The actual (non-binding) vote in 2020 was 52-48%. A win, but not overwhelming (There was plebiscite in 2017 but it was plagued by boycotts and low turnout). There are complicated feelings on the island about its relationship with the mainland. My guess is that they probably would vote for statehood, but with…

Can someone please explain why the advisor was from a different school in OK? I mean, I get we can work remotely now, but that seems off? Is this sort of thing common?

I’m not sure I agree with this. I mean, even if kids are less likely to carry and transmit this (and I’m pretty sure we don’t know that for sure), there are a LOT more of them at schools. They WILL carry the virus and teachers and staff WILL get sick. It’s almost a statistical certainty. Is that worth opening schools…

I hate this. I’m angry that we are in this situation and livid at how badly we have screwed up in this country. And it’s not even my kids that will see the worst of this. 

I have a 2012 27-inch iMac and that workhorse has been great, but yeah, that price. I hate to say it, but I think I may be priced out. I really like their computers, but they are getting more expensive for what you get. It may be time to look outside Apple for my next desktop (although the old iMac is still going…

I would like to think that I would not be judged by the fact that I used to watch the show. I have surely grown as a person, but I did engage and it was once part of who I am. I was in college during the Man Show and watched it and laughed. Sure some of the jokes seemed off-color and some of the sexism was…

Well the source material is definitely racist, and that makes it difficult to justify keeping it. Just because they removed the tar-baby references doesn’t mean that the stereotyping and other problematic associations are gone. 

Dear lord this is long overdue. I went with my family last summer after a long time and the mention of “tar baby” was worse than cringe-worthy. I think my daughter missed it, but yeah.

I (a white guy) lived in Zambia for several years. Was I treated differently? Absolutely! Was it sometimes negative? Very (VERY) rarely! Did I experience black on white racism? NO. Dear lord no! LOLOLOLOL! NO. White people have NEVER experienced the racism that black people have faced anywhere, anytime. Period. If you…

So we just relocated after being evacuated from abroad. I had heard about the shortages but was still shocked when I saw the store shelves. We came after the rush and now we are out of luck. Now I am home with my spouse and two kids and we only have the TP that came with the AirBNB (and paper towels, why are they sold…

This is actually more worrying. This guy is a career foreign service officer, a bureaucrat. Those other guys you mentioned are political appointees and can be expected to be hacks or horrible people (or both!). For all of the right’s rambling about the “deep state” it’s this kind of infiltration that is worrying.…

I get the overall point of the article, that we are not going to do this anytime soon (i.e. neither we nor our children at LEAST), and that we should be focusing the majority of our time and effort on making sure our planet remains habitable. But I do take issue with the overall framing. It is true that living…

I remember when SF2 Turbo came out for the SNES, I spent ALL my allowance on it, and it was $80 at Toys R Us. That is $146 today! I’m not saying that games should be that expensive (I did play the heck out of that game though), but it goes to show that we are paying far less than we used to for AAA titles.

This is so, so dumb.

This! When I heard there was going to be a GotG movie with Rocket Raccoon and Groot, I knew that the source material was there and that it “could” be good if they followed it. The Eternals? I liked Gaiman’s series, but I lost interest pretty quickly when it became apparent that these characters just weren’t that…

My brothers and I were on an overnight trip to Ireland when we were in our twenties. We had bought a bottle of Jameson’s from duty-free (yes, on our way to Ireland) and proceeded to have a glass or two...or three, it gets fuzzy. We were loud and obnoxious, but the thing I remember most clearly is all three of us…

You know what? They should all step away. Yes it means that a Republican will take over the governorship, but this? Dems have to clean their own house. I know Republicans don’t care, but that’s the point and that matters even in VA. I’m willing to put up with a Republican VA for two year because it would be impossible…

For me it was after my kid was born. I wanted to post pics of my daughter but my wife did NOT want any. I lamented that it was the best way to keep in touch with our friends all over, but she was adamant and I wasn’t about to go against her wishes.

I’m not crying, it’s just dusty in here... SHUT UP!!!

Came here for these meme. Was not disappointed.