I know someone in this circumstance, and it comes down to exactly one issue: abortion. The spouse is Roman Catholic and cannot support abortion, so despite disagreeing with most of the republican platform, they feel obligated to vote with the party that opposes it. I had the same thing crop up in 2008 with a roommate who was Greek Orthodox and in every way one of the most progressive people I knew, but they voted McCain purely on this one issue out of religious guilt.

A Pynchon-level conspiracy. I suspect we’ll be seeing some more dentist-on-trampoline accidents.

I learned something new! Thanks for the correction.

seeking to chill Defendant Musk’s exercise of his First Amendment rights is absolutely unconstitutional coming from a government official

Oh wait but he wouldn’t have any 1st amendment protections if (let’s face it, when) he lied to get that H1-B back in the day

This is an opinion I’ve held and, as you’re getting some flak for, I have as well. Apathy of voting just for the sake of D or R is one thing, but apathy to the point of not even caring who wins is even worse. As the saying goes, elections have consequences, and you can at least do something for or against those consequences. It really comes down to how willing you are to be cognizant of having an ideology or just getting sucked into one.

Enjoy the view from the crusty chair in the corner on loan from Vance, ya dud.

Insert James Acaster here: “What’s the matter, guys? Too challenging for you?“

The article said nothing about intellectual disability, but it did suggest some older people contextually from their complaints. Here’s an actual citation from one of the complaints that I think sums it up perfectly:

Now, i’m an intelligent [person], at least I consider myself that to be. I am a huge fan of elon musk and tesla. I only bit into this because it did sound too good to be true.

Vance said that he had not heard the joke and that “maybe it’s a stupid racist joke” or “maybe it’s not”

Schrödinger’s racism, apparently

Yes, and I do appreciate your specific link. My frustrations are with the NYT and their business model as a whole.

Cool. Now don’t paywall it, ya fucks.

Coincidentally also the passphrase for Mar-a-lago

My phone plan just dropped the $10/month discount for autopay because they’re price-gouging shit garglers. The second I clicked on the “port out number” option, they put up a banner offering $10/mo off for the next year. I do appreciate not waiting three hours on the phone just to turn down the offer anyway. MVNO it is!

Frisky Dingo nailed it almost 20 years ago.

You get paid in a lithium battery fire that just keeps on giving

Inevitably it will only be covered by Medicare, commence pulling apart the grilled cheese sandwich.

We already have the Dead Kennedys, and Jello Biafra is fine

Maybe I’m an optimist, but perhaps this will simultaneously scare off the conspiracy paranoids/lead paint crowd and ensure quality organs go to deserving and rational patients.