About twenty years ago my mother developed Religion. We'd never prayed at the table, but she decided Thanksgiving was the time to start. She began thanking God for the food and my uncle who drove 3 hours for his visit muttered "I'm the one who's been cooking since dawn, you ought to thank me."

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Reminder for humanity: kids are not a bandaid to solve your relationship problems, nor are they a way to fix your psychological problems. Get your shit in order on your own before you create kids who have to deal with you and the fallout of you for the rest of their lives.

This is a disturbing read & so frustrating. So many people are completely ignorant about how dangerous childbirth was in the past, both to the infant & mother. Even if it didn't kill one or both, permanent lifetime damage could be done. While modern medicine is flawed, it's so much better than this.

Between my sinuses and my joints, I feel as though somewhere in the past, I may have made some sort of bad fairy tale deal to have the ability to always know what the weather conditions are, not realizing how it would play out.

The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. May those lost in the past year be remembered fondly, may their loved ones find some peace and healing, and may humanity move forward so there doesn't have to be a day of remembrance to remember those who were persecuted and harmed for just being themselves.

I don't consider myself a great cook by any measure, but I get a kick out of my kid texting multiple times a week to complain about the food off to her university, detailing how much she misses my cooking.

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after this many years of watching president grandpa get mad at whatever he sees on television i'm prepared to vote for whichever candidate can most snobbishly say "i don't even own a TV". the more they look down on the debate moderator for asking about it the better

Seriously, what is wrong with these people?

This is important context from Julie K. Brown. With alt text.

The issue isn't "AHAHAHA, GAY". The main issue about that particular news is that El Cheeto didn't want certain information getting out, setting himself up for being blackmailed and manipulated by Putin, which leads to questions about exactly how that played out.

I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here

What they don’t seem to get is that normal people hate pedophiles regardless of their political affiliation.

I have approximately four inches left on the last row. I am not allowed to finish, obviously.

True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer

at least for today theres nothing more i want from life than to have someone attend the white house press briefing and ask "Can the white house confirm that President Trump has performed fellatio on former President Bill Clinton?"

Look, all I’m gonna say on The Current Topic is that moderation needs to be consistent - if you’re gonna drop the hammer for quoting song lyrics and getting pissed about child rapists, yet you let slide accounts that say trans people shouldn’t exist, then yeah, there’s gonna be some questions.

I really hope Megyn Kelly's daughters have safe adults in their life, because it really sounds as though their mom isn't one.

Get to know your mutuals, list 10 random things you like: Really over the top ridiculous shoes (Crocs don't count, they're just ugly) Stripey socks Skull motifs (momento mori) Velvet Glass art Glow in the dark things Making things The smell of freshly mowed grass October Absinthe

Yes. Prosecute them ALL. If they knew, if they were complicit, if they participated. Every last one of them. I don’t care which party, who they are, how beloved or rich or supposedly important. See how this works? Do the crime, pay the time. Those girls deserve justice.

It's horrifying how many people seem to think that somebody making them horny is a qualification for anything other than potential romance or being somebody you lust at privately. It doesn't make them good for a job, a decent person, or anything else. WTF, people.

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck? It's the Pope in 1982.

"Moisturize me!"

Finally, a Tingler for my life. Thanks, Chuck!

The human body does not heal completely when it heals, and frankly, we all age like a banana (not a fine wine). At some point, illness, accidents, and just general wearing out will leave us all disabled. It's just a part of life. If you're lucky, you can stave it off a bit, but it's inevitable.

Yup, pretty much sums it up

Posting with alt-text because its the right thing to do, from @bagleycartoons.bsky.social To think we were doing so well....

no money for politicians

“We are disheartened to learn that Lord Killdude has broke his promise and has been shoving people in the volcano. If the murdergooner party is as moral as it once was, then they will publicly disavow Lord Killdude’s actions and work with us towards a bipartisan solution to the volcano problem”

Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”

I hope Kim Davis has the life she deserves.

I'm so tired of people talking about things in terms of finances only. Things can be an investment. It doesn't change that there are more important aspects/values associated with things that are not just based on making money. It's sickening & shortsighted how many people can't recognize that.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I'm expecting a whole hell of a lot of Gordon Lightfoot today.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

The downside to having a cat with inhalation allergies is that at different points in the year, your cat will end up making noises that are more like something you'd expect from a pug dog. Poor cat, I hate that he's snorking again, because I know how much sinus congestion sucks.

There are advantages of living in the Deep South, like having a long growing season. If it weren't for the stupid freeze early in next week, I likely would have been able to keep my tomatoes producing fruit well into December or even later than that.

Dear Walmart, Consideeing you have more employees on SNAP than any other company — instead of simply having a ‘cheaper’ Thanksgiving bundle, how about giving your underpaid employees who must rely on SNAP for survival, one for free? It’s the least you can do. And I stress, the LEAST… — America

The Starbucks bear cup is cute in a "I am drinking my coffee out of one of those honey containers" way, yes. That said, cleaning up in those nooks and crannies is going to be one hell of a pain in the ass. Maybe I'm lazy, but I don't like the idea of paying extra to make my life more difficult.

bodies would be a lot more easy to accept if we could get out of them for a couple minutes a day to stretch and whatnot.

men "aren't emotional" because they blame all their emotions on other people

Come on, ladies: we can ruin so many more things if we try! We're slacking off!

This got lost in the scrum about higher profile races, but "Moms for Liberty," an anti-queer hate group that has been infiltrating school boards for the last few years, fielded 32 school board candidates, and lost all 32 elections. People are getting fed up with professional bullies.

Did Men With No Rizz Ruin the Workplace?

We are weeks away from the New York Times asking “ Was Slavery All That Bad?”