"Leftist violence is just as scary as rightist violence even if..."

Like, this is just a flatly false statement (at least in current US context), doesn't really matter what comes after the even if.

It's like the right coming back with "All Lives Matter". Like, yeah, sure, cops shouldn't murder anyone, but they seem to have a more specific problem in murdering POC in urban communities right now. Can we focus on that, please?

I think anything that can be remotely taken as "bothsiding" political violence will get reflexive pushback, regardless of how much you hammer home your underlying point that all PV is bad.

I had to pause for a second while scrolling my TL to be sure these two were related

And when I was younger, my family finally caved and started making a separate side of Stove Top just for me just to shut me up from complaining when I was a mouthy teenager.

I'm with you on all accounts here. Now that I'm old enough and the one doing the hosting, we have scrapped the traditional Thanksgiving entirely because my wife and I both don't really care for turkey and mashed potatoes.

The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.

But the wet bandits are also gods. They take fatal injury after fatal injury and they just dust themselves off and continue their relentless pursuit of Kevin. It should be horrifying, but
Kevin’s innocence obscures this.

If both parties sign a piece of paper that says we are changing the contract, the contract is changed. I get the instinctual reaction because the headline reads like the 49ers just took some unilateral action but Molly's comment seems to indicate that is not the case here.

For sure. And his contract had guarantees. His contract ALSO had a clause regarding bilateral amendment. Without ever seeing an MLB baseball contract in my life (but working with contracts), I'd bet my house on it.

I mean, that should be an idea you are comfortable with? From a contract perspective, it surely has language allowing for amendment with agreement from both parties (bilateral). If they are both onboard, they should be free to part ways however they see fit, no?

How about a Rom Com set in Altoona, PA where the out-of-town business guy falls for the local woman running the last pizza parlor serving Altoona-style pizza and he has been sent to foreclose? He is initially disgusted by the local concoction, but eventually falls for the pizza and the girl.

I don't know how anyone can see photos/videos of volcanic lightning and not immediately understand why a primitive people would see that and think "Yeah, a god lives in that thing. And he's pissed"

I believe he said your inability to choose between the two is part of the reason we can't have nice things.

Convenient use of ... there.

Looking forward to fixing these wagers with drunken behavior JUST up to the line of criminality while placing bets through proxies.

What do you mean social media is discoverable?

This one broke my brain a little.