so many fuckin Worfs

…so it’s a party van!

That’s a lot better than what I thought he’d be lining up…

As another perspective - it took me a moment or two to work out what was happening in the second picture, but then the whole tableau made sense to me!

More of a callback, I think: https://www.reddit.com/r/grilledcheese/comments/2or1p3/you_people_make_me_sick/

I can’t see Trump being the sort to try to build something beyond himself. I don’t think he could see the point of trying to cultivate a successor; and even if he did, I think he would see them as potential competition - he’d likely try to sabotage them, if anything.

I agree, but as Carter showed, being a good president isn’t enough to get reelected.

And my toddlers both just turned it back around!

…yes?

I do think some of this is just fatigue. The usual way to deal with this is to either pick one or a few things to try to actively address, or just buckle down and wait for things to improve. Both lead naturally to a situation where it’s hard to get a critical mass of people to respond on any one subject.

I think they hate the “generic billionaire”, but are they any actual billionaires they hate?

As I understand it, the rate of post-hormone regret for these kids is extremely low. Like, single or double digits low.

Slowing them down after this is a plus, sure; but I’m still hung up on this: what would this let him get away with?

Wasn’t aware of that; so I’m glad you mentioned it! I always just rolled my eyes at it and moved on.

Evangelical advertising, talking about Jesus’s experiences in a way that relates to what “everyday people” deal with.

They’re reporting on the results of someone else’s survey; so they can protest indignantly.

If I’m wearing the burrito, I’ll usually just hold it shut!

Ahh… I’ve heard of Oceania as a region, I didn’t realize it could refer to a continent!

As the parent of a preschooler, he would absolutely say this. He didn’t have the patience to sit through such a long movie at that age, but he’d play while shows are on, and he’d definitely catch any intense emotional or musical moments.

And he could certainly plot, if a bit hamfistedly! At a little before three, he’d come up with some excuse for me to leave the room whenever he wanted to do something he wasn’t supposed to (“Mommy wants you!”). If that kid realized she’d been upset by the scene, I could totally see her taking that one step further to make others upset at an opportune moment!

That would be a massive improvement. I was thinking along the lines of expanded voting time and better remote voting options for college students and the like; but ranked choice would be a seed change.

There are some fundamental issues with our democracy that I think need addressed, but I don’t think age restrictions or term limits would do anything useful. There are already mechanisms in place that are supposed to handle the case of age-related incapacity - these need strengthened, but that doesn’t require an amendment. The other problem I hear this is supposed to address is out-of-touch representatives - which should be addressed by strengthening our voting process. Reverse Citizens United, make it easier for young people to vote, and you’ll see an improvement.