“As for the social media checking, If an editor can’t detect overt bias in a reporter’s story, without having to rely on their social media posts, they’re not doing their job correctly.”

The problem with mainstream media is they confuse objectivity with neutrality. Objectivity is an adherence to the facts, no matter where they may lead. But they operate under the notion that everyone is allowed to have their own facts and must be given equal time.

No possible way that could hold up in court. Anyone (especially now) could input the last 6 and last name. There’s almost no way to prove who is checking this information.

Something tells me this entire thing originated from an Orlando Magikarp joke. It also reminds me of an older joke:

Perhaps you missed when she claimed that Kanye West’s song demeaned her and took credit for her success when she literally per-pre approved the lyrics. Or when she turns on the feminism only for the benefit of one Miss Taylor Swift. Or her “woe is me songs”about all her oh so famous ex-boyfriends. Be a pop star,…

Was Inuyasha’s influence here. Naruto isn’t the only one....

The Makoto one kind of killed me. Like she’d already joined my squad but I’m too much of a dumb fuck to hang out with socially.

She grew up in foster care, was homeless for a while, I chalk it up to her having seen worse things that I could never understand. I definitely cringed when I heard her say it, it just doesn’t ruin her for me. Takes her down a peg in my heart maybe.

Let’s be real — for a TON of people who do have kids, selfishness is also the reason.

The expression “blood is thicker than water” originally meant that the bond between comrades is stronger than family, as in bathing in the blood of your enemies is a pretty powerful bonding experience, and it has been bastardized into meaning the exact opposite.

Unsolicited advice from someone who survived a very necessary estrangement from her own mother: beware of anyone who attempts to convince you that you should be able to look past this. I wish someone had told me 20 years ago that “blood is not thicker than safety.” Thank you and good luck.

As a Detroit resident I’m always thrilled when people come to the city, learn more about its present and past, see how dynamic it is, and spend their money here. But $295?!?!?!?!?

Yeah, those are two different things. The spontaneous ignition is a pyrophoric reaction. And then there’s flammability. White phosphorus is both pyrophoric and flammable.

Today I had to break down a chemical at work which is flammable in contact with water. It’s a powder, so if it gets airborn it can actually explode. Chemistry is amazing. And betimes incredibly destructive. There’s tons of chemical families that you have to store away from Otherwise Innocuous Thing X because they’ll…

Chemistry! White phosphorus is self-igniting (pyrophoric) when it comes in contact with air. It’s also flammable. The ignition is because of the chemical reaction between the phosphorus and air.

Yeah I feel like there is a gap between “flammable” and “will spontaneously combust in your pocket”

I’m no expert, but if my middle school science teacher’s lessons stick with me, it’s that it is extremely reactive when it comes in contact with air - rapid oxidation. Again, IIRC, when used in science, it’s kept in a stabilizing liquid agent. I can’t remember what she kept it in, but I remember thinking it was some…

These stories are horrifying but also drive home just how much modern war isn’t just a few years of fighting and then peace; it’s rebuilding shattered and destroyed cities and landscapes and dealing with decades and likely centuries of environmental effects and dangers.

“If you have a penis, you can use a strap-on. If you don’t have a penis, you can use a strap-on.”

Well mostly I just surf the internet reading silly articles.