Science fiction was invented by a woman: Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein, is usually given this credit.

Peak America? Piffle!

I’d suggest we re-implement debtor’s prisons, so we can punish people and their entire families for their inability to pay back their credit cards like in some god-awful Dickensian dystopia... but I’m pretty sure that somewhere in the US, exactly that is going on.

In regards to CNN’s target audience: a friend’s grandpa passed away a couple of years ago. Before his death, he voted mostly democrat, but only because he was an old union guy, and he otherwise aligned fairly well with republicans on most issues, ie. casual racism, homophobia, general dislike for anyone who was the…

I don’t have any real evidence for this, but I feel like CNN used to lean to the left, but shifted away in the last few years. Even now I don’t think they intentionally lean right, I think they’re just incredibly stupid and awful, and that causes them to incedentally align with conservative principles pretty…

I’d say his candidacy is an insult to the GOP and all it’s supporters, even if they’re mostly too stupid to get it. I mean, the man is not and has never been a conservative, and clearly doesn’t believe in any conservative values except for maybe racism (but I’m not convinced he even believes in that- he might be…

The message the school is sending out here is “don’t give in to bullies, it only makes them worse! Well, unless they bully you or something. Then you should totally give in.”

I was always a fan of occasionally sneaking some gin out of the liquor cabinet and watering down what was left in the bottle so it wasn’t visibly obvious, intentionally coming home 20 minutes after my curfew just to be a dick, and copious sass.

Heard a rumor in middle school about how that one girl* went on a rollercoaster and had an orgasm because of the vibration => grow up to be a extremist conservative religious nutcase => spread and enforce the confused belief that rollercoasters are the devil’s sex toy.

I personally find HURRGBLARGLE QUEERS to be a pretty compelling motivation for many things.

Princesses are only supposed to get rescued by princes. If a princess gets rescued by another princess, it’s hella gay.

If you look close enough at the sort of people who conflate any sort of cultural exchange with appropriation and oppression (ie, white people aren’t allowed to do yoga, eat Thai food, or convert to Buddhism under any circumstances,) you frequently get a funny feeling that the real intention behind it has less to do…

Can we get a list of all the current GOP candidates and the demostratably false claims they’ve made? Like this, Fiorina’s imaginary Planned Parenthood videos, Carson’s stabbing and mom-assaulting, and whatever else? I know there’s so many more incidences of the clown car membership telling silly, obvious lies that can…

What does that have to do with this story about a walmart in Albany, NY?

I’m pretty sure that’s exactly the plan for Republican Debate nuber 23 or so, seeing as by that time, the moderator won’t be allowed to ask the candidates any questions whatsoever because “answering questions is hard and the moderators are sooo mean to us!”

Oddly enough, it’s both: A kitten who steals other kittens.

I’ve consumed many blizzards as well, and I believe I’ve gained several pounds. Perhaps being fat is a magical power.

I’m not so sure the intent is good at all. This law wasn’t designed to prevent drug use during pregnancy. The real goal was to make the politicians who wrote and voted for the bill look like they’re ‘tough on crime’ or ‘anti-drugs’ or whatever. The intended beneficiaries of this law were never women, babies, or even…

I’ve got a funny suspicion that if the corporation could get in trouble for their franchisees breaking labor laws, then corporations would suddenly become very, very good at enforcing the rules.

Totally fair- I didn’t mean to suggest that all of tumblr consists of ill-informed and angry teenagers. There’s plenty of good to be found there as well, including a decent number of well-informed and reasonable teenagers fighting for social justice. It’s just that I’ve recently been poking around the blog of someone…