It seems like he felt obligated to tack on the “thoughts and prayers” at the end of his plea for action because that’s what the repugnican ears are trained to listen for and they would have called him out as a [gasp] atheist if he hadn’t.

That’s actually an interesting, if silly, hypothetical: would the MAGA people put up their own money to defend Trump? How would that make them feel?

“I am totally opposed to domestic violence of any kind everyone knows that and it almost wouldn’t even have to be said.” — Trump 2018

I stared at your comment for a long time because I thought it was a word puzzle. Like “Assume makes an ass of ‘’u’ and ‘me.’”

Is it the steroid use that turn these guys into Republicans?

From an October 2016 “Hollywood Reporter” article:

It’s a miraculous vine from days of yore that bore the blossoms of every silk flower ever found in Hobby Lobby bargain bins!

Why is she gray? Why is she the shade of a No. 2 pencil sketch?

“The creation of a new kind of naturalism,” indeed! A single lush vine that can produce such a variety of flowers! I think I see lilacs, zinnias, chrysanthemums, asters, rose buds...? It reminds me of the ads in the backs of magazines for multi-grafted fruit trees that can produce a variety of different fruits on a…

Would it be appropriate for you or one of your friends to get those kids’ email addresses and offer to be pen pals of sorts?

DerbyDuck downthread just wrote “A good therapist is worth their weight in chocolate.” That would make a good cross stitch project!

I’m not often in a situation where I can log into Jezebel and post comments, but I’ve been thinking about you since you first posted that your husband was terminally ill. I cry every time I read one of your posts. I wish I could come over and give you a long, long hug and then take you and your doggy for a long, long…

Hi, jinni! I’m going to piggyback on your political junkies thread to say that, while reading the latest news about Trump’s views on women and domestic abuse, I followed some links back to this Hollywood Reporter article from October 2016, which I think deserves renewed attention now:

I like how her “shift” key protested the title of her latest book: “Beware: The Risks to Faith Based organizations regarding political advocacy and corporate sponsorship.”

This strategy of copying other people’s homework seems to be commonplace in the religious right. Christian rock tries to imitate actual rock music, pregnancy crisis centers masquerade as family planning clinics, and now they’re making anti-gay videos posing as Buzzfeed videos. Apparently trickery and deceit is okay…

As a recovering Catholic with plate guilt and food waste guilt, I wanted to star your comment, but for some reason the numbers under the stars are going down instead of up when I click them today! Please accept this star * instead.

That is my reasoning also. I’m noticing there are 3 types of “stackers” commenting: the compassionate ones who see servers as fellow humans and want to ease their burden in some small way, the OCD folks who feel compelled to stack chaos into order, and the somewhat more self-centered diners who care mainly about table…

Dangling boobs?!? Stop eating at Hooters!

You bring up something I’m afraid I haven’t paid enough attention to in the past — moving water glasses closer to the server for easier refilling, or lifting plates at the far end of the table to hand to the server so they don’t have to lose their balance to reach it. I’m gonna do that more often now!

If it weren’t for his poor reading comprehension skills, I would suggest that Derfel read “Don’t Shoot the Dog” by Karen Pryor. It explains the ineffectiveness of punishment to change behavior (of both humans and other animals).