THERE were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror—that unspeakably bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves

Fella, I handle my business all the time, if you know what I mean

Stuff for adults to argue over that the students will never notice cuz they're looking at their phones

Still better than the "supporting a family by being shift lead at taco bell" situation that exists in every fast food franchise in America. Basically being on-call 24/7 for $45k/yr

Mini veyron

Haha I remember this, I was still in high school. My girlfriend's (boilerplate conservatives) parents were complaining about wasteful government spending and my dad said, "yeah can you believe how much they've spent on the Reagan funeral tour?" Shockingly, they didn't agree

tired of sharing a planet with dumb, angry, selfish people. Tired of hearing their awful opinions in my head

To start https://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_myth_of_tiananmen.php

There was also a Portuguese(?) ambassador who gave a first hand account that pretty much disproves the "accepted narrative" but I'm not looking up sources on my lunch break

Damn, she's getting the "head of state visit" treatment

"we're keeping Kuya Bert, but you can have Gary, that guy fucking sucks"