50-49 is still the ball game.

This thread is top-notch Kinja.

Live in Delco. Math checks out.

Trump apologist ok with lynching a black woman. Color me shocked.

No really: sometimes you just know.

The Pink Floyd song at the steakhouse was Have A Cigar. 100%.

I mean, kind of, but you really don’t want to attempt an unpowered landing in a large airliner. They are... not optimized for that kind of behavior.

I’m a marketing person, and I cannot formulate a compelling counterpoint in this context.

This needs WAY more stars. That’s a byline I would seek out.

There’s plenty of money to fund universal health care, higher education, etc., once we tell the likes of the McCains that they’re gonna have to wait a few more years before buying their 8th vacation home. We can take care of the least among us, and the plutocrats can still live lives of incredible luxury.

Look, these…

The distinction everyone keeps missing on Venezuela is that it veered away from democracy and into authoritarianism. Democratic socialism is a very different animal from authoritarian socialism. Authoritarianism in any stripe eventually fails because authoritarians stop paying attention to reality in favor of…

NOTY candidate spotted!

Dude, he is quoting one of the letters in the post and mocking its author. He’s on your side.

I dunno man, maybe try setting it down, even in voice chat with friends? There’s plenty of other words. It’s an opportunity for creativity.

I once thought as you do, but I found I was able to retire problematic language without much trouble once I just decided to do it, and made a game out of the process.

Severe anxiety and depression sufferer here (for much more benign causes) piping up to reassure you, I hope, that your story is also a very important contribution to this conversation, and your choice to share it will undoubtedly help others. Thank you, thank you for fighting through the panic response. I know it well.

Thanks for adding what strikes me as valuable additional information. I suspect many parents would find themselves at a loss for how to proceed if this situation arose unexpectedly. This is all a valuable resource for those unfortunate folks who will face this challenge in the future. I’m so glad that Deadspin…

Looks to me like dude’s face mask popping off. Which, wow.

LIGHT FUSE AND GET AWAY

True! Every year the 4th marked the start of “oh the foothills are on fire again” season.

‘80s: we mounted drinking straws on bicycle handlebars to serve as bottle rocket launch tubes, then conducted high-speed dogfights. Accuracy was abysmal but awesomeness was achieved.