I think this kid’s mom’s behavior highlights exactly why he in particular turned out this way. Having ADHD is not a reason or excuse for participating in a riot. But for a 12-year-old, a neglectful or disconnected mother absolutely could be. At the very least it has to be a contributing factor and a major one.

My former strategy was to just saturation bomb them with new, increasingly ridiculous conspiracies so that they would overflow and start blurring into each other. That way the unhinged lunatics could lose all concept of reality so that no matter what conspiracy in particular they started talking about, they just sound like a rambling drunk on the subway.

That’s not cocky, you’re just in the middle of fuck-all nowhere. That Bucees’s was the last gas station and you missed it.

I love that photo. He has a face that says “I can feel some of my neurons trying to connect together, but they keep missing so I don’t know what they’re saying.”

Ego. Trump’s narcissistic, authoritarian personality won’t allow him to retreat or surrender in what he sees as a popularity contest.

It’s okay because as the radiation blasts away at the robots circuitry they’ll have to replace it. Then they could just replace it with a better robot every few years as technology improves. It’ll become exponentially more powerful. And by the end of it they’ll have a superpowered radioactive robot… that they’ve… used for slave labor… Huh. Maybe they should rethink this plan.

Also that roebuck could probably lift three tons.

Well crocheting is something that I associate in my head with my mother, I can’t help but be impressed by this just so much. Well played mademoiselle, well played.

I’m all for the eradication of formal wear. It only exists to reinforce the class divide. Well that and to make a bunch of assholes a lot of money.

Ankylosaurus. Extinct, but still. It’s like what you’d get if you shoved a turtle, a rhino, and a dragon into that teleporter from The Fly .

Well if they’re an e-girl they’re going to sell it online for a hundred bucks.

Oh NOW he thinks they’ve gone too far.

Also that’s where everybody keeps their money so they’re going to have things to say about it. With missiles.

I’ve also heard that you can get alarms that either turn on a light, or slowly increase a light intensity in the room to mimic a sunrise. I would try one of those in combination with a proper alarm or three, unless you use like a sleep mask or something.

Back in the '90s when we were teenagers, my sister had to get the loudest possible alarms you could find and set it up on a dresser on the far side of her bedroom.

Personally, I always set two alarms when it’s time to get up. Put the loudest, most obnoxious ringtone on you can think of, set them to repeat every 5 minutes, and offset them by a few minutes so that you’re basically getting an annoying alarm every 2 to 3 minutes. I taught this trick to my fiancee because she’s a heavy sleeper and a reluctant waker too. You can combine both tricks too if you need to.

Now this is apex British technology.

I believe it was Colbert last night who said that no, she just ripped out his heart, took a big bite, and now wants seconds.

It’s one of could have gone my entire life without knowing was a possibility.