“Or that when white people compliment her (“She’s so professional. She’s always on time”), it doesn’t always feel good, because sometimes people are gonna be surprised by the fact that she showed up, rather than the fact that she had something to say when she did.”

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“If you elect me to congress, I will pass legislation allowing you to deduct Girl Scout cookies as charitable donations. This is my only platform.”

“It started with the layoffs, and then it just kept getting worse. I thought I’d get out, and I haven’t been able to, and it’s just a lot. I’m fine. It’s just exhausting to be around people sometimes.”

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“There is no way to get around the fact that, whatever legitimate federalism-based issues were at play, slavery was a central reason Anglo-Texans wanted out of Mexico. Using unpaid labor to clear forests, plant crops, harvest them, and move them to market was the basis of their lives and wealth.”

“I don’t know who’s right, who’s wrong, or what the necklace does, but I do know my surrogate Bubble-mother squeezing my actual bio-dad to death over some bull$#%@t jewelry is therapy bait I can’t afford.”