Glum but earnest: Thanks for reminding me about that item I was trying to forget was on my to do list.
I think about this all the fucking time. How horrific it is for anybody & that includes all those neurodivergent kids and the parents helpless to get them to a better situation or give them a reasonable explanation. Shit, life can be so hard for both parents & kids WHEN NOT in a concentration camp.
You've blown my mind. I feel almost sure I heard some Bible teacher or youth group pastor talk about the antique connotations of "awesome" -- why else would I have believed it so thoroughly for so long?
I love how most of them face the same direction that language is read in that country. (And love how you standardized it.)
I have somehow raised children who do NOT hear this distinction, even though it’s a hill I’d personally die on. This is what I get for fleeing the old country (New England). Sunrise, sunset.
Just yesterday,
Me: Ugh, where is my brain?
8-year-old: With Spock’s, to run the computer.
God, I loved this show. Such good taste at such a young age. No, I will not be watching it again to see how it holds up.
Y'all ever look up a word and feel like maybe you fell into a parallel universe where you don't speak the right English?
If you have a dream about getting a donut, you have to then get a donut, right? That’s the scientific consensus?
Cancelling plans is okay. Putting yourself first is okay. Going for a long walk is okay. Abandoning society is okay. Moving into a cave with a family of raccoons is okay. Giving them tiny swords & shields is okay. Do what you need to do to cope.
A 40-FOOT WALL OF STICKY SUGAR!
(I’m originally from the Boston area, too! My fav local sugary sense memory is how you could smell the old NECCO wafer factory in Cambridge, near MIT, on certain days, long after it had stopped manufacturing candy.)
My brother-in-law is a physician and watching him measure out a palmful of acetaminophen or ibuprofen for himself is like watching someone absently eat M&Ms.
Perhaps triggering an Airborne Toxic Event? …Nah, that’d never work.
fun fact, there is an “I Survived” kids chapter book AND graphic novel about this. Children of the 21st century are way up to date on sugary liquid disasters.
Submarine disaster lit fans everywhere perk up.
Finally, @johngreenart.bsky.social fans can do some legit Waffledile cosplay.
Hmm, I prefer the Russian roulette-style thrill of “DID I Take My Meds? 🤔”
Perfect skeet.
I joke that I had kids so my husband would have someone else to play board games with… but AM I joking?
(tbh it’s just learning NEW games that makes me want to claw my eyes out. Listening to other ppl’s disjointed explanations, without mentally wandering off to pick daisies, is my final boss.)
To be fair, there are a lot of people who would respond in the same way some folks do if you reveal you haven’t seen some iconic movie, e.g. over-the-top shock, ribbing, insistence on forcing it upon you immediately to change your mind.
True story, a twitter thread talking about this tendency is what led me to eventually getting diagnosed with ADHD. Novelty! Paper goods! The promise of being a completely different kind of person!
Committing to A Notebook. One. Always. made a huge difference for my level of ADHD (dis)organization. Sometimes it’s a bujo, sometimes it’s not, but at least I’m not looking for that one post-it that was maybe in a pocket from something I wore last week to that one thing.
Their FAMILIES?! Like, innocent children? Yeah, no, that’s just being exactly the same as them.
When we blew through 2024 with neither the Irish Reunification or the Bell Riots, I got a really bad feeling about which universe we‘re living in.
Ooh, say more?
Yeah, exactly. Him trying to claim it's part of some glorious shared "culture" (read: lack of melanin) is idiotic and just part of his stupid race-based hate agenda.
Yeah, MY DAD grew up having to hide the fact that he was Irish in order to get a job. The idea that we’re one big happy homogenous white culture is just as bullshit as the idea that diversity is a weakness.
Ah yes, the famously Irish culture of America, where help wanted signs said “no Irish need apply” less than a hundred years ago.
This mofo trying to big tent his white supremacist shit is exhausting.
OR FOOD WITHOUT WORMS? Jesus. Who are their shareholders, executives, employees? I have a few pointed questions.
Is this the origin of the song?! ‘Elsie was a mighty fine cow, she was a friend of mine (moo moo moo).’ Can’t remember the names of half my neighbors, but that’s just lodged firmly forever in my gray matter.
