some things might need to be adjusted, but…

I saw the Times had to add new colors to their heat map this morning to better illustrate the severity in some places. Honestly though, the people who get under my skin more than the straight up assholes screaming about their liberties are all the so-called progressive “empaths” in my general orbit who run their…

This. My partner and I briefly considered doing a city hall wedding followed by a very small (<15), outdoor gathering with local friends to take advantage of cheap rates right now. Along with soliciting quotes and dates and the normal planning activities we took an afternoon to map out potential issues and places…

My partner grew up like you, but now has fun debunking other Christian proselytizers who come to the door etc by tossing them back surprise niche biblical knowledge. Love the backfire.

Aw c'mon I was having a good day

No

Ok hear me out, mandarin oranges in red jello