We had to do some terrible things to beat the Nazis.
We had to do some terrible things to beat the Confederates.
But they were terrible people who needed to be beaten.
So don’t tell me eliminating all red districts in blue states is a bridge too far.
Someone at the confirmation hearing needs to ask the BLS nominee why he has a giant picture of a nazi warship on his wall, and if it’s because he’s a fucking nazi.
Me: Fuck this city, I’m moving to Saskatchewan.
Canada: Woah, woah, woah. Do you have a visa?
Me: No…
Canada: You know we ARE a separate country, right? We’re not your 51st state!
Me: I don’t think that!!! 😭
Me at an ice-breaker: “My name is Anna and one interesting thing about me is that I prefer the number 21 over the number 22 because 21 can be expressed as the difference between the squares of two whole numbers.”
Doomerism is curling up in a ball on the floor so that it hurts less when they hit you.
Well it may hurt less, but you’re going to get hit a lot more.
And if you want it to stop, you better get up—even if it hurts more when you get hit—and start fighting back.
I’ve made it a rule that I’m not allowed to look at my phone in bed, which has resulted in a lot more time looking at my phone while lying on the floor next to my bed.
Me resisting the temptation to start singing “A Whole New World” from Aladdin in response to my kid saying “a whole new world” in the context of Minecraft.