The best part of the catholic sex scandals was that the fault was pretty effectively placed on the gay community instead of the monsters doing the molesting or the (arguably) bigger monsters that let the shit go on without stopping it.

In addition, Christian churches don’t pay taxes and Catholic priests molest children with no repercussions.

The niche subs are some of the best. If you have a hobby, there’s probably a sub for it, and, unless it’s a hobby that attracts a lot of douchebags, it will usually be populated with really nice, helpful people. The defaults get toxic pretty quickly, though.

Bootstraps only matter until you have to pull your own.

there’s one group that sees itself as unfairly targeted, as Politico’s Jason Schwartz noted today: conservatives.

Conservatives control the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, the majority of state legislatures, the majority of governorships, and run the highest rated cable news channel. Obviously they are being oppressed.

Small business is providing big power behind Amazon

Amazon isn’t responsible for the failure of brick and mortar retailers. Brick and mortar retailers’ collective inability to offer a value/service/convenience equation that meets or beats Amazon is their problem alone.

It’s pretty clear that Trump is jealous of Bezos. Trump was a failure in the business world, he owes billions to US and European banks, while Bezos is the richest person in the world. We all know Trump has the mentality of a child, so yes, he can be that petty and vindictive.

It’s completely unfair to claim those are the “only actions” Trump ever takes. Remember, he also seeks out the most inappropriate stewards for each of our domestic Cabinet offices to destroy our capacity to govern effectively, too.

Sorry to break it to you, but The Dissolve closed doors three years ago*. I’d love to say that Phipps, Tobias, Robinson, Koski and Rabin are all doing brilliantly, with well paid gigs at prestigious sites which refuse to churn out GJI style content, but unfortunately I’d be lying.

Ernie tried to vote in favour, but the system somehow subtracted someone else’s vote, instead.

Twice.

Unhelpfully.

How did Ernie the Kinja Tech vote?

Reddit is where I almost got to have a conversation with two of my favourite authors - Brandon Sanderson and KA Applegate. It’s also the place where a lucky bastard receives a gift from Bill frikkin Gates every year. It’s where most major news in the world gets posted to almost as soon as it happens. You can regularly…

Reddit is too vast to be any one thing. That’s like saying the Earth is a cesspool full of shitlords. Like, yeah sorta, but it’s also a lot of other things.

“My girlfriend is talking about getting married but she only earns 125k and I’m about to hit 200k with bonus. I’m worried that she’ll drag me down and it’ll affect my standard of living. How can I get her to earn more money?”

Yep. “I’m 25, make $150k a year, and only have $200k in savings. Am I on track for retirement???”

Trading IPAs bad, T_D good. Got it.