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if I understand correctly, it’s actually because she is. it explains that in order for a civil case to be under the jurisdiction of a federal court (and a civil case must be what she’s attempting, since she doesn’t cite any federal law to allege that the defendants have broken it), none of the plaintiffs can be citizens of the same state as any of the defendants. otherwise, presumably, it would fall under the jurisdiction of whichever state both parties are citizens of. so because both she and some gay people are Nebraskans, the case would have to be handled by a Nebraska state court, not a federal court

my favorite part is where they explain that for her to claim that this is under the jurisdiction of a federal court, she would have to prove that there are no gay people who are citizens of the state of Nebraska

in my head it’s Foghorn Leghorn

when reading The Silmarillion, it’s important to remember that Finrod, the brother of Galadriel, is different from Fingon. Fingon is Finrod’s cousin, and also the brother of Turgon. Fingon and Turgon’s father is Fingolfin, who is the brother of Finarfin, who is Finrod’s father. you’ll have a hard time following the story if you don’t keep all those straight

they’re called “psychopomps” btw

they’re for storing cool rocks, obviously, and it’s adults who are the fools for abandoning this wisdom

they should have some oxybutynin back there that would have prevented them from losing control of their P

“I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to” -Gandalf

I Saw the End - Pallbearer

3:29 - 4:35 for The Part

to be fair she probably understood the concept of a kitten on the loose, but wanted to nudge you away from filling your book with innuendo without having to explain the concept of an un-tight and/or readily available vagina

or chicken salad with grapes. sounds awful to me but apparently there’s a lot of people who like it

nothing. it’s May 1st. we don’t even call it May Day

fun fact, that kind of mayday is an anglicisation of “m’aidez” which is French for “help me”

in the US we have a different holiday called Labor Day in early September, which was originally just because the weather is usually nice. in the late 19th century there were unofficial events on both days. when it was proposed to make one of them an official federal holiday, labor organizers were divided about which one it should be. the president at the time was a conservative, and thought that making May Day official would encourage solidarity with European workers, and commemorate the Haymarket affair, which he wanted to avoid, so he made the September one official.

so we work on May Day, and Labor Day is a federal holiday. which means white collar people get the day off and service industry people work extra so that the white collar people can enjoy themselves

bold to assume she knows the difference between Japanese and other east Asian people. in her mind she doesn’t need a Japanese character cause she’s already got “one of those” in Ching Chong, or, sorry, Cho Chang

I remember the mission from Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood where you get to use this thing, and the optional objective is to not get hit at all. what’s the point of getting to drive a tank if you’re not supposed to, y’know, tank

this is poor writing, highly ambiguous, there’s no way to tell from context which country “its” is supposed to refer to

edit for those apparently not getting it: there is, but only because we know he’s a hypocrite

is the first one in E even a toaster? looks like an old-fashioned waffle iron

yeah I had something similar with the Beatles, where literally my first memory of music is Abbey Road, so my whole life I was like, I don’t get the hype, that’s just what music sounds like. it was only recently I went and listened to the album again with context of what other music from the 60s was like, and I finally realized that they were truly doing some wild shit with songwriting and production