This is a perfect analogy.

I posted it above, but this really put just how alarming the whole thing is into perspective.

This essay (by a retired Navy Intel CWO, so he knows the shit of which he speaks) kind of blew my mind.

My little brother is a coal miner, and I harass him to go back to school literally every time I talk to him because the thought of something happening to him down there is terrible.

I am crazy thrilled that Jason Isbell did so well. Dude is seriously talented.

Seconded. It’s tearing through the facility I work at, and we’re slinging Tamiflu like confetti. It’s strange, though, because the only residents who’ve caught it so far are folks who very rarely come out of their rooms and mingle. My working hypotheses are that a) they don’t get the benefit of the air circulation…

I feel you on this.

Years ago I had the flu and it was bad enough that I actually went to the ED. Usually unless there’s obvious arterial bleeding, a bone protruding, etc I wouldn’t even consider it (nurses are the worst patients, lol), but when my fever hit 106 and Tylenol stopped making a dent my ex-husband insisted.

Thanks to my inability to read labels once I’ve had a few, I also discovered that it mixes ridiculously with lemonade. It tastes like lemon pie, which is usually gross, but in this context it worked somehow.

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Prior to their departure into right wing paranoia, I could say the same about my family. Precise diction was praised during my formative years. Now it’s used as evidence that I was brainwashed and indoctrinated by higher education. Ugh.

“...so close right now!” said Trump, as he was fucking America.

I did not know that! That’s fucking awesome. He is genuinely just an outstanding human being, in addition to being an incredible singer/songwriter.

I didn’t think I could possibly love Jason Isbell more than I already did, but this pretty much puts it over the top.

He’ll definitely be put into protective custody, which in and of itself is a pretty shitty existence. Best case scenario, he’ll go to a special management unit full of other child molesters and various predators/deviants that can’t be housed in gen ppo. Worst case (for him), he’ll go to administrative segregation,…

Yes, according to the YouTube video I watched. I believe it was Rap Critic, maybe?

Indeed, that was my intention. I just don’t always word well enough to get my actual point across, lol.

And then the entire South’s* heads will collectively explode when someone points out that they’ve been speaking in gender-neutral terms their entire lives by saying “y’all”

You could ask your doctor for Bentyl, maybe. We used that a lot for kidney stones. It’s an anti-spasmodic kind of deal that works on smooth muscle, and it shouldn’t gork you out too badly.