JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id = "ins">

</div>

CSS

body{
  background-color: #ffffff;
}

td {
  padding: 10px;
}

.bubble{
    background-color: #FAFAFA;
    border-radius: 5px;
    //box-shadow: 0 0 6px #B2B2B2;
    display: inline-block;
    //padding: 10px 18px;
    position: relative;
    vertical-align: top;
    width: 90%;
}

.bubble::before {
    background-color: #FAFAFA;
    content: "\00a0";
    display: block;
    height: 16px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 11px;
    transform:             rotate( 29deg ) skew( -35deg );
        -moz-transform:    rotate( 29deg ) skew( -35deg );
        -ms-transform:     rotate( 29deg ) skew( -35deg );
        -o-transform:      rotate( 29deg ) skew( -35deg );
        -webkit-transform: rotate( 29deg ) skew( -35deg );
    width:  20px;
}

.me {
    float: left;   
    margin-bottom: 5px;         
}

.me::before {
    //box-shadow: -2px 2px 2px 0 rgba( 178, 178, 178, .4 );
    left: -9px;           
}

JavaScript

url = "https://forge-allura.apache.org/rest/p/allura/tickets/_discuss/thread/2abc9fd7/";

$.ajax({
        type: "GET",
        dataType: 'json',
        url: url,
        success: function(data) {
          d = data.thread.posts;

          inside = '<table>';

          //inside += '<th></th><th>Score</th><th>User Handle</th>'


          for(i = 0; i < d.length; i++){
            inside += '<tr>';
            inside += '<td valign="top">' + '<img src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8e3d029ca698f932fa30b1b2beb24f97?r=pg" width = "40px"/>' + '<br/><i style="font-size: 10px;">'+ d[i].author  +'</i></td>'
            inside += '<td class="bubble me"><p>'+ d[i].text;
            inside += '</p></tr>';
          }


          inside += '</table>';
          document.getElementById("ins").innerHTML = inside;
        },
        error: function(e) {
          console.log(e.message);
          document.getElementById("ins").innerHTML = e.message;
        }
      });