exactly this, and i definitely should have included that point in my original post—the mere fact of being able to access those vegetables... and then making those choices with the allotted amount... implies a level of food security that is deeply misleading.

They should have a marketing campaign where they donate that stuff with mosquito nets to malaria-plagued countries.

Yup, I have a very clear memory of asking my mom “why is is fin bent down?” and her answering “it means he’s not happy”.

Female air marshals.

stopping a small child from implanting

It reminds me of that state senator (one of the Carolina's, maybe?) who proposed an amendment to an abortion law. The law was that any woman seeking an abortion had to get a transvaginal ultrasound. So she added the amendment that any man seeking a Viagra prescription had to get a colonoscopy.

Dear State of Arkansas: file child abuse charges against these scumbags posthaste, because isolating a child for hours on end IS abuse.

I come from a HUGE family, half of which still live in Oklahoma. Yeah, you know this is about you, You. There was a rift in the 50s over a bunch of money from some business endeavor and that story itself is insane, but it came up at my cousin's wedding when I was 15. She had specifically stated NO FLASKS on the…

I was babysitting when a kid bit my hand and as I jerked it away I slapped him in the face.

I'm told that when I was two or three, I was bobbling down the hallway in our house, drooling and eating my fist. (I was one of those babies that spent the first four years with at least one fist in my mouth. There are photos to prove this.)

Unless "the quiet game" looks like this, then no, they really don't.

A guy I worked with told me he was splitting wood in the back yard when his only child, then 4 years old, came up behind him, within axe back-swing range. He told the kid to stand farther back, took a couple more swings, then caught sight of movement in the corner of his eye. Kid was right back in the danger zone. He…

AHAHAHA a friend of mine who comes from a very religious background reluctantly went to see Passion of the Christ while pregnant as fuck. She apparently got herself a jumbo popcorn and set up camp with it balanced on her giant belly. People around her were giving her dirty looks, because I guess you aren't supposed…

Loving this. A few users are endless fonts of great #CPACQ tweets, such as Jayelle:

omg i see this gif in a whole new light now

Mutts are always so much cuter than purebreds! Not that I'm biased. Not even a little bit.

The Whole Wheat Toast is the best, because it was so obvious once I read it fully, but at that same time I had no idea of the punchline until the end.

My reaction to the story

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