A lot like a Hatfield/McCoy divided family, a blue/gray divided family isn't meant to be functional. As much as the more pretentious family members tend to hide the lack of civility for an everything's fine facade, a blue/gray divided family doesn't work out in the long run.
There was nobody left in the Hatfield/McCoy divided family after they all decided they would be the last family member standing, or every other family member was coming with them, which might have been for the best, as nobody would miss some of them. The blue/gray divided family next door snuck in surplus ammunition.
by Solid Mantis September 27, 2019

A surrogate is a substitute.
A surrogate man/boyfriend/husband is a lot like a substitute teacher. The husband/teacher gets sick and the surrogate, like the substitute wonders what the fuck am I doing here and how do I teach these kids anything they're not mine? The surrogate is a lot like the substitute teacher who can't pronounce your name, everybody who meets a surrogate wants the real teacher/husband/man/boyfriend back quick.
by Solid Mantis August 25, 2018

Guy 1-Do you see that kid driving? That kid shouldn't be out on the road.
Guy 2-He has a mustache.
Guy 1- Don't you have to be 54 or 56 inches tall to drive though? His mother and father just let him drive like that.
Guy 2-He's a precocious kid, let him drive.
Guy 2-He has a mustache.
Guy 1- Don't you have to be 54 or 56 inches tall to drive though? His mother and father just let him drive like that.
Guy 2-He's a precocious kid, let him drive.
by Solid Mantis June 16, 2018

Whether either group likes it or not, both Confederate statues and statues of civil rights leaders are part of the country's heritage. There is no replacing one with the other, and history is never erased, even if there's no evidence of it.
The country's heritage is fucked up, it's not a healthy, clean heritage that's best for everybody. Really it's always been bad for people, it's always been toxic.
by Solid Mantis November 20, 2020

Bach said he was there to study/copy/emulate his brother/friend/family's compositions, when really he was there to steal/take his enemy's work and claim it as his own. It wasn't a shot across his bow, it was breaching his hull then walking up behind him undetected, and stabbing him in the heart.
by Solid Mantis May 04, 2021

by Solid Mantis April 25, 2017

If an area is restricted, people have no rights there, it's not free. A restricted country is not a free country, it's a country where you have no rights.
by Solid Mantis July 18, 2020
