An Email Home to the Parents of Divine Mercy’s Youth Ministers

The outbursts however continued, demonstrating an astonishing lack of respect for our Savior and the Holy Scripture. Each time a young person would ask a question, three others would respond with bodily noises, wild gesticulations, muffled insults, flying objects, or off-topic comments. My corrections hindered the lesson, so some students decided to take correcting into their own hands and hit fellow students in the face with their Bibles! So discomfiting to see an instrument of peace and instruction used as a bludgeon. At one point I stopped to clarify a passage saying, “Jesus promised He would come back and judge the righteous from the unrighteous.” To this, someone made the outburst, “Well, what if Jesus had His fingers crossed?”

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Top Ten Lowbrow Indulgences for Snobs

1. Memorizing the conversations other people have about television programs, so you can later construct a decent narrative in your mind using the same names and locations.

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A Simple Explanation for Why Things Are So Messed Up All the Time

We have discovered a new principle that explains why so much dysfunction exists and appears to persist or even grow over time: flagrant incompetence attracts power.

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A Middle Manager on Good Manners

In a meeting, you can always find something nice to say about your boss’ ideas.

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My work is elegant,

not my life.

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A Note to the Other Driver at the Intersection of Broad and Elm at 7:45 this Morning

It’s true that if you hadn’t cut me off, you might have arrived at your destination 10 or even 15 seconds later than you did. But you might have arrived at your destination as a decent person, not a reeking asshole.

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Resolve, February 15

Photograph by Meg Furniss Weisberg Meg is the primary photographer for The Stoneslide Corrective No. 1, our forthcoming print edition. Learn more and get a copy by backing us on Kickstarter.

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As I Lay Dying Because You Useless Jerks Wouldn’t Let Me Be Vaccinated

Thanks. This is awesome. Didn’t you get the memo that parents are supposed to protect their kids, not endanger them? No, you probably didn’t. There’s a lot of stuff in this world you don’t get, isn’t there? You arrogant—for no good reason, by the way—you arrogant pair of douches. I’m here fighting for my life and I’m thirteen years old. Again, thanks.

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New App Protects Families from Harmful Lawsuits

A new app was released today in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store that can help parents of young children ensure they won’t accidentally wander into a minefield of lawsuits when they proudly display their kids’ artworks on social media. The app, called SafeDraw, quickly scans drawings and three-dimensional creations, like popsicle sculptures and bottle cap collages, to check for possible copyright or trademark violations before allowing them to be displayed publicly.

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Stoneslide Media Releases Second Super Bowl Ad, aka Ad II

Stoneslide Media will again inject a moment of reflection into the great American ritual of hedonism called the Super Bowl by airing an ad touting the virtues of the written word.

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Facebook Posts We’ll Never See, Because People Aren’t Honest Enough

I’ve given up on getting people to like ME. All I want is for you to like this post. Please. Can’t you even do that for me?

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More Sayings of Joanna M., a Kept Woman

-Good god, they walk their own dog. -Good god, they do their own yard work. -Good god, they installed a TV themselves. -Good god, they cleaned their own gutters. -Good god, they pruned that tree themselves. -Good god, he changes the oil in their cars himself. -Good god, they clean house themselves.