I’m German and I honestly feel the same way about Nazis marching in American streets and publishing all over online: how the hell does this country expect to avoid disaster if it refuses to enact the simplest measures of necessary, civilized restrictions on behalf of its citizens?

right? i commented elsewhere that lower income families often eat fast food because it is (sadly) cheaper than produce and healthy foods at the store. why NOT make these foods as healthy as possible, if people can’t afford “real” food?

Oh my god, THANK YOU. I was hoping this comment section was going to be nothing but ogling that bizarro thing. I scrolled down and was like, “WAIT WE ARE JUST OKAY WITH THIS?!?!?!?!”

There was a really good article I read recently that lower income folks eat more fast food than higher (at least partially) because it’s an indulgence they can afford and it’s still a treat for their kids. If Mickey D’s can still be considered a treat for lower-income kids in this context, I think the change is a good…

I’m so goddamn sick of this. What’s more disgusting than the actual murder of children is that this is going to happen over and over and over again. Nothing will be done. Not just because politicians (on both sides of the aisle) are bought and paid for by the NRA, but because there’s no overwhelming public demand for…

The thought of being at work and receiving a text message from your kid who thinks it will be (or is) the last thing they will ever say to you has me pretty upset this morning.

Let’s not forget, Trump is spewing nonsense about mental illness, when he himself signed a bill revoking Obama-Era gun check for people with mental illness.

You want to fix the gun problem quickly? You shoot for changes with the guns that are involved in the vast majority of the deaths. Pistols. In an odd inverse scenario, semi-auto and AR pattern rifles make the headlines while killing much fewer people. Yes, attempt legislation for both but I’d be gunning for the bigger…

My parents came to this country undocumented, looking for a better life for themselves and for my siblings and I. We did not leave a sh*thole, but we certainly arrived at one. This country, America, is one of the most violent, inhospitable places on earth. And now the racist citizens are trying to send us back. Well…

No. Shut the hell up Trump. He was not mentally disturbed. He tortured and killed animals. That is one of the big flashy signs that he was a psychopath. The other was he actually went into a school and took the lives of 17 people and didn’t kill himself. That means he shows no remorse and just simply doesn’t care.…

Is Trump blaming this guy’s neighbors and classmates? What were they supposed to do? “Come arrest this guy, he’s disturbed”?  

Each and every one of those names sounds like it should be employed in some fashion at strip club. Dancer, bouncer, barback, dj...

“Sarah and Todd Palin married on August 29, 1988, and they have five children: sons Track Cj (born 1989) and Trig Paxson Van (born 2008), and daughters Bristol Sheeran Marie (born 1990), Willow Bianca Faye (born 1994), and Piper Indy Grace (born 2001).”

Dean Winters will always be Ryan O’Reily from Oz to me.

I don’t watch a ton of anime (nor have I watched anything terribly recently) but this is all reminding me of how much I love Azumanga Daioh. Yes, it’s a weird and funny show, but the fact that it’s basically just a simple slice of life tale about a group of girls as they go through high school is a key part of its…

I worked in a grocery store through college (where I met Mr. Penguin). I remember the women on food stamps using every coupon, every rebate, every possible trick in the book to stretch their food dollar just so they could make it to the end of the month.

I mean, I’m not really into anime but I highly suggest you look up the “otaku” part of Kotaku’s name.

You having a good time making sure everyone knows you don’t like anime, Tip?

Uh, you...haven’t been on here long, have you? I’ve been on here since the mid-2000s and anime has always had a big part to play on Kotaku.