Would he be told about this plan? It’d certainly be more convincing if he didn’t know, and was set up by the RNC.

It took fewer time, too.

The story I’ve heard is “What does a ‘good cop’ get for sticking their neck out for what is right?” “Fired.”

I agree with your sentiment though. I don’t know how to fix it, but we need an overhaul of the system.

For a while, I thought ‘The Picard Maneuver’ was a Community with how often I would see your posts. Please do.

“FUCK, I came for longer than 5 seconds. Now I have to go through the factory reset AGAIN.”

Sort of, but she gave most people realistic names, it’s only with people further outside the central narrative that gets weird, and it goes further than just the name. I referred to my made-up character as ‘European’ and used common Spanish and Italian last names, which would be weird, but fine by itself. However, imagine if they were the ONLY white character in the entire book, and JK only wrote about how “Lombardi loved pasta and naps” as their main characteristics.

Cho Chang is a popular and smart girl who struggles with always listening to her parents, but suddenly becomes dumb around Harry because “she can’t focus around him”. She’s basically just a ManicPixieDreamGirl for Harry to have emotions about.

So, it’s not just about the name, it’s how the character is treated overall, and the way she’s treated is as a generic Asian romantic interest stereotype with a made-up name.

I see two casings for switches. Do you have to toggle each ball individually or something?

Also, how do you remember which way to flip the switch? Can it get turned around?

Shacklebolt = Shackled and bolted down = Enslaved

Not a great name for basically the only black person in the books.

Cho Chang = Both are Chinese or Korean LAST names. ‘Cho’ isn’t a first name in any Asian language, so she’s mixing and matching languages and cultures. She also only describes her as ‘Asian’ in the books, furthering how little effort was put in.

It’s like saying ‘Lombardi Fernandez’ is a European name. Ignorant on multiple accounts.

You know those species of birds that will lay their eggs in the nests of other species of birds so that someone else will raise them and take care of them?

That’s what cats did, but they domesticated us. All those people who “couldn’t say ‘no’ to that little face :3” have been domesticated… myself included.

No worries! I know it’s hard to convey those levels of nuance in these conversations, especially with how quick everyone is to jump to one side or the other.

No, I haven’t been, and that’s why I said personally. The reason why I never wanted a gun in my house is because of looking at the statistics of who is by far the most likely to get shot by that gun. [Either me or my spouse.]

I am all for responsible gun ownership and made the personal choice not to get one because the threat of my government has not been a credible threat. That is changing, which is why I am trying to decide to make the personal choice to get one. The increased risk to both myself and my spouse is nearing the tipping point where NOT having one is a greater risk from my government.

I have been staunchly anti-gun personally, but it feels like it’s time to arm myself. The threats are becoming credible.

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I remember reading that when national parks tried to make a ‘bear-proof’ trashcan, they found that there was a larger overlap between the smartest bear and the stupidest human to make a viable product.

I feel like it’s a similar situation here. The smartest kid and the stupidest adult are far more similar than we’d like to admit.

Because by patronizing the business and not tipping, you agree that the company paying an unfair wage is fine with you.

That’s worse.

I know this isn’t the point of the comic, but the barista isn’t just handing you a cup of coffee. They’re brewing it and making specialty drinks too.

The not-tipping argument really only works if you’re ordering a black coffee, but if you’re getting black coffee from Starbucks, you’re already paying way more than you should, so just tip.

Coffee makers are hella cheap if black coffee is all you want.

Haha, what a silly Onion article!

:checks URL:

Oh. Oh no.

That’s not doing facial recognition though, that’s a reverse image lookup. It’s a lot easier to find an exact match for a photo.

He can go kick rocks. I’m trying to help you.

From an outsider perspective, it looks like you told him to “go respond to this guy instead”, but linked the same comment that it was already responding to. It was confusing and made you look like the asshole in the situation, which I’m trying to help prevent in the future.

Oof. Nevermind, then. Tried to show you why being an asshole about it might have backfired, but keep being jaded!