Side PSA: if someone you know is drinking and talking about ending their life with Tylenol, it is not a joke and needs to be taken incredibly seriously. As few as six Tylenol combined with alcohol is as dangerous a suicide method as walking into highway traffic. It is highly lethal and exceptionally dangerous.

This a FACT. Thank you. I'll take it further. Avoid Tylenol altogether. Apparently most dangerous drug out there. Accidental deaths are common and under-reported.

PSA: do not use tylenol or aspirin to OD, because if you survive you might need a new liver (tylenol) or be deaf (aspirin). Among other potentially life-ruining side effects.

Is it OK if I grew up in New England (“wicked” is our jawn, y’all) but picked up “y’all” when I lived in Virginia and never gave it up?

I was going to say that it’s weird that he didn’t serve because he is old enough to have served in the military during the Reagan administration, which I assume would be a double victory for him. But then I saw he is only 45. He looks awful for 45.

Here in Australia, literally just yesterday the front of one of our big newspapers was going on about the halal meals available in the aus armed forces and how there’s not many Muslims blah bah. It kinda seems like a lot of people don’t realize that non muslims can eat halal certified food lmao

John Wayne Tuff Guys™

I’m voting for Kondo

Lindsey Graham was the only candidate to serve in the military. So...they should all shut up. Not that I think a presidential candidate has to serve, but if they’re going to pretend to be John Wayne Tuff Guys and punch political correctness in its European face, it would be more believable if they had the dog tags to…

Of all the things that make Ted Cruz punchable, his fake tough-guy act is up there for me. This weasel comes out and says, President Obama should “insult him to his face”, that he’ll debate Donald Trump “mano a mano”, that he’ll “make the sand glow”, and talking about our military like he has any clue.

Moved to philly for college and heard it used like a noun and realized what it meant almost immediately. It is an easy way to refer to something and can literally mean anything. Always liked that word. Doesn’t fly here in baltimore though. :(

oh, i definitely employ this when people make racist/sexist jokes. I totally pull the “I don’t understand...” and watch them squirm.

It’s definitely underhanded. Hell, I’ve used the very tactic on the occasional douchebro (“I’m not a woman’s undergarment - why are you call me a ‘brah’?”).

I think it is a nefarious thing to do. I used to have a boss who was nearly impossible to read, and he would pretend not to understand what you said when making a joke or using a slang word, and it was all to put himself in a power position. That way you had to feel dumb and explain yourself. He was also an incredibly…

On this very site, a certain subset of commenters will feign incredulity and confusion over slang terms, usually followed or preceded by some variation of “I’m an Old.”

This is very true. My stance on slang is that if you need to ask, you don’t need to know and you probably shouldn’t say it. Asking about slang is corny. Full stop.

Were you able to pick up the casual racism and gay bashing through context or...?

Yes, but to be fair, one person, using it sometimes, is not likely to provide enough context to fully understand a word that is apparently so flexible.

A word eminating from Philly’s continued tenuous grasp of the English language. Along with Iggles, Whiz, Wit, Wooder, Mummer and many others.

when i moved to philly and my friends used the word “jawn” i like, picked it up on context?