A few more things occur to me: How is it relevant that they’re black? Is this some weird allusion to black people and swimming/boating?

Yeah, I don’t see where I say that the fact that Ducks are dangerous is common knowledge.

I’m leaving the life jackets out BECAUSE THEY ARE IRRELEVANT TO MY POINT. Which is about *the weather*. One should note *the weather* *before* deciding to take a Duck because once out, they tend to get into trouble quickly. In the event inclement weather has been forecast, my point goes, DON’T TAKE THE DUCK TOUR…

Clearly you are unable to recognize a “this was a worst case scenario; please don’t let this be you” and differentiate it from “goddamn these people were stupid and deserve what happened to them”.

I love it when people come to The Root to complain about the use of AAVE. Like, really? Clearly you understood WTF I was talking about, so please tell me again how it’s incomprehensible and no one, ever, could take me seriously if/when I use it...

Apparently the life jacket thing is dangerous in covered boats like this - which I understand, now that I’ve considered it.

(a) I’m black. (b) Please show me where I lay blame, rather than pass on information that many people obviously do not have? (c) I am also pushing back on THE BOAT OWNERS’S CLAIM that the storm was not forecast (because some of us read more than one outlet). (d) Are the people who are suggesting that life jackets are…

OK Jeanine - that’s your name, right? When Whoopi cut her eye at the camera like that, she was telling EV-ER-Y-ONE in the control room this was your last-ass chance to go right. But you chose left. And you got what you got. Why are you mad? Whoopi tried to be nice to you! She tried to talk about your book, despite the…

I was just coming here to say exactly that. What you not gone do is put your finger in the face of a middle-aged black woman and expect no repercussions. MKay? You lucky Whoopi rich and like her monies.

Here’s the thing, people: These are for-profit businesses, right? And UNLESS THE STORM IS ON TOP OF YOU, they will most likely still try to go out. If you are ever tempted to go on a Duck, please please please please please pay attention to the weather report. The storm that capsized this boat had been forecasted for…

I mean, I’ve used it as a DRYING technique...

Wait: VEGETATION OUTSIDE THE CAR as probable cause to get INTO the car? Wow. If anyone is smoking, it’s the cops, because GODDAMN that is a reach.

My mom was a cop when I was in grade school, and I remember when she explained to the principal of my Catholic school that, while they may beat them other kids, they were *not* to lay a hand on me. Period. The “or else” was silent. Of course, she followed it up with “if she NEEDS a spanking, I will happily give it to…

I praise the Lord I do not have children, because it is clear I would have laid hands on somebody by now over one of my babies.

“You do realize that, right?”

No lie: I met some (obvi white) hippie kids during ... I dunno, some ‘90s protest in DC ... anyway, they came walking into the neighborhood (Glover Park) with a full fucking grocery cart of groceries. Because they’d walked out of the store, managed to get the cart past the magnetic wheel thing without triggering it…

Misphonia, apparently.

They need to go farther and have a stern discussion with Ms. Braasch about what constitutes an emergency. And tell this flighty scared heffa that the next time she calls and it’s about a lost fellow student, or a sleeping fellow student in the common room - or any other non-emergent situation - her placement in her…

ALL THE ROASTED GARLIC IN THE WORLD

We were *deeply* confused. Like, I don’t understand. Whose name is on the paperwork? If it’s yours, that’s your MFing car! Who is paying the insurance? Who is paying for gas? Who is paying her rent and the rest of her bills? If the answer is “you”, then guess what, sir? You have all the power and control you need,…