Yes, but that’s because they were trained professionals (see below). Why would someone without such rigorous instruction do it?

Don’t be so harsh; Ryan is just trying to one-up Matt Novak on ridiculous Nazi-themed freakouts: https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/flying-saucer-toy-recalled-for-teaching-kids-that-nazis-1827096609

Right, the people trying to argue in various places for an analogy with using a swastika are showing their own ignorance — the swastika (whether by itself or clutched by an eagle) was THE principal public symbol of Nazism, whereas Aryanist myths about Ultima Thule were somewhat fringy even in Nazi Germany itself and…

You’re joking, but the Nazis did try to claim (based on bogus “racial science”) that a bunch of ethnic groups we would usually describe today as non-white were actually “Aryans”: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/15/nazis-considered-sioux-extension-native-americans-aryans-2/

The swastika has a much more high profile association with Nazism than Ultima Thule. (Even most actual Nazi party members probably didn’t give a shit about the Aryanist mythic version of Ultima Thule.)

They’re bad in big numbers but deadly on their own.

Except this isn’t copyright infringement unless the font used for the text on the poster is copyrighted.

My girls are listening to the men sing about how they only want a woman who looks good and can cook, and there is no sense without context that those views are objectionable. I had to do some serious explaining on those.

The behavior is still stupid even if it’s easier to give in than to put up with harassment or if he promised to leave her alone after that (since, based on his past conduct, there would be no reason to believe giving in would stop the harassment or that he would honor such a promise).

I always thought “Hoosier” was a nickname for someone from Indiana and that “Indianan” was more proper? (Chrome spellcheck seems to bear this out in that it didn’t flag “Indianan” as being wrong when I typed it.)

You-TAWN, in my experience.

Walks around maskless like Superman, presumably!

Starred for Enya.

I didn’t quit, but I did do a double take at that one. (It’s an especially bizarre take given that Novak seems to be treating Harriot’s piece on the Bird Box as being serious — the made-for-TV movie version of The Langoliers kills off all the POC and disabled characters....)

It’s not pretending to follow another religion to merely attend a service at a different religion’s house of worship....

Is it not considered insulting to attend the church services for a religion you don’t believe in while visiting a location whose community you aren’t a part of?

What was wrong with the action figure?  I don’t remember having any problems with it (unlike the figures with plastic capes that inevitably ripped off of them).

If we conservatively assume the average depth of the crater is 100 meters, that would be approximately 528 billion cubic meters of ice. If Martian water ice converts to liquid water at the same ratio as Earth water does, that’s approximately 484 trillion liters of water, so I’m thinking we’re at least good on water…

Not knowing anything about the character, I thought it was a legitimate question.

So if I’m interpreting Elasti-Woman’s poster correctly, she’s using her powers to redistribute her weight to her legs, right?