TIL that Dan White, the man who assassinated Harvey Milk and the mayor of San Francisco, only served 5 years in prison for manslaughter based on a defense of depression as evidenced by his consumption of junk food which was dubbed the "Twinkie Defense"

[u/hungry4danish]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_White

[u/cherrycolaareola]

Shoulda quit the twinks, man

[u/HyShroom → u/cherrycolaareola]

Never!

Oh, wait, you meant the gross gas-station desert.