Unless it’s medically necessary opiates. No pain relief or cough reduction for the masses in that case.

The Canada-is-full-of-terrorists thing comes up every few years, with a slightly different twist on the racism bit.

When I was wedding comparison shopping I told everyone I was having a family get together, sorta like an anniversary but not really. I think the ‘family get together’ worked like a signal that I was not a crazed Bridezilla ready to tear apart wedding vendors to get My Special Day. I’m sure there are crazed family…

Parent groups are probably awful, since humans are pretty awful in groups regardless. But a company head coming forward to say that the customers are the problem, the customers are demanding secret information, and we don’t need customers like that . . . really not a winning business strategy.

So if she’s against captial punishment she can refuse to file the death certificate under this reasoning. Imagine if someone religiously inclined was hired to collect census date — giant swaths of society would cease to exist.

If the war is about what is inside of women, why is there so much crap accumulated about how women look? Sexy, not sexy, make up, no makeup, designers, workouts meal plans skin care collar bone ankle knee side boob nipple ....

It’s easier to learn if you don’t start with the assumption you have to believe it.

I wonder if that kind of upbringing actually warps brain development. Free play is the beginning of learning to make choices and be responsible. If you never make meaningful choices because it’s all pre-selected how would you learn how to be mature? If your only choices for EVERYTHING is good or evil, how do you learn…

I’m not brave enough to yell. I mostly side-eye and glower. I’ve occasionally lapsed into muttering. I’m sure eventually I’ll snap and go after zoo patrons with one of those unswallowable curvy straws.

In the early years of Yellowstone they DID train the bears to be visible to humans by having an open trash dump with tours. At least until someone worked out that training bears to think of humans as food sources was a bad idea. I assume this visitor is a hold out from the Roosevelt era.

Even when they aren’t yelling I want to beat the parents reciting incorrect information to their kids because it’s too damn hard to read the sign to figure out what the animal is. Kookaburra and eagle, not the same thing. Mountain lion and snow leopard, not the same thing. Manatee and whale NOT THE SAME THING.

Nice of the campus assholes to let the new kids know right off who to avoid. Life is so much easier when the offensive types are obvious.

These are college boys, not telegraph boys. The post office has had enough scandals.

I’m kinda relieved that someone, somewhere is offering Anna and her kids a way out. Would be nice if he didn’t phrase it like it’s some chess move to teach Josh-the-molester a lesson, rather than an attempt to keep his extended family safe. That phrasing is understandable, but probably makes it harder for Anna to…

That was a constant problem at the grocery store bakery where I worked. One person orders the cake, someone else in the family picks it up, no one looks at it until the party has started so OF COURSE they have to serve the entire inedible cake to their guests (even though it’s the wrong flavor, or the yellow is too…

I always find it remarkable that people think because same sex marriage is legalized, we’ve achieved equality.

Wine snobs would not be doing wine tasting on a train because the movement would upset the sediment in the bottles, and temperature regulation would be terrible. Also changing elevations could alter the flavor, and why do a wine tasting while risking motion sickness?

Yeah, but many parents don’t ever believe that their kid did anything wrong. He was framed, it was the bad crowd he was hanging with, it was just once and he learned better etc. Drug problems don’t necessarily mean he’ll commit every other available crime.

There is a large and growing population of people who either can’t get into the real estate market (minimum wage, ahoy) or choose to stay at home in order to assist with bills or medical issues (handicapped family members, aging parents). “Lives with parents” as “underachiever” is not going to last as a cultural…

It would be nice if mental illness wasn’t considered a personal fault rather than a medical issue, but right now it is. That announcement could make life harder for Chelsea without providing any more help than “she needs medication” would have.