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Pro tip: Collect the business cards of people you don't like.  Then if you ever accidentally hit a parked car, just write "Sorry" on the back of the card and leave it under the windshield wiper.

Still working on that. I thought I would feel like an adult by now, though. When does that happen? 

Now wait just a dang ... no, you're right. 
 
Edit: Also, you spelled 'Donkeys' wrong.

In this thread we have Broncos fans, Bungles fans, Jags fans and Raiderp fans. We could retitle the thread to “Embrace the Suck”. 

One of the things for which I am thankful is that my family ignores all the post-Thanksgiving sales (which now extend at least a week before Thanksgiving). Bloody Communists, we are. No proper American reverence for retail. Just family getting together for a nice dinner, and remembering how lucky we are to have that dinner, a roof over our heads, and each other.
 
Dean Shomshak

Dammit, Auburn, you had one job.

I knew #7 thanks to Aaron Allston.

"Wakey wakey eggs and bakey!"
 
"Um, I'm vegan."
 
"Wakey wakey vegetables and sadness." 

The trial of the Ahmaud Arbery murder ended in a conviction of his attackers
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This last couple of years has taught me that I would feel much safer travelling to England, Italy, and France; thank you all the same.
 
 

Lewis Hamilton wins in Qatar while wearing Progress Pride helmet to protest anti-LGBTQ laws

Apparently we Americans are now fine with everyone being equal, as long as some of us are more equal than others.
 
Orwell's works were supposed to be a warning, not a [REDACTED] operating manual. 

More importantly, Kaaron Rodgers lost. 

Probably.
 
It absolutely sucks to live in a nation where right and wrong are political.
 

 
 

I guess what I'm taking from this is, guns can often be a deterrent without shooting an aggressor, but if you're going to draw a firearm, be prepared to use it. If you use it, be prepared to gravely injure or kill your opponent. And be prepared to have your action scrutinized and to be able to justify it. If you aren't prepared for those potential consequences, don't use a gun.
 

As an outsider looking in, I've maintained for a long time that the gun problem in the United States isn't that you have guns. It's that, as a culture, you love guns. Your media depict them as beautiful and cool and sexy, the symbol and source of power, respect, and freedom. You perceive shooting a gun as if it were as natural as eating or sex. Many Americans claim to treat guns as tools, but I also see many who seem to treat them more like toys. It's an attitude that can easily grow into an obsession, especially for people who are otherwise insecure or under pressure. When gun use is normalized, even glorified, it can seem like a viable option for people to resolve whatever conflict they're experiencing.
 
Obviously, there are plenty of exceptions to the above among Americans; but as a widespread cultural element it's almost unique to the United States. IMHO gun violence in the US won't substantially improve unless and until that culture changes.