It’s one of those things that sounds good in theory but of course will be poorly executed by the Trump administration. My husband’s company is putting him through their apprenticeship program, and it’s a sweet deal. He got his 2nd associates degree paid in full, will finish the program as an experienced machinist,…

Because that would mean you’re teaching them a real skill. If you do that how will you be able to blame them when they still can’t find work because even the President’s daughter gets her stuff made in China?

.... Of all the crafts in the world that could be parlayed into something lucrative and taught in an apprenticeship, they picked medals. Medals? MEDALS?!? WHAT?

The first episode got me hooked in a way I did not expect at all.

I saw them play a show in North Carolina years ago--maybe the Boxer tour?--and my friend and I were talking between songs about how incredible the drummer was. The older couple behind us then interjected to thank us for the kind words—they were his parents. 

You might as well try to reason with your cat and convince them to not always throw up on something that can’t be easily cleaned.

If she truly believe he was her father, I kind of feel bad for her. It would be hard to create this connection with this person she thought was her father only to have that thrown out and be back at square one. She probably created a lot of her identity around the idea that she was his daughter. If she was just going…

And all that talk about his mustache still being perfectly intact and nobody took a damn picture or if they did it didn’t leak on the internet.

I recently realized that I’m now the kind of person who can appreciate The National, and I’m pretty happy that that coincided with them putting an album out.

Yes, unusually good. Bryan Devendorf (the drummer) does not get enough credit for how much he contributes to their overall sound. He’s exceptional to the point where it’s sometimes shocking that they’re not using drum machines.

And, no, that’s not the argument. The argument is that specifically the group with the most power (white people) make most casting decisions, and have a history of casting white people in nonwhite roles as a way to marginalize people of color, to hide them and make them invisible in mass culture. When a person of…

It’s not dumb to be in a youth group. It’s just a fact of life for a lot of people, and even if you’re not a super churchy person it’s nice to have peer groups. (Signed, pastor’s kid who is definitely not dumb.)

So edgy.

Yeah, this one seems like a great big mess already. You’d think dangerous clowns would fit perfectly in a satire of Trumpism, but good satire usually has to have a laser-like focus, and that’s completely at odds with Ryan Murphy’s attention deficit style. The clowns look good— great designs— but I already feel tired…

Still dismissing replies! You want to advocate for playing around train tracks, make your own thread.

I just dismissed 3 comments declaring that art is necessarily dangerous (WTF? Maybe don’t use your toddler brother in it then?) and that trains aren’t silent. Just fucking Google it. Read one of many, many articles by everyone from the fucking rail companies to newspapers to science blogs that say the exact same…

Be careful. That’s how you summon them into your home.

expect a remarkably quiet yet animated mime protest.

This is rank misnoncoulry!

Shooting yourself in the foot is continuing to work a job that isn’t providing the pay/benefits you need.