“This is the day we have prepared for. Remember your training, do not get too close, keep the butter burgers coming and do not look him in the eye. May god have mercy on us all”

My middle school guidance counselor said I’d never finish high school because I didn't have great grades. Not only did I finish high school AND college, but I have a graduate degree with work experience in all three branches of the federal government. I went ballistic when she and another teacher who bullied me tried…

I almost got engaged once. The stone I picked was a coffee coloured quartz cut just like a pricey gem, because I love coffee. Cost the equivalent of about $20

EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS????

SMS isn’t encrypted and can be intercepted easily. However, it’s entirely possible that WhatsApp encryption can be broken, or that there are backdoors.

I think it’s pretty important to understand the distinction between Time-to-Kill and Time-To-Death here. For TTK, there are weapons that are straight-up unbalanced, so some are killing faster than they should be (namely, the KE-7 and M1906). For TTD, there appears to be animation, sound, and/or network issues that…

Dale Jr, 2020!

I feel the same way. Since BF1 actually.

Based on his political takes and leanings I think I would vote for him. 

This article is remarkable. It denies neither praise nor condemnation of the man and his politics. It doesn’t change anyone’s opinion, nor is it written to do so. It critiques images of him, and respects the man himself. It is literate, concise, and solid. Thank you.

I had the pleasure of volunteering for President Bush sr. in 2000. We worked on an initiative for childhood leukemia funding. Eight years later my husband and two sons were killed in an accident. I had not had any dealings with President Bush for almost 7 years. A few months after the accident I received a phone call.…

He helped pass the Americans with Disabilities Act, he helped end acid rain by capping SO2 and NO2 emissions, he raised taxes on the rich to close a disastrous Reagan-built deficit (at enormous political cost) and he led a coalition to repel Iraq’s attempt to swallow Kuwait, which is a very defensible thing, even now.

I will record any non-racist/non-hateful message the Deadspin commentariat wants for $5*. That’s two orders of magnitude less! Serious offers only**.

“John” is an accepted name in our society, as are literally thousands of other possible names. “Abcde” is not. It just isn’t.

Nobody is ridiculing the child, we are ridiculing the parent. Stop trying to eliminate shame from our world, we won’t be better off without it.

Gives her child a stupid-ass name.

My first though here too. This doesn’t make either of us horrible people, but that mother? She’s a horrible person for burdening her daughter with a laughably stupid first name.

I’m not going to lie. I laughed when I read the headline and SW should not be made to apologize.

Edit to add:  If she was mocking the name it’s different than laughing at the name.  The article above is unclear.

Yeah, obviously this is kid-to-kid but my son is going through (what I hope is...) peak tantrum right now. Depending on the day and his actions, my response is either roughly what this “time-in” thing is or straight up “stay in your room until you calm down.” I think it’s far too simple to say one is better than the…

Also keep in mind that if you have a natural gas fired water heater then moving to an electric one (even tankless) will end up costing you more.

Also keep in mind that if you have a natural gas fired water heater then moving to an electric one (even tankless)…