Vaudevillain Girls and Violin Strings

Based on my favorite tumblr post of all time

my partner was a TA for an intro-to-subject course in grad school. finals week rolls around and the students are required to submit this big module assignment they've had like a month to do for a decent chunk of their grade. if you've submitted everything, you'll see a summary screen with a star beside each module name showing it's been completed.

an hour before the assignment deadline, he receives an email from a student claiming they completed the assignment, but the system is not allowing them to submit. there's an image attached to the email. partner goes to open what he assumes is a screenshot of that summary page.

instead, he sees that the student has taken a photo of their laptop from about 2 feet away, with that page open. strange, but it wouldn't be the first time a college freshman has lacked the tech literacy to take a screenshot. he almost doesn't look twice at it, but he realizes something about it just feels a little bit...off. so he zooms in.

the student had CUT STARS OUT OF CONSTRUCTION PAPER and TAPED THEM TO THEIR LAPTOP SCREEN BESIDE EACH MODULE NAME. you could see where they actually had completed the first couple of modules, but the stars for all the subsequent ones were like, double the size of the first two and exactly as uneven/irregular as you'd expect if you were freehanding them with scissors.

I had a burning question that’s been on my mind for a while. In one scene in Midnight Mass, Hamish Linklater/Father Paul has a chocolate chip(?) muffin I believe in episode 3 or 4? I really wanted to know if this was a prop, or if it was an actual snack that was eaten later. Why did no other chocolate muffins appear, does Father Paul like chocolate chip muffins?

Thanks so much!

Carl, the guy Grace built an entire hypothesis around.

Carl, the guy that learned to have fun with Grace while doing science.

Carl, the guy that fueled Grace's addiction to Skittles and Twizzlers.

Carl, the guy that was there every step of the way until the end. And then he was forced to stand by and watch as Grace was pinned to the ground, pleading for help, calling for him of all people.

Remember, at no point had anyone been charged with a crime nor found guilty of a crime. There was no trial—there was only an allegation followed by a swift execution. And even if there were petty theft involved, theft is not a crime punishable by death.

No human life is worth taking over (allegedly) stolen Walmart merchandise.

The police lie. Constantly. Walmart lies. About everything.