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I can't imagine what she must be going through. It's a horrible and traumatic loss.

But the people selling her on the idea thay such a thing will ever be possible are ghoulishly preying on a grieving mom. Her son is gone and will never be alive again. There's no amount of money that can change that.

Seems like an awful lot of effort for very little reward.

Get the fuck out of here. Bigotry is judging people before you know them. We know who the democratic leadership is. There are plenty of old progressives, and almost none of them are running for something. You need young people to get involved in order to replace the old people who have died.

I think we have enough money for both, and we don't spend enough on either.

If this dopey motherfucker actually did this, I'd support it. Harvard can survive on less, and trade schools should be cheaper to encourage people learning trades.

But that's not what's happening, not even a little bit. The money isn't being redirected to where it will do more good. It's being withheld for corrupt personal reasons, and the "thought" of using it for so me thing productive is half-formed horseshit that is never going to materialize.

This is a technique Trump uses to deflect criticism, although I think it's too stupid to have a name. Let's call it the Ball Gargle. It's an idea that, in retrospect, sounds like it might be a good idea, but it's probably impossible and definitely never going to happen. So Trump does something obviously corrupt and deeply unpopular among people who aren't total fucksticks. When the people who aren't total fucksticks complain, Trump suggests ball gargling, and the fucksticks go "Yeah, see, that sounds good!" But Trump isn't going to gargle any balls, and even if he tries it wouldn't be any form of anything anyone anywhere wants.

Uber.

Scared because he was high? You shouldn't drive while high.

This is the anwer. You could always homebrew your own game and try to balance it, and you'd start to find where the game breaks. Play 10,000 games like that, and patterns will emerge. Game developers spend a lot of time playtesting, and they still miss things. Just thinking of a new twist and asking why it doesn't work is like asking why cars don't have six wheels.

Those first 6 notes of 1-2 tho...

Disfigurement? Kid's doing something wrong.

I love seeing crossovers. The cool thing about comics is you could have someone show up in another book, and then you're interested in that character so you go read those books. The movies and shows should be like that, relatively independent but with occasional references and cameos.

Like the way Matt Murdock appeared in She Hulk was enjoyable. As long as you were aware of the Netflix shows, you didn't need to have watched all the Defenders episodes to understand it. But maybe seeing him in that show made you want to check out the Netflix series.

What I don't want is like a full introduction every time a special guest character shows up. Like if Hawk Girl makes an appearance in Peacemaker Season 2, we don't need a "Hi, I'm from the Justice League and I'm an ancient alien wielding Nth Metal, how can I help you?" conversation.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory had several extremely memorable moments. The greasy lipped german dude eating the microphone. Wonka taking a crunchy bite out of an obviously wax buttercup. Cabbage and laundry soup (maybe I just combined those in my developing brain). Scooping whipped cream and jelly with your hands from giant mushrooms. Biting a giant gummy worm in the middle. Charlie scarfing down a scrumdiddlyumptious bar fast enough to choke. Burping up fizzy lifting drink. Few movies had as many memorable food moments.

When I was a kid, so many parodies and comedies had ladies jumping out of giant cakes, I really though that was going to be a thing when I grew up. It was like the opposite of quicksand.

I don't think you're wrong, but that's a different problem, one we aren't solving with pesticides. People are starving now, and poor people have drastically limited options when it comes to food. Our current subsidy structure encourages corn syrup and soy protein in almost everything we eat.

I wouldn't oppose a managed transition away from using pesticides over a reasonable amount of time, one that allows farmers to adapt to new strategies and new pricing structures. But catastrophe is upon us. Ecological indicators are all in the red, and we're experiencing the effects of climate disasters at an unyielding pace. Fires, floods, and famines are coming to a neighborhood near you, and drastic action is required immediately to even hope to slow it down. There's no avoiding it.

I'm picturing a person panicking and swatting the whole tank off the toilet, breaking the water line and spraying water everywhere.

Turning off the water will stop the tank from refilling. Closing the flapper stops the water in the tank from going into the bowl.

I would imagine most people aren't fast enough on the draw to think about doing this first step.

If the toilet is actively flushing, water will continue to drain from the tank to the bowl. Closing the flapper stops any additional water from going into the bowl.

Personally, I prefer to make sure the tank only fills enough to fill the bowl, so as long as you don't double flush, you don't need to panic and throw the lid off the tank.

Eh, those things are flexible. If you're willing to play the game, you can be inside the circle. See: Log Cabin Republicans, Raphael Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Ben Carson, you can be "one of the good ones" as long as you're willing to toe the line.

It's not that they are asocial. It's narcissism, plain and simple.

You can always get credit, the only question is how much will it cost.

If you're asking why does Best Buy offers credit cards and your dentist doesn't, it's because Best Buy might not get your sale. They want you to see the product and buy the product and if you don't have the money they want you to borrow the money without leaving the store. It's all about reducing friction between your wallet and their register.

Your dentist doesn't need to reduce those obstacles to purchasing. You need dental work, and they bill you. If you can't pay, that's a you problem.

Conservativism is, and always has been, a misdirect. It isn't an ideology. It's something you say so that it sounds like you have principles, but there are no inherently conservative principles.

Check your history books, it's always been this way.

Conservatives establish their priorities by first drawing a circle on the ground around themselves, and the deciding who is with them inside the circle. Everyone inside the circle is a member of their group, the Self. The Self is good because they are inside the circle, and the circle was drawn to define who is good.

And that's it. Everything else is a flexible derivation of that decision. Policies that are good for the Self are good because the Self is good. Policies that are bad for the Self are bad. You get the picture. Everything a Conservative does or says is in service of defending and advancing the Self's interests.

Importantly, anyone outside the circle is the Other. The Other can be bad, or they can be irrelevant. The Other cannot be good, because they aren't the Self. If the Other tries to oppose the Self, the Other is bad. If the Other does not oppose the Self or even assists the Self, they are irrelevant.

If the Self lies or cheats or murders, then those were necessary acts in service of the Self, and therefore good. If the Other acts heroically or honorably or respectfully, it is irrelevant.

The good news is that you can be inside the circle, as long as you agree to go along with the game. Support everything the Self does, oppose anything the Other does to stop you, and refuse to acknowledge the inherent ridiculousness of your lack of fundamental beliefs.