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I’m convinced that Disney has a Phantom of the Opera-esque character stalking their studio; except instead of demanding that they stage his operas on pain of death, he insists that they keep making Tron stuff
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I’m convinced that Disney has a Phantom of the Opera-esque character stalking their studio; except instead of demanding that they stage his operas on pain of death, he insists that they keep making Tron stuff
Relatively few people get to give such an on-the-nose answer
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Relatively few people get to give such an on-the-nose answer
I got laid off and someone else was hiring for the same hyper-specific job for more money
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I got laid off and someone else was hiring for the same hyper-specific job for more money
When you are the only one from your side of the family who is willing to visit grandpa in the home
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
When you are the only one from your side of the family who is willing to visit grandpa in the home
please convince your friends and loved ones to stop saying “it cannot be understated” when they mean “it cannot be overstated;” we can still nip the next “I could care less” in the bud if we work together.
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 AM
please convince your friends and loved ones to stop saying “it cannot be understated” when they mean “it cannot be overstated;” we can still nip the next “I could care less” in the bud if we work together.
Homeless people are not more likely to be drug addicts, it just used to be possible to afford both a home and a drug addiction.
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Homeless people are not more likely to be drug addicts, it just used to be possible to afford both a home and a drug addiction.
Pretty crazy that I am about to interact with slaves* in the year 2025 (*go through airport security)
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Pretty crazy that I am about to interact with slaves* in the year 2025 (*go through airport security)
Stopping to sniff other dogs’ piss is their version of social media
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Stopping to sniff other dogs’ piss is their version of social media
Spitting in the face of the rich White American tradition of completely ignoring your neighbors.
The best neighbors I ever had spoke limited English, and frequently brought us, unprompted, some delicious Mexican or Vietnamese food. There’d be a knock at the door, and boom!, dinner.
The best neighbors I ever had spoke limited English, and frequently brought us, unprompted, some delicious Mexican or Vietnamese food. There’d be a knock at the door, and boom!, dinner.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Spitting in the face of the rich White American tradition of completely ignoring your neighbors.
The best neighbors I ever had spoke limited English, and frequently brought us, unprompted, some delicious Mexican or Vietnamese food. There’d be a knock at the door, and boom!, dinner.
The best neighbors I ever had spoke limited English, and frequently brought us, unprompted, some delicious Mexican or Vietnamese food. There’d be a knock at the door, and boom!, dinner.
I love that we’ve normalized using hazard lights to mean “I am breaking the law but I’ll stop breaking the law soon-ish”
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I love that we’ve normalized using hazard lights to mean “I am breaking the law but I’ll stop breaking the law soon-ish”
A great night for those of us who miss five-hour ballgames! #worldseries
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
A great night for those of us who miss five-hour ballgames! #worldseries
We might get to see Kiké Hernandez pitch in a World Series!
October 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
We might get to see Kiké Hernandez pitch in a World Series!
Trying to trick my brain into thinking that House of Dynamite is less terrifyingly relevant because the shots of the White House don’t look like the one in the real world
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Trying to trick my brain into thinking that House of Dynamite is less terrifyingly relevant because the shots of the White House don’t look like the one in the real world
An annoying quirk I’ve noticed in a lot of recent video essays is people saying that something important “can/could not be understated;” now I know how it felt to live through the early days of “I could care less.”
October 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
An annoying quirk I’ve noticed in a lot of recent video essays is people saying that something important “can/could not be understated;” now I know how it felt to live through the early days of “I could care less.”
Revise tagging VO
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Revise tagging VO
Diane Keaton was not the “dies at 79” any of us were hoping for today.
October 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Diane Keaton was not the “dies at 79” any of us were hoping for today.
Circling back: why do people act like you are crazy if you suggest that the guy who famously tried to cheat in 2020, and who is very obviously trying to rig the 2026 election over a year out, miiight have cheated in 2020, with the help of the richest and most powerful media moguls who’ve ever lived?
October 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Circling back: why do people act like you are crazy if you suggest that the guy who famously tried to cheat in 2020, and who is very obviously trying to rig the 2026 election over a year out, miiight have cheated in 2020, with the help of the richest and most powerful media moguls who’ve ever lived?
It’s weird that every president to cone out of California is more damaging than the last: Nixon, Reagan, Miller…
October 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
It’s weird that every president to cone out of California is more damaging than the last: Nixon, Reagan, Miller…
I can’t be the first person to notice that there was another functioning escalator right next to the one that the president got stuck at the bottom of
September 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I can’t be the first person to notice that there was another functioning escalator right next to the one that the president got stuck at the bottom of
It’s hard to claim that anyone is the “most high-profile” person among any minority group in the US; except, I think, for trans people. The most widely-known trans public figure in the country is — famously, bewilderingly — a conservative Republican.
Despite the hysteria, she is free to Rohm.
Despite the hysteria, she is free to Rohm.
September 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It’s hard to claim that anyone is the “most high-profile” person among any minority group in the US; except, I think, for trans people. The most widely-known trans public figure in the country is — famously, bewilderingly — a conservative Republican.
Despite the hysteria, she is free to Rohm.
Despite the hysteria, she is free to Rohm.
You’d think there’d be at least one billionaire media baron whose ego would compel him to think, “I can be the one that beats him,” but nope: sniveling cowards, to a one
September 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
You’d think there’d be at least one billionaire media baron whose ego would compel him to think, “I can be the one that beats him,” but nope: sniveling cowards, to a one
Finally, something Americans from both sides of the political divide can agree on: being deeply saddened by the recent death of a public figure in Utah
September 17, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Finally, something Americans from both sides of the political divide can agree on: being deeply saddened by the recent death of a public figure in Utah
I wish we had real journalists, the kind that would shout “Mr. President, how does it feel to know you’ll be dead of natural causes soon!”
September 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I wish we had real journalists, the kind that would shout “Mr. President, how does it feel to know you’ll be dead of natural causes soon!”
Is it “political violence” to suggest that someone who keeps confessing to having people killed without due process should face some repercussions?
September 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Is it “political violence” to suggest that someone who keeps confessing to having people killed without due process should face some repercussions?
rry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74
Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74
Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74
September 16, 2025 at 5:27 AM
rry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74