The police do not care about porch pirates.

I honestly do not know why the conservatives demonized Hillary so much

Easy way to move the Overton window.

faint echoes of “I heard that!” in the distance

Mordor, probably.

I had a crush on Christine when I was like 7. Pepperidge Farm remembers.

is no longer an audience member for anything Nickelodeon-related

You’re not going to Heaven 
Eat a thousand crackers, sing a million hymns 
None of you are going to Heaven 
You’re not my children, you’re a bad game of Sims

A lot of my favorites are already on Nebula. I’d ask the rest to follow but that would require a google account.

Has anyone seen Frank Bennedetto? He might be able to help with the popcorn sitch. Also, he still owes me five bucks.

Pretty sure they don’t usually do that.

Her opponents:

• Black mayor of a majority-minority lower-income city
• Jewish mayor of a neighboring majority-minority immigrant sanctuary city
• Black/immigrant teacher’s union leader
• Jewish legislator running on rightwing talking points
• White lapdog for the mob boss in the southern part of the state who has been deeply embedded in politics for decades

I would have preferred any of the first three listed, but when people call NJ solidly blue, that blue is on a national level, and leans heavily corporatist/“centrist.”. “White ex-military mom” is about as centrist as it got here, which unfortunately is what flies on the state level. The dem machine is thoroughly corrupt, and progressives don’t get much traction outside of their districts. The solid blue narrative really falls apart once you start getting local. There’s a band of blue that roughly follows population density between NY and Philly, with pockets of red where the pockets are deeper. Parts of the NW and SE are basically Alabama.

The current D governor (a milquetoast investment banker) is the first two-term dem since the 70s, and the second term was by a hair (to the current R nominee). He replaced two-term clown turned national clown Chris Christie.

People like to shit on NJ because of Jersey Shore memes and the areas around NYC being mostly concrete, swamp, and/or industrial. Save it. There’s plenty of real issues to dunk on. If the shade you’re throwing comes from an informed perspective, it’s more effective.

On a side note, I was very wrong about my predictions a few weeks ago. I was convinced that either the lapdog or the DINO was going to win… mostly because of campaign advertising. Sherrill completely ignored my area aside from some preliminary feelers early on. But she had the backing of the machine (which I was not aware of), and, well, here we are.

And have you ever seen a hurricane? Not on TV. Not on “satellite images” (which are just more made up computer pictures). I mean with your own eyes.

Indeed I have.

Hurricanes, nor’easters, the occasional derecho… a few tornados have been too close for comfort but nothing I could see. Have heard the freight train sound though.

Personally I blame those weird domes made of triangles. They’re definitely causing the weather. cocks shotgun

The ship is far from sinking, and not recognizing that we’re stuck with Trump until he dies is wishful thinking.

It’s a primary, vot for something, you’ll never have to hold your nose in a primary.

It’s a nice notion and all, but in far too many locations, people have to vote strategically even in the primary. Very specific example: my state has a gubernatorial election coming up this year. Red and blue primaries are loaded. One of the blue candidates is a lapdog for the state mob boss power broker. Another blue candidate is a sleazeball with money to have been running conservative talking point ads for the past two months. The rest of the field is a mix of middle of the road types and various levels of progressive. At least some of them are there to split the vote, which is historically what the mob boss power broker has done to protect his people (like, say, his little brother) from getting primaried once entrenched. Whoever survives the primary is likely going to do so with only ~30-40% of the vote. If I vote by platform, it’s effectively tossing my vote away. The only chance at avoiding the sleazeball or lap dog is everyone unifying behind some other (likely) moderate. Failing that, the governor’s race is going to mirror the presidential, with someone at best unlikable vs whatever the conservative grift machine turns out.

And in other more local races, the primary is the election. Shit is that deeply embedded here. Being in a solid blue district has its upshots. Fair and open primaries aren’t one of them.

Stay back, everyone! You might catch the woke mind virus!

At this point I’m convinced that the terrors are persisting out of spite for me, personally.

if you’re in academia you should be able to produce a five paragraph essay.

So, K-12 is “academia” now?

Being able to produce a narrative is an essential life skill.

Lots of essential life skills are difficult for lots of people. Something we get reminded about every time it comes up by people who have no clue what they’re talking about yet see fit to tell others what they should and shouldn’t do, and how to feel about it.

The world isn’t going to cater to you

No fucking shit.

your self diagnosed executive dysfunction

I’m sorry Dr. Jackson, I’ll have to let my old neurologist, psychologist, neuropsychologist, and psychiatrist know that The Internet told me that the assessments I had done at ages 23 and 44 are all in my head.

learning to adapt is probably a useful habit.

You’re right! I’m just going to do that instead of being in constant psychological agony. Where were you all of my life? ❤️ If only I had someone talking down to me saying Just Do The Thing over and over again, from childhood onwards, life would have been so much easier.

🤡

…so you just gonna leave everyone in suspense? The internet loves armchair psychology!

Hi,

I would have failed every single one of your tests. Not because I don’t understand the material, or the English language, but because structured writing, to this day, makes me seize up. Blank space is one of my biggest triggers for executive dysfunction/PDA. Turning everything into a cookie-cutter essay is just a different form of trying to fit everyone into the same box. More selective than making everything multiple guess, but no better. I feel bad for your students.

Signed,

Former “gifted” kid (with then-undiagnosed AuDHD) who got sick of bad teachers 30+ years ago

But… but… this one is obviously well-trained.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on glue.