A couple of my friends made school-sanctioned trebuchets for a trebuchet-building science competition, so you are not alone.

Omg, did you ever see the Simon Schama episode on Caravaggio? It’s a goddamn soap opera.

The one thing from Clueless that kind of makes it weird.

Ugh, someone from Germany once tried to tell me that “racism doesn’t exist” in Germany and it was like... no. I know I’m not German, but come on. This is a thing other Germans talk about.

I was on the “liberals are measurably less awful to their opponents than conservatives” side, but you may have convinced me otherwise. Single handedly too, Jesus Christ.

Hey, editing for effectiveness is a valuable skill!

“Fancy potato” would be an excellent style trend, though. So comfy, so accessible.

Would it be all right if I invented time travel and then went back to crash your reception?

I missed it the first time around, but in fairness my parents only ever listen to NPR on the radio.

The highlight of my academic career was a venerated, 75+ scholar presenting a rant about people who over-use jargon via. a classic 2003 WordArt powerpoint. She was the best.

We had a class in middle school where we had to make little stop animation videos, and the teacher was frustrated beyond belief that we all insisted on playing with the credits, with jokes and crazy effects and everything. “Just your name and the title! That’s all you need! Please stop making them longer than the…

Stake president’s daughter seems to be doing all right too, especially with a dad like that.

This movie has a lot of people I like and never expected to see together?

This comment deserves more stars.

They should be mortified.

It’s a pretty common tactic in places that have been very crowded for a very long time. In Greece they bury the newly deceased, and then after seven or so years take the bones to a permanent, more compact home in the cemetery’s ossuary.

I think it’s already here, honestly.

My aunt and uncle had a similar situation: She’s liberal and more religious, he’s a fairly grounded Republican. Both of them voted Clinton.

Every time the DNC tries to raise single payer healthcare on a national level it gets pummeled, including when  Hillary fucking Clinton fought for it a solid 24 years ago. I am all for universal healthcare, but there are historical reasons why they’re trigger shy.

Ah, but don’t you know, Hawaii is just a small chain of Pacific islands, not a legitimate member of the 50 states.