I have to assume that any witch selling curses on Etsy doesn’t believe in the Rule of Three.

I wonder how many really identify as witches and actually cast the spells people pay them for.

You’ll have to add a couple of instances of “dang ol’” on your own to make that work.

How is a city spending $200k per homeless resident and still not providing them with housing?

That’s more than 8 years’ worth of rent/mortgage at $2k per month. And even longer in a more reasonably-priced home.

I understand there are more expenses than just rent, but I also understand that it’s nearly impossible to get a job if you don’t have a permanent residence. If we’ve got a homelessness crisis that includes working families, why wouldn’t the states want to help those families?

A rent/mortgage assistance program seems like it would do a lot more long-term good than simply “cleaning up” encampments.

The right to roam was something I found really charming and fascinating when I visited Scotland. We took a tour to see some standing stones and other ancient monuments, and I was shocked to find out that several of our destinations were in people’s sheep pastures.

Our guide was really strict about our not littering (duh) or feeding the sheep (which I never would have dreamed of doing). He said that in some of the more popular places, the farmers have lost livestock to idiot tourists feeding them whatever junk food they have on hand.

But some people apparently really want fudge, pancakes, and old-time photographs!

I always lived in states where deer hunting was a pretty common pastime. The first time I went to a zoo in South America, I cracked up when we got to the display of white-tailed deer.

When I lived in the US, I lived in cities on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. People who weren’t used to river traffic would get excited about riverboats and barges.

And people from other climates always got excited about snow. Even the slightest flurries were cause for celebration.

Now I live in the Andes, and the exciting things here that the locals take for granted (or even count as nuisances) are the volcanoes. I can see one from my apartment. Four years in, and I still admire it every day.

In the UK, the thing I thought was fascinating was just the sheer amount of history literally everywhere. Like, 2000-year-old stone monuments in people’s sheep pastures. It made me understand how extraordinarily young my native country and my current home country both are.

Breonna Taylor’s ghost would like a word.

Seriously, her boyfriend was arrested (but acquitted) for returning fire in their home when police had no lights, no sirens, and no bullhorn.

This officer’s advice does not apply anywhere that no-knock warrants can still be obtained.

The neighbors heard 22 shots. Most of that could have been a pray-and-spray tactic by the homeowner.

Teacher here. I have had exactly one coworker whom I would trust to carry a gun at school, and he would refuse to do it. Not to mention the possibility that a student (or group of students) could overpower a teacher and take their gun.

“More guns in schools” is not the answer.

This. Times 1000.

Kids aren’t born with internet-connected devices in their hands. Adults give devices to them and then walk out of the room.

Would you let the average internet poster or YouTuber babysit your kid? Because that’s literally what you’re doing.

I grew up in the '80s and '90s. My mom did her best to pay attention to the shows/movies I was watching, the books I was reading, the music I was listening to. And up until I was about 13, it was all very tightly controlled. It’s still possible to have that kind of oversight, but it’s more work than a lot of parents are willing to do.

I live outside the US now, and most of my elementary-school students have parents who very tightly control their screen time and actively monitor their usage. The kids have sports training, dance classes, and other activities that get them out in the world. It’s very, very different from the kids I used to teach in the US.

Donald Trump: I’ve never heard of Project 2025. I don’t know what it is. I’m not a part of it.

Also Donald Trump: Appoints Project 2025 authors to high positions in his administration, signs a ton of Project 2025 policies as EOs on Day 1.

Once you learn how to live on very little money out of necessity, living comfortably within your means as your wages increase doesn’t feel like such a bad thing.

And anyone who has been without a safety net understands that keeping a buffer in their bank account feels way better than splurging on impulsive luxuries.

GenX checking in. I know so many Boomers who got factory jobs with pensions out of high school and stayed with them for 35 or 40 years. They were able to raise families on a single income (or maybe have a spouse who worked part-time). They had nice homes, new-ish cars, and could afford to take their families on vacations. They built equity and were able to upgrade to McMansions in the late '90s and early '00s.

Meanwhile, my friends and I have advanced degrees and we have to look for new jobs every 5 years just to try to beat inflation.

Our parents climbed the ladder our grandparents built, and then they pulled it up after them. At this point, none of us can afford to quit working to care for them as they age, so anything we would have inherited will likely be paid to nursing homes.

Hooray for late-stage capitalism, I guess?

If you’re in the US and you or your coworkers are anywhere near retirement age, your employer is screwing people out of Social Security income. It’s based on the amount you make on average over a certain number of years of working. If the amount reported and taxed as Social Security income is less than your actual income, it can affect your payments.

If the system is still solvent when you retire, that is.

This is the correct answer. Notice that they have no compunction about punishing parents who secure gender-affirming care for their trans kids, but there has been zero discussion of holding parents responsible for their kids’ internet usage.

Far-right groups in the US have been crying “Big Brother” about everything for years because their whole plan has been to create a surveillance state where to gather information about dissenters. Every accusation is a confession with these people.

In “at will” states in the US, you can be fired without cause and without notice. So do your homework before you decide not to follow company policy.

• Lord of the Rings trilogy
• The Matrix
• Dodgeball
• South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
• Best in Show
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Pride and Prejudice (2005)
• Jennifer’s Body
• Die Hard
• The Cabin in the Woods

I have said for a long time that the number of bisexual people must be huge. All of these right-wingers seem to be equally attracted to men and women, so they’re obviously bi and choosing to ignore part of their own sexuality.

That was my first thought as well.