The fall of the Berlin Wall, the space shuttle Challenger disaster, the Chernobyl meltdown, and Iran Contra all are closer to the release date for Wake Me Up When September Ends that it is to today.

If you were 23 in 2004 you should get a colonoscopy scheduled

NGL that’s actually really neat. It does not change my opinion of corporate metallurgic dickery, but it’s still neat

Passenger: So… is your name actually Christ? Is it short for Christopher or Christian or something?

Driver: I’ll be honest. I’m an Ecuadorian named Jesus. I just don’t want ICE to kidnap me

But Kwikset has Microban™ coating on their doorknobs! Surely you would rather have a thin layer of chemical coating that totally won’t come off and give you cancer and the production of which absolutely doesn’t poison fresh water. Why do you want giant corporations to have to spend extra money making doorknobs out of brass when they can use aluminum alloys, white-metal, dog leavings, and snot instead?

(I have no evidence Microban™ uses carcinogenic products, nor that its production pollutes the environment. I only have *gestures broadly at 300 years of industrialization and its affects* all of that)

That sounds painful. And what about electric cars? There’s no exhaust to stick the benis in 🤔

I realized I ADHD rambled in my post. tl;dr: I totally agree

It for sure is a statistical average. Like one in four women in your life have been sexually assaulted (can’t remember the exact statistic, but whatever it is, it’s bad).

To your point about some people being more affected than others, you are absolutely correct. Adding to this, some people don’t realize how many on their own life, like friends and family, have been affected by automotive accidents. Traffic injuries and deaths are so so normalized. Just anecdotally, the more I think about it, the more I remember people who have been injured, myself included. I just thought of a family friend, right now, while typing this, that was killed in a drunk driver hit and run, while she was jogging on a paved bike path in a park. My cousin and his wife were killed on a motorcycle when a truck pulled out in front of them illegally. Another cousin’s best friend died in a car accident in high school.

But when I first read the statistic my first thought was “I don’t think I know anyone who has died that way.” Stunning. I have a relatively high level of empathy and it took a fair amount of introspection to remember those who died. Partly because they weren’t immediate family or friends, but rather, once removed. No wonder, as you say, those callous, self-interested bastards don’t allow statistics like the OP to move them toward change.

Hey, stop making my comment before I read the post!

j/k, but I seriously thought the words “Of course he is” and then thought of the narcissist’s prayer when I read the post title

Alcohol wipes on my ass!?

That’s gonna burn the shit out of my hemorrhoids, no thank you!

How else am I going to clean the phone after using it while I shit? That’s dirty

Next you’ll be telling me I should use a bidet instead of cleaning my ass with the shower wand.

Ah, yes, the spiritual successor to TTT.

I still miss those comic tho

Two questions

1. Is this from Twisted Toyfare Theater?

2. Is someone still making those Mego comics?

Ibuprofen/acetaminophen are not narcotics, they’re prescription doses of over the counter medications (acetaminophen in particular can destroy a liver if overdosed, hence “prescription strength”). Go to the pharmacy, ask the pharmacist what their advice is and what options you have for OTC meds or emergency antibiotics, based on what you were told by the dentist/oral surgeon. Sorry your dentist office sucks U_U