(Potentially) rusty nail covered in cow shit. That sounds like a bacterial nightmare.

KC Missouri is the fun side. KC Kansas is for the folks who want to live in a somewhat urban setting, but still be WASP-y about it.

He was a peanut farmer.

Do you want basilisks? Because this is how you get basilisks.

Gonna take a gamble and assume it’s because that scene didn’t actually have a pile of dildos on the judge’s desk.

The shoes on the bottom shelf amuse me for some reason.

WFH jobs may not require fiber to the home, but if there’s no fiber infrastructure to support the overall traffic of the area then it’s just not going to work. Particularly when we’re talking about getting internet out to rural areas - fiber carries signal much further than copper, and can thus reach more communities.

At least it’s something different from the disappointing status quo of dying towns in America. Still sad. Pictures of the town make it look like it’s a charming little place. Hopefully things can turn around for it.

They also doing anything about the conservative culture that likely caused their brain drain in the first place?

I stick with Margaret Cho’s advice on vegans from her Assassin tour back in 2005:

And especially, especially, don’t fuck with vegans. Do not look vegans in the eye. If you get into an argument with a vegan, say “I’m wrong” and run away as fast as you can. Do not fuck with vegans because they will fuck you up…BECAUSE THEY’RE HUNGRY.

Not missing much. It’s full of WASP-y pearl-clutchers.

Magnetism’s just magic anyway. Who can explain that shit?