diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/main.sass b/app/assets/stylesheets/main.sass
index f820206..6262bf3 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/main.sass
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/main.sass
@@ -110,11 +110,26 @@ a
   margin-top: 5px
   margin-right: 5px
 .thought
+  overflow: hidden
   border: none
   margin-top: -10px
   font-size: $size-medium
   word-wrap: break-word
   padding: 5px 5px 23px 5px
+  height: 83px
+.thought-bottom-section-standard
+  background-color: #000
+  border-bottom-left-radius: 5px
+  border-bottom-right-radius: 5px
+  height: 24px
+  bottom: 0px
+.thought-bottom-section-overlay
+  @extend .thought-bottom-section-standard
+  border-radius: 0px
+  position: absolute
+  width: 100%
+  height: 37px
+  bottom: 0px
 .thought-controls
   position: absolute
   bottom: 3px
diff --git a/app/views/thoughts/_bottom_section_overlay.haml b/app/views/thoughts/_bottom_section_overlay.haml
index b29d4d2..0a0131d 100644
--- a/app/views/thoughts/_bottom_section_overlay.haml
+++ b/app/views/thoughts/_bottom_section_overlay.haml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-=render :partial => "thoughts/votes_overlay", :locals => {thought: thought}
-=render :partial => "thoughts/controls_overlay", :locals => {thought: thought}
+.thought-bottom-section-overlay
+  =render :partial => "thoughts/votes_overlay", :locals => {thought: thought}
+  =render :partial => "thoughts/controls_overlay", :locals => {thought: thought}
diff --git a/app/views/thoughts/_bottom_section_standard.haml b/app/views/thoughts/_bottom_section_standard.haml
index f59dc73..f0e5de4 100644
--- a/app/views/thoughts/_bottom_section_standard.haml
+++ b/app/views/thoughts/_bottom_section_standard.haml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-=render :partial => "thoughts/votes_standard", :locals => {thought: thought}
-=render :partial => "thoughts/controls_standard", :locals => {thought: thought}
+.thought-bottom-section-standard
+  =render :partial => "thoughts/votes_standard", :locals => {thought: thought}
+  =render :partial => "thoughts/controls_standard", :locals => {thought: thought}
diff --git a/app/views/thoughts/_thought_box.haml b/app/views/thoughts/_thought_box.haml
index 7d9042f..83dec16 100644
--- a/app/views/thoughts/_thought_box.haml
+++ b/app/views/thoughts/_thought_box.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -is_new_thought ||= nil
 .thought-box{class: custom_styles(thought, is_new_thought), id: "thought-box-#{thought.id}"}
   .thought
-    =simple_format(auto_link(truncate(thought.text, length: 99, :omission => ' ...')))
+    =simple_format(auto_link(thought.text))
   =render :partial => "thoughts/bottom_section_standard", :locals => {thought: thought}
\ No newline at end of file
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index 224b8cc..275d520 100644
--- a/public/assets/application.css
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index 8eb55cb..5289e1f 100644
--- a/public/assets/manifest.yml
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