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Please us "Democratic" when using it as an adjective. "Democrat" is the noun.

When you use "Democrat" as an adjective, that's the Republican framing - intentionally bad grammar because supposedly it sounds better to emphasize the "rat" or something. Because their brain never advanced beyond 6th grade.

The Thing really messed me up as a kid! Oof!

He's not Kennough.

That's some spicy Cantonese!

Christopher Armitage has some good ideas of how the Blue states can fight back against capricious federal government and irresponsible red moocher states.

https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/trump-cut-funding-to-16-dem-states

and...

https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-soft-secession

Fun fact: If you're joking about rape, it's probably not a good joke.

Preview: 6-3 "Only legal if Republican presidents do it."

Judge is complicit.

Except for Microsoft Teams, because they don't need that now, right?

Something like liquid smoke?

why do you yuck someone else's yum?

Unfortunately, that's not how vaccines work. They only work if the stupid people and the non-stupid people all get vaccinated to create herd immunity.

Kinda the same deal as COVID. It will affect the people getting vaccinations, too. And some regular people cannot have vaccinations, for good reasons. So, this affects people outside of the group of stupids.

I wonder which dumb half of the nation that would be? /s

Reminder to everyone - tip a few bucks to the server! It's worth it!

Brother (gender neutral)

"Sibling"?

I've found that Imposter Syndrome is really common. Even people that I admire that are rockstars in the industry I'm in also have Imposter Syndrome.

Maybe the weirdos are the ones without Imposter Syndrome?

"That is a fucking idiotic idea."

Attacks the idea, not the person. Probably will be the same result, because they probably were a fucking idiot to believe that stuff, and they are very attached to stupid ideas.

Have you tried some good alternatives to meat? Like, try seitan* crumbles in a taco. With all the spices and other toppings it's really hard to tell the difference. Also, I find it almost impossible to tell an Impossible Whopper with Cheese from a regular Whopper with Cheese, after all the glop they put on it. I know those are both bottom-of-the-barrel meat choices, but maybe branch out and try a thing or two. If you don't like it - no biggie.

I've tried casually dipping my toes into the vegetarian pool with just occasional meat substitutions. Occasionally I find something that's "No way" but more often than not, I find something that is also really tasty. It's not meat, but it's also tasty in a different way, so I don't miss meat as much. I've found vegetarian dishes I actually like. My biggest problem however is getting enough protein in my diet when I start eating mostly veggies.

[* Seitan only if you can handle gluten. Because, it's like 100% gluten! ]

Oh, that is definitely true in the U.S.

Also, I've found that rail travel is inconvenient in the U.S. I can't confirm, but it seems like the Amtrak only comes through my (Midwest) area once a week, on Wednesdays or something like that. So, if I plan a trip, I need to plan around.

Midwest to the East Coast is so much cheaper and faster by air. I want to travel by rail - and you'd think it should be cheaper - but it's totally not.

Part of it, I believe, is that Amtrak leases the usage of the rail lines from the shipping companies, so it must adhere to their schedules of shipping freight. The USA spends so much on upgrading its highway system; if they used a fraction of that money towards rail travel we would be set. But certain companies keep lobbying Congress to keep us locked in a model where we are totally reliant on cars and gasoline.

"Finally, a nipple!"