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6 days ago @ Crasstalk - Middle of it Open Thread · 1 reply · +22 points

We went to the supermarket yesterday and the very young checkout girl smiled at me and said "is that your father?" Do you know how good that made me feel? Kept calling him pop for the rest of the day, which he hated.

6 days ago @ Crasstalk - Middle of it Open Thread · 1 reply · +8 points

Also RIP to Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, Louise Lasser.

6 days ago @ Crasstalk - Middle of it Open Thread · 2 replies · +9 points

To quote one of my favorite sayings from way back when, the man's as gay as pink ink. And every time I see him I just want to slap that smug look off his face. Not much I dislike more than enemy gays.

6 days ago @ Crasstalk - Middle of it Open Thread · 0 replies · +5 points

It would certainly help the electrical grid during this heat wave. It's the patriotic thing to do.

6 days ago @ Crasstalk - Middle of it Open Thread · 1 reply · +6 points

Nice day for a flying lesson. So this 22 year old woman in Argentina was taking a flying lesson when the pilot looked at her and said "you know what to do, carry on" and then mid flight somehow opened one of the plane's doors. And jumped. Without a parachute. She successfully landed the plane without any damage and the pilot's body was found afterwards. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/08/americas/argen...

1 week ago @ Crasstalk - Fresh Week Open Thread · 1 reply · +9 points

Wahhhhh, we were eliminated. I blame Trump.

1 week ago @ Crasstalk - Weekly Politics Open T... · 0 replies · +7 points

I heard that the orange crybaby's meddling has caused Belgium to try and overturn the red card suspension, and they've been granted the right to appeal. And since Trump had to involve himself. french officials are now telling FIFA they want a yellow card suspension removed from one of their players.

FIFA has to be one of the most corrupt organizations on the planet. No honest organization would ever even remotely consider giving Trump the "FIFA World Peace Prize" unless there was some major payout to someone at the top.

Politicians really do ruin everything.

1 week ago @ Crasstalk - Independence Day 250 O... · 0 replies · +8 points

I can only imagine how difficult this is for both of you. The transition from independent living will take time and patience and you'll both be second guessing any decision. But you have to take care of mom and not drain yourself. Sending you both best wishes as you move forward

1 week ago @ Crasstalk - Independence Day 250 O... · 2 replies · +16 points

The weekend pic up.top reminds me of the one horrible absolutely broke year we lived in Philadelphia in an apartment two blocks away from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. I could never get used to Philly but I would walk Henry around the grounds of the park and wander by the old buildings and clandestine meeting places and think about how it all came to be and it was honestly awe inspiring.

Happy 250th Independence Day. May we survive the threat we're currently living through

1 week ago @ Crasstalk - Independence Day 250 O... · 4 replies · +16 points

As a former altar boy who remembers the Latin mass, I have to admit I'm enjoying the excommunication drama going on in the Catholic church right now. Apparently anyone who continues to follow the SSPX sect is also automatically excommunicated and that would include super-Catholic Mel Gibson. The newly anointed bishops, clerics, priests, seminarians and hundreds of thousands of followers, no longer Catholics just like that because Pope Leo says so. Plus all sacraments in the sect are now invalidated. And getting back into the church isn't all that easy and can take years.

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