Linkquake
Either that was an earthquake or a giant reached down and shook my house. #VeniceCA
— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) June 24, 2021

Linkquake
Either that was an earthquake or a giant reached down and shook my house. #VeniceCA
— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) June 24, 2021





Where's Lenona while all this is going on? Where's Cousin Dave?
Crid at June 24, 2021 1:44 AM
Yet another California cataclysm.
Crid at June 24, 2021 1:59 AM
While I thought the hubbub over Subway's 11.5-inch "Footlong" was ridiculous, no tuna in the tuna sandwich is another matter. Does it at least have some kind of fish in it?
Conan the Grammarian at June 24, 2021 5:48 AM
A post-mortem analisis
https://twitter.com/The_PenduIum/status/1407961631729008641
Sixclaws at June 24, 2021 6:16 AM
Discipline your kids, because if you don't someone else will:
https://twitter.com/FOX9/status/1407328602371330050
Sixclaws at June 24, 2021 6:40 AM
Because nobody cares about Brittney very much, the article is very brief.
Crid at June 24, 2021 7:11 AM
Conan:
The outlet did acknowledge that the test results could be inaccurate because the DNA in cooked tuna is altered from its fresh state.
The next test they should attempt would be to obtain similar samples from other sandwich shops and see what results they get.
And then they wonder why no one trusts the MFM?
I R A Darth Aggie at June 24, 2021 7:18 AM
Perhaps also run that same test on the can/pouch of tuna you get in the grocery store.
I wonder if Quiznos or Jimmy John's is behind this.
Conan the Grammarian at June 24, 2021 7:22 AM
All those sandwiches places are useless… They have large, flavorless, chewy and presumably sugar-laden breads surrounding moderate sandwich fillings, they charge you eight bucks, and they tell you it's a bargain.
Look, we've discussed it here before— American tastes vastly improved the flavor and value of fast food coffee. It took decades, but it happened.
Well, bread is something you shouldn't eat a lot of. But when you eat it, it ought to be rewarding.
If just one of them would try serving on a a ᴛʜɪɴ slice of truly good loaf....
Crid at June 24, 2021 9:15 AM
I'd rather have a toasted Peppercorn Steak sub from Quiznos. The Subway ones have a "bread" with a notorious medicine-like aftertaste.
Sixclaws at June 24, 2021 12:43 PM
Me love you long time:
https://twitter.com/nickgillespie/status/1408044723403624450
Sixclaws at June 24, 2021 12:44 PM
Thanks Obama:
https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1407050828452700163
Sixclaws at June 24, 2021 1:28 PM
"I'd rather have a toasted Peppercorn Steak sub from Quiznos. The Subway ones have a "bread" with a notorious medicine-like aftertaste."
Hmm. If you were administered an oral vaccine through mass-marketed food, how would you tell?
Radwaste at June 25, 2021 4:26 AM
"Does it at least have some kind of fish in it?"
Escolar or snake mackerel, sure!
And don't be so sure you're eating "scallops", either. If you get 'em in Norway, you'll get the whole critter and s/he is delicious! but in the USA, often it's something else.
Pack your guts. It's what Americans do!
Radwaste at June 25, 2021 4:50 AM
On topic: Not earthquake - my buddy's mama fell.
Wouldn't say she's big, but she bent over last week and butt-dialed everybody. She walked by a walrus at the SD Zoo and her iPhone unlocked...
Radwaste at June 25, 2021 6:21 AM
This was probably your tremblor...
It's just Teh Big One™ getting ready to come out and play.
Radwaste at June 25, 2021 6:25 AM
Discipline your kids, because if you don't someone else will:
https://twitter.com/FOX9/status/1407328602371330050
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You know, the old theory, at least, is that kids under a certain age feel more stupid and useless with each new generation, because they don't have truly useful work to do, after school, as they might have had in the 19th century. So...they act out, since being ignored is, for many of them, the worst part of being a kid.
Trouble is, of course, they're not about to ASK for unpaid work, any more than they would ask for extra time in school. So, many foolish parents make things worse, since they think the kids just need more toys/screens or more time with friends or both - and the kids just feel even more useless - and angry and unhappy. Even sports or other scheduled "fun" activities might feel useless to them, deep down. Therefore, discipline just might mean giving them real, community work to do that they might insist they don't want to do. (Of course, we all need SOME unscheduled time to play creatively - i.e., without screens.)
As Miss Manners wrote in 1997, about volunteer work:
"Reverse psychology is all very well, but Miss Manners doubts that removing the algebra requirement, for example, would inspire otherwise dilatory students with an interest in algebra."
lenona at June 27, 2021 10:59 AM
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