No, it’s religion thats at the root of this (and many) problem(s).

This should’ve been a thing in the Orville.

How do you know?

I guess we will find out. Hopefully sooner rather than any later than it’s already been.

~We certainly live in interesting times.~

I like @[email protected]’s better. 😊

~Disclaimer: This is a joke and not an endorsement for eating silica gel packs.~

~Disclaimer 2: I am not, nor have never been, a shill for the Silica Gel Industry.~

We’ve been coddled all our lives. We as a country need to have to affect us personally to wake us up to it. And when we wake up, all hell will break loose; for that I’m sure.

Yeah that doesn’t mean anything. It’s common (and lazy) to make the one error message for both first and last name.

Context.

Ok…

🤣 😂

~Well done! 👏~

Chipotle Mexican Grill, which operates thousands of U.S.-based stores, faulted consumer weakness for disappointing sales…

There ya go. Blame the very people for something that’s not their fault that you depend on for your overpriced luxury foods, clothing, houses, and yachts.

~That sounds like a good strategy to win them back.~

Leprechaums

Aren’t those the cheap Temu versions of Leprechauns? I heard they arrive broken; if they arrive at all.

Back in… (counts on fingers)… early 90s… I used to take typewriter classes in Junior High, and we would do ascii art right before holiday breaks.

It also outlined how one instance in which Ms Zwerner allegedly told Ms Parker that the child was in a “violent mood” and had made threats against another child.

Ms Parker allegedly “had no response” and refused to “even look up” when concerns about the child were brought to her.

Ms Parker’s lawyer argued that she could not have known what would happen, and that Ms Zwerner has exaggerated the extent of her injuries.

Could not have known? Despite being told the child was making threats to other students?

And exaggerated the extent of her injuries? She was fucking shot by a 6 yo. What’s to exaggerate?

Wasn’t this an episode of Dexter?

The ONE time I hoped the Internet didn’t lie to me. 😢

Hm. This is a great question.

I have always been a chatty guy, despite it sometimes causing me grief of one kind or another. While I don’t specifically have memories of conversations with my folks (when I was young), I no doubt had them.

That said, I’ve also always been a widely misunderstood person (at least to my mind); I never seemed to conform to people’s expectations (even today to a degree). I have developed severe trust issues because of this, especially among my family bloodline; as such, I have cut off all communication with everyone on my side of the family* — even if they never actually hurt me (sorry Egg!!).

* By this, I mean I do not talk to anyone older than me in my family (I am the youngest); I do however go to great lengths to talk to my children every day; even if it’s about nothing in particular. I also do not shy away from sharing stories of my childhood, or how they’ve affected me, as I firmly believe that they deserve the truth, and also should learn from my (and my family’s) mistakes. Suffice it to say, I do believe that my children are doing much better in life than I ever did when I was their age, so maybe it’s working.🤞

You’re missing the equal sign between the q and the search query, and this causes the link to not work. Here is the correct URL I believe you were going for:

https://www.google.com/search?q="Alfred+E.+Neuman"&udm=2

When I was in the 8th grade, I distinctly remember one day getting off the bus and making my way to homeroom, and a thought occurred to me: “I still have four more years of school before I graduate. I’ll never make it!”

I’m typing this approximately 35 years later. I never did make it through high school; I dropped out three times (the third time the school asked that I not come back). Ironically, I graduated with my masters last year.

~Talk about a wild ride.~

Consider it a sign to tell which people to avoid like the plague.