And the stores lowered their prices, right?

In this case, "proposed by Donald Trump" is like saying that a ventriloquist dummy with a hand up its ass and someone else mouthing the words has proposed something.

So the receipts for basically everything I've bought for the past year or so? Got it.

What's the problem? I loved her in Escape from L.A.

...until one of the warring countries runs out of robots anyway. That's when the real fun starts!

My 50 year old knees: "Fuck you!"

Same. The word Yankee means the following to me, in order of most to least relevant:

• A member of the New York Yankees.
• A derogatory term that people from the Bible Belt who still haven't accepted the result of the American Civil War use for people who live north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
• A more neutral (maybe slightly derogatory?) term that people from the UK use for all Americans, regardless of where they live in the US.

I have never heard someone refer to a New Englander as a Yankee.

Hang on just a minute... [email protected] is extolling the virtues of capitalism! Surely, education and scientific research have nothing to do with significantly improving the average human lifespan over the past 100 years or so!

At home? Sure. On my company-owned, locked down, and corporate IT monitored work laptop? Not an option.

Casio gang!

I'm from Pennsylvania. Agreed that New Yorkers as a whole are ruder and pushier than your average Northerner. To be clear, I'm talking about people from in and around the NYC area, though. They don't represent the general demeanor of people from the rest of the state.