As someone who moved here from Chicago: YES.

People around here think I'm actually apologizing when my Midwestern "Ope, Sorry!" slips out.

Today was National Random Acts of Kindness Day.

Same! I got the nail-polish remover smell this AM, and then it smelled like a pool this afternoon.

How much does the EPA pay you pretend they actually care about public health?

This is a national ecological DISASTER that our media and government is being dangerously quiet about, and they're just pointing fingers when they get asked questions about it.

It doesn't take NOAA's best and brightest to realize THIS IS BAD. And you come in with some saccharine little jape about deformed fetuses.

This isn't a situation that calls for a "cutesy" response. It calls for a dramatic one.

I dunno why you're getting downvoted, man. I'm guessing everyone who's downvoting you either isn't a parent or is a shitty one.

I totally understand what you mean - the goal of "save all humanity" is extremely impersonal compared to the parental instinct of "protect my offspring," and Coop acts like he just doesn't care about his role as a father. He treats his kids the way you'd treat a friend/acquaintance.

It is not factually correct, no.

Tell me you know nothing about firearms without telling me you know nothing about firearms.

One by one, till we've given a name to every state...

This song is the only reason I can list all the states in alphabetical order... but only as far as Maine, because I can't remember the tune after that.

The fact that OP called it "Christkindlmarkt" was what gave it away that they were thinking of the Chicago one.

Chicago's Christkindlmarkt is pretty neat, and they've recently had to split it in two and put a second location out in the 'burbs.

Edit: Didn't realize you *were* OP who I was responding to. lmaoGuess you *haven't* been to the one in Chicago. I didn't realize anywhere else specifically called it Christkindlmarkt outside of Chicago or actual Germany.

You're the 2nd person to tell me "ketchup on weiners" is only ok for children, and now I'm starting to wonder if this is code for some other sick shit going on in RI that I was heretofore unaware of...

Kalus's only plan is to exist and not be McKee.

I don't like what McKee has done, either.

But I don't like that Kalus's whole persona is "not Mckee." She has literally no platform on her website. She's... just nothing.

Gizzarelli is a 3rd party candidate who will be on our ballot, and wants to immediately pardon all non-violent drug offenders.

You want change, stop voting D or R.

I will literally vote for any 3rd party candidate before I vote D or R. Libertarian, Green, The Peoples Party for the Annihilation of all Children and Grapefruits, idgaf.

Wait, that's a no-no here, too?

I grew up in Chicago, and it's the only place I've ever known that considers putting ketchup on a hotdogs to be downright heretical.

You mean to tell me I landed in the only other place in this country where I've got to hide my ketchup-on-hotdog shame?!

We have a 3rd option for Governor on the ballot this year, fwiw.

Ashley Kalus herself can't explain her energy policy.

Last I checked, there was no stance on anything listed on her website. She appears to be running solely on the platform of "not McKee."