If you have to explain the joke, it’s not funny. She failed miserably on this one- and she failed at a time when she needed to hit the mark.

I hate them. I hate them all. God damn, it should be better than this. Why pursue intelligent discourse and utilize empathy if you can just shout “bestiality!”. Stupid fuckers.

It totally got colder suddenly. Not your imagination or placement at all.

Mine are idiots. Delightful ones, mind you, but idiots nonetheless. A kinder way would be to call them “unimaginative, yet hopeful”. They may smell the food, but not think to look up.

This is definitely one that’s been used in the past. See also: Gay marriage and the “What’s to stop someone from marrying their dog if we allow two men to marry each other?” line of thought.

Yep. Looked like everything got a little dimmer, and there was a cold wind suddenly here too. I think we were around the 85% of totality. It was neat, but, as you say, not a profoundly moving and wondrous experience. I can imagine a group setting where it was 100% might be cool, as large groups of people amplify…

This is based strictly on observation. My two don’t- we tested them (inadvertently) by leaving food out on the counter and leaving the house for a time. It was still there when we got home, which amazed me. It was notable to us because goldens are so driven by food they will eat fluff off the carpet on the off chance…

Because they have more sense than people, it would seem...

There has to be greater definition for bad-ass than “didn’t like slavery.”

It already happened here on the West Coast. I was waiting for the footage to be posted- my phone camera just couldn’t do the explosion justice. Thanks! I’ll send this in warning to my in-laws further east. I shall title it “YOU’RE NEXT”

My profoundly idiotic sister in law was so worried about this it kept her up last night feverishly sending warnings via FB to everyone on her friends list with pets.

As does my anthroposophic practitioner. An eclipse is the perfect time to align all your humors and allow for your blood to propel itself with more vitality. 

THAT’S MEEE!!!

Sometimes you can answer your own question, just by looking at the words you find yourself typing. I find myself doing this daily. The more incredulity I insert into the mix, the more likely it’s true, and oh my god people are so dumb.

Schizophrenia would seem to me a mitigating circumstance. I was under the impression that disregulated brains were a consideration in criminal trials. How could one even think about criminally charging a 12 year old with a schizo disorder?

Violent Femmes? My goodness. I’ve been to two of their concerts in the 90's and did not observe mosh pits at either. Mind you, they were in small venues (in Canada- so, really polite people?) and to me, it seemed like the entire crowd was just jumping up and down in sync- which was really amazing in itself. I’m…

I’ve often wondered about that too. I think it’s likely a great way to release all sorts of pent up aggression in a non combative way. It’s pseudo fighting, same as rugby, American football, etc.

This commercial never fails to amuse me. Wear headphones if you are somewhere public.

They would not be thinking “Where did the sun go? It’s noticeably dimmer all of a sudden!”. There exists such a thing called “clouds”, which obscure the sun quite frequently and they don’t question those. Now, if the eclipse had a sound, they might be more inclined to be curious or concerned.

I think you may have answered your own question there.