I cannot speak for anyone but myself. The general vibe at Chez Monkat is that people are scared and feel helpless. Unintentional or no, your comment sounded as if you were scolding for “wasting” in a useless gesture vast quantities of money that should’ve gone to a “real” purpose. The push-back you got was, therefore,…

I donated to PP, among others, Nov 9, and will do so again when the “money I can give away” pool refreshes. Meanwhile, I dug into my stash of yarn and, to my surprise, found some pink yarn. Made four hats and donated them to the Women’s March. Cost me $2.35 in postage (my Nov. donation was more than 100xs that) and…

I’m still in the “anger” stage, so I’ve had Illy’s Swear Jar, the chorus in particular, stuck in mine. But I can see moving on to the “acceptance” stage, and joining you sometime soon.

Here, let me help! I bought these not long ago! https://www.etsy.com/listing/459695218/6-neon-anti-trump-1in-buttons-uncencered?ref=shop_home_active_1 ...and the neon colors came with an “extra” button. Same message in white letters with a black outline so as to show up against the rainbow striped background.

Here, let me help! I bought these not long ago!  https://www.etsy.com/listing/459695218/6-neon-anti-trump-1in-buttons-uncencered?ref=shop_home_active_1 ...and the neon colors came with an “extra” button. Same message in white letters with a black outline so as to show up against the rainbow striped background.

Thank you so much! That is heartening news, and makes a lot of sense based on what I know of the sweeping changes happening in the larger publishing industry. They still haven’t figured out a not-insane way to do DRM, but, in this, at least, sounds like e-books (as well as print-on-demand style publishing) are the…

Oh, wow, I had no idea The History Channel was anywhere near textbooks! That’s awful! I’d have more respect for them if they filled spare air time with wrestling than with pseudoscience B.S. that is spreading misinformation to those with zero ability to think critically, seemingly bolstering the general idea that…

I’ve been practicing a Spencerian Ladies’ Hand for a while, but the sharp forward lean is antithetical to my natural hand. It’s made me far more aware of the joining strokes between letters, and kills some time now and again.

Ah, see, the first rant I tried drowning out via Daft Punk was something about Syrian refugees being “given everything”...with a lovely near-immediate segue into how dude is such a “good Christian.” Ducking the daily misogyist micro-aggressions has coworkers commenting on how “quiet” I am. (HA!) Then there’s how I was…

Tron: Legacy, as well as Tron: Legacy Reconfigured (highly recommended!), and all 3 Hackers soundtracks/inspired-bys have been on heavy rotation to help me drown out Trumpsters at work. I have no idea why kinda clunky electronica works so well. I’m gonna utterly ruin my hearing, but at least no one will end up with a…

Yeah, but give ‘em 50-70 years, and finally the History channel can mix up their WWII, Hitler-heavy programming with WWIII, Trump-heavy programming.

That’s what it’s all about, right?

All of this excellent advice: seconded! 

Aw, heck. Wish I’d known Prime was required before I did the Audible thing. Ah well. Nothing really lost...

Aw, heck. Wish I’d known Prime was required before I did the Audible thing. Ah well. Nothing really lost...

At no point did I say, “don’t fight them.” I said, “please fight them sooner and more effectively.”

No, no, sweet summer child. You’re trying to apply logic to an inherently illogical thing. This is more eye-for-a-perceived-eye/sham excuse to pursue an agenda of hate thing than any sort of logical step to somehow help a failing business. I’m sure one of these brain damaged Nazis will gleefully tell you that once…

I’ve had that negative starring thing happen. So far, the only way to fix it is to reload the page and then painstakingly find my place in the comments thread and re-star.

I can see your point of view. However, not calling them Nazis allows the news and others to sugarcoat and excuse what these hate-filled asshats are espousing. Why do you think they want to be called “Alt-right?” To fly under the radar and side-step the (hopefully) visceral negative reaction we have to the word “Nazi.”…

Sure, Indiana Jones punching Nazis was great fun to watch, but not everyone has a Hollywood-enhanced right hook. A lot of people are going to be hurt very badly. As the grandchild of Holocaust survivors, I’d like for us to maybe stop things before we hit Kristallnacht levels of hate, violence and insanity, please?

True, true, though — and I can’t believe I’m weighing justifications for eugenics, but, hey, 2016 in the Weimar Republic is a brave new world — they weren’t doing it for eye-candy.