Because the USA is a capitalist, oligarchical kleptocracy that is designed to punish intellectualism, reward nepotism and cronyism, and has no desire to actually exist as the meritocracy it purports itself to be.

YUP. I mean, there are lawyers who specialize in insurance fraud and hospital billing fraud.

The part that sounds the shadiest is the pre-loaded accounts with specific pre-given games that are (if my money would bet) probably significantly more polished than the real release copies, yet also much more constrained as to what you can see/do.

I’d say you rounded the bases.

Got into a car accident awhile back. Had to get a lawyer to threaten the hospital to stop sending fake bills/bills that have been paid already.

Two things: this feels like a trailer for an overblown Clancy-esque spy action flick than a, you know, person running for political office. Also, why do we care that your family members served? Why do we keep doing this to ourselves? “Well, my dad was a navy pilot, so I deserve a career”: sound familiar?

These are just details. We’ve known the Falwells are trash people who pimp the gospel for money. This is just cum-covered icing on a twelve tier shit cake.

I think it’s one of those things where the kid keeps telling you that “it happened that way”, and you (as the adult) just say “of course”, to shut the little shit up.

I don’t think anyone has ever considered Hayley Williams to be ‘exceptional’ either. And as for boys being whiny and the girls being not so much..?

The only state I’ve ever been to where I thought “I get why everyone here does meth.”

Uh, it’s been speculated since 2016 based off of family rumors and behaviors he’s exhibited in public.

Except it’s been reported on since 2016..?

You can read, like, any of the articles since 2016 that allege Barron is on the spectrum. Which, again, is just fine.

Two Points: 1) no shooter in the history of shooters has ever said “better go to a gun free area, I don’t wanna get shot at!”. But, you know, can’t tell the GOP that, because it relies on having a logical train of thought.

Thanks for letting me know! This was invaluable. 

Lifehacker: contributing to anti-intellectualism and fear of multi-syllabic words that has been permeating through American culture since 1960.

It’s got a Ralph Lauren signet on the breast, Dudebra. It’s immediately classy, despite being a t-shirt.

Not asking to remember the name of 60+ experts, but maybe instead have more than just Jack Ryan: The Decider do all the legwork.

That’s not how expertise works. One becomes an expert in a thing, sometimes two. Expertise, at a clinical level, takes about 10 years of consistent career-level work to achieve, and then there is something known as expertise maintenance.

The notion that you can buy this with non-real-world currency is excellent. Definitely allowing for more people to represent without excluding those who either won’t or can’t spend the money on cosmetics.