Doug Messel
@dougmessel.com
Current: writer, dad, and content marketer
Past: carhartt coverall and goose call enthusiast
Past: carhartt coverall and goose call enthusiast
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A commercial break two minutes before new year’s is deep disrespect to the central time zone, America’s best time zone.
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 AM
A commercial break two minutes before new year’s is deep disrespect to the central time zone, America’s best time zone.
Banjo begged to stay up until midnight and we’re gonna see if he can hang.
I don’t think he can hang.
I don’t think he can hang.
January 1, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Banjo begged to stay up until midnight and we’re gonna see if he can hang.
I don’t think he can hang.
I don’t think he can hang.
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the 2000s and 2010s were full of people in the entertainment world being rightly fired for saying things that pale in comparison to what comes from prominent Republicans today and the main difference is that major national news media have accepted "Republicans are racist" as no longer newsworthy
the racism coming from the entire conservative movement targeting the somali community is so goddam disgusting and its just being completely ignored
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
the 2000s and 2010s were full of people in the entertainment world being rightly fired for saying things that pale in comparison to what comes from prominent Republicans today and the main difference is that major national news media have accepted "Republicans are racist" as no longer newsworthy
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all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
The year politics became brainrot
You don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight.
www.theverge.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
Gift cards only ever come in two amounts: too small to cover your bill or so large that it’s really only good for one visit because whatever is left won’t be enough to make a repeat trip worth it or will be a real pain in the dick to redeem.
90% of gift cards should be cash. Culturally we decided the plastic object somehow conveyed more thought than straight cash but, like, a solid percentage of gift cards will go unused and 100% of cash will get used so…
December 31, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Gift cards only ever come in two amounts: too small to cover your bill or so large that it’s really only good for one visit because whatever is left won’t be enough to make a repeat trip worth it or will be a real pain in the dick to redeem.
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This is exactly what I was trying to say (but more eloquently than I would have said it.)
December 31, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This is exactly what I was trying to say (but more eloquently than I would have said it.)
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The line in this courageous essay about her child not remembering her broke my heart. I hope she knows what an impact it had on so many people.
Tatiana Schlossberg, daughter of Caroline Kennedy, has died at 35. In November, she wrote about receiving a terminal diagnosis following the birth of her daughter.
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A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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December 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The line in this courageous essay about her child not remembering her broke my heart. I hope she knows what an impact it had on so many people.
If you think I’m neat you’re legally obligated to tell me in 2026, that’s the new rule. We’re making and being good friends in the new year
My sincere year-end thought isn’t an original one, but its importance has been underscored to me repeatedly over the last 12 months: be free with telling the people you love that you love them, casually, and at every chance. Great love, small love, every type of love.
December 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
If you think I’m neat you’re legally obligated to tell me in 2026, that’s the new rule. We’re making and being good friends in the new year
…I should probably try to be more active at my own Lodge because this sounds cool as hell 🤷♂️
We host it at the local Elks Lodge. This year we had a personal chef and bartender. I have custom draft software we display on a big screen and provide everyone with draft packets/stats/clipboards. There’s a paid draft operator. We don’t fuck about
It’s like a 14 or 16 man league. There’s divisions and everything. The draft is in person and catered with wings and fries and an open bar. Fantasy draft day is an observed holiday for our home.
December 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
…I should probably try to be more active at my own Lodge because this sounds cool as hell 🤷♂️
If you wanna feel absolutely insane, I can’t recommend trying to explain the music video that satisfies this prompt to someone whose never seen it. Mine was “Tha Crossroads.”
Erin’s was “One Sweet Day.”
Erin’s was “One Sweet Day.”
December 30, 2025 at 5:36 AM
If you wanna feel absolutely insane, I can’t recommend trying to explain the music video that satisfies this prompt to someone whose never seen it. Mine was “Tha Crossroads.”
Erin’s was “One Sweet Day.”
Erin’s was “One Sweet Day.”
Me to Banjo after three days of playing his new Switch 2:
You kids can't be inside all day playing videogames. Go outside and smoke some cigarettes
December 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Me to Banjo after three days of playing his new Switch 2:
Had like four days where the scammers weren’t calling about “my tax situation” or “my personal loan approval” but today they’re back to work I guess
December 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Had like four days where the scammers weren’t calling about “my tax situation” or “my personal loan approval” but today they’re back to work I guess
I sold a wallet to Megan Phelps-Roper at Fossil but she returned it in less then an hour because it didn’t work out. This was between her Westboro days but before she started doing apologetics for the wizard writer lady.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I sold a wallet to Megan Phelps-Roper at Fossil but she returned it in less then an hour because it didn’t work out. This was between her Westboro days but before she started doing apologetics for the wizard writer lady.
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She followed around a Parkland kid to harass him about how school shootings aren’t real, and her doing this shit propelled her to conspiracy internet fame then Congress. You do not have to hand it to her.
December 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
She followed around a Parkland kid to harass him about how school shootings aren’t real, and her doing this shit propelled her to conspiracy internet fame then Congress. You do not have to hand it to her.
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This is funny because nowhere in here does she admit that she's wrong about the antisemitism, transphobia, or any of her other bigotries
“Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong.” Read the inside story of how Marjorie Taylor Greene went from zealous Trump cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic: nyti.ms/3Lbzi88
December 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is funny because nowhere in here does she admit that she's wrong about the antisemitism, transphobia, or any of her other bigotries
The Wendell Berry cinematic universe
in 2026 instead of lore-diving whatever giant franchise benefits from your engagement try doing it with any writer/director with a substantial body of work but no “fandom”. Marie Ndiaye. Maryse Conde. Samuel Fuller. See where it gets you. If you gotta have a static setting do Mervyn Peake
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Wendell Berry cinematic universe
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Palantir. Sauron. CyberDyne. Blackrock. Mr Beast Inc. Cerberus. Blackwater. Anduril. Citizen. Citadel. Gilead. Bain Capital. Darktrace. Oracle. Umbra.
December 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Palantir. Sauron. CyberDyne. Blackrock. Mr Beast Inc. Cerberus. Blackwater. Anduril. Citizen. Citadel. Gilead. Bain Capital. Darktrace. Oracle. Umbra.
Had to think about one that I never, ever skip songs on when I listen to it, and it’s probably this one?
Runners up:
Madonna - Bedtime Stories
Radiohead - The Bends
Runners up:
Madonna - Bedtime Stories
Radiohead - The Bends
December 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Had to think about one that I never, ever skip songs on when I listen to it, and it’s probably this one?
Runners up:
Madonna - Bedtime Stories
Radiohead - The Bends
Runners up:
Madonna - Bedtime Stories
Radiohead - The Bends
DUNGEONS AND DEFENSE 🔮 | A Mystical Quest with the Kansas City Chiefs
YouTube video by Kansas City Chiefs
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December 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Watching ESB…
“You think Chewie can smell that they’re related?”
“You think Chewie can smell that they’re related?”
December 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Watching ESB…
“You think Chewie can smell that they’re related?”
“You think Chewie can smell that they’re related?”
“Where are all the toys I got for Christmas?”
“Son, you did not ask for toys. You asked Santa Claus exclusively for a Switch 2.”
“Son, you did not ask for toys. You asked Santa Claus exclusively for a Switch 2.”
December 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“Where are all the toys I got for Christmas?”
“Son, you did not ask for toys. You asked Santa Claus exclusively for a Switch 2.”
“Son, you did not ask for toys. You asked Santa Claus exclusively for a Switch 2.”
She lost though
It’s good Kamala Harris spent her money campaigning and not doing mutual aid! Generally we need candidates to try to win!
Kamala Harris literally wasted a billion and a half dollars but sure, okay, Kat Abughazaleh's way of doing things is the problem. Okay.
December 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
She lost though
I got really into The Cure during the summer after my sophomore year of high school. Ended up dating my first girlfriend that summer, too. After we made out for the first time in a Mexican restaurant parking lot, I went to Walmart to buy their greatest hits CD specifically for “Just Like Heaven.”
For this edition of the Hell World top 5 songs series, here's another killer lineup of writers and musicians writing a lot (a lot) about The Cure. www.welcometohellworld.com/the-cure/
I will always love you
The top 5 The Cure songs ever
www.welcometohellworld.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I got really into The Cure during the summer after my sophomore year of high school. Ended up dating my first girlfriend that summer, too. After we made out for the first time in a Mexican restaurant parking lot, I went to Walmart to buy their greatest hits CD specifically for “Just Like Heaven.”
All I have done with the new 3D printer we bought for Banjo is make a little boat and I’m already addicted. Oops.
December 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
All I have done with the new 3D printer we bought for Banjo is make a little boat and I’m already addicted. Oops.
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this is demonic. sorry to say but if you do this you should be shipped to a desert island away from the rest of us who still have human souls
![All Things Motherhood Jasmen Powell • 6d • S
Hot take, but an honest one.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
this is demonic. sorry to say but if you do this you should be shipped to a desert island away from the rest of us who still have human souls