Josh Fruhlinger
@jfruh.bsky.social
I am the Comics Curmudgeon, among several other things.
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Josh Fruhlinger
@jfruh.bsky.social
· Nov 19
i am disappointed that george pataki is not president yet
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Regardless of what you think of Trump's policies, "Panican" is absolutely elite political communication on the merits. Of course everyone instantly grasps what it means and it just looks so good on the page, but furthermore it's also very easy to imagine how someone would say it aloud.
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Regardless of what you think of Trump's policies, "Panican" is absolutely elite political communication on the merits. Of course everyone instantly grasps what it means and it just looks so good on the page, but furthermore it's also very easy to imagine how someone would say it aloud.
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it's one thing to reference Mike Tyson, it's another thing to do when you, like RFK Jr, have been credibly accused of sexual assault and seemingly admitted it to the press
Haha cool man you have the same face tattoo as a convicted rapist
February 9, 2026 at 10:58 PM
it's one thing to reference Mike Tyson, it's another thing to do when you, like RFK Jr, have been credibly accused of sexual assault and seemingly admitted it to the press
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very funny to send a don't panic email and it's full of the normal slop you sell to the marks. imagining some senator getting this and being like "oh god oh no they really dont know what theyre doing"
February 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
very funny to send a don't panic email and it's full of the normal slop you sell to the marks. imagining some senator getting this and being like "oh god oh no they really dont know what theyre doing"
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a panican implies the existence of a panican't
February 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
a panican implies the existence of a panican't
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I can't imagine stopping to think about a post and not realizing "ah I probably shouldn't post." You gotta just go full speed ahead or it'll occur to you what a bad idea this all is.
February 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I can't imagine stopping to think about a post and not realizing "ah I probably shouldn't post." You gotta just go full speed ahead or it'll occur to you what a bad idea this all is.
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I have never once thought through or about a post
February 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I have never once thought through or about a post
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when i save "hannah montana implies the existence of 49 other hannahs" as a draft, what good does that do except delay your eventual suffering?
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
when i save "hannah montana implies the existence of 49 other hannahs" as a draft, what good does that do except delay your eventual suffering?
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An asymmetrical, bi-lateral relationship in which one side has extensive responsibilities and limited entitlements, and the other side has extensive prerogatives and limited responsibilities? You got that right: it's gender.
February 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
An asymmetrical, bi-lateral relationship in which one side has extensive responsibilities and limited entitlements, and the other side has extensive prerogatives and limited responsibilities? You got that right: it's gender.
this is an interesting thread but obviously this bit in particular jumped out at me
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
this is an interesting thread but obviously this bit in particular jumped out at me
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"Your pets may not necessarily love it when you kiss and hug them"
Yeah well I may not necessarily love picking up poop so I guess we're all gonna have to make some sacrifices.
Yeah well I may not necessarily love picking up poop so I guess we're all gonna have to make some sacrifices.
February 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
"Your pets may not necessarily love it when you kiss and hug them"
Yeah well I may not necessarily love picking up poop so I guess we're all gonna have to make some sacrifices.
Yeah well I may not necessarily love picking up poop so I guess we're all gonna have to make some sacrifices.
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really what im saying is the scottish pm should start complaining about a book again if they really want things to get spicy
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
really what im saying is the scottish pm should start complaining about a book again if they really want things to get spicy
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Rome did not match the population of Trajan’ Rome until 1951
February 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Rome did not match the population of Trajan’ Rome until 1951
one of the dynamics that affected a lot of the unraveling of the USSR was that gorbachev wanted to devolve power from the center and the republics were ready-made political unit for this purpose, but russia was half the USSR's population and 3/4 of its territory so things got real weird/bad
Like Imperial Germany or the USSR, it cannot really work as a federation because one part is bigger than all the other put together, which ends irritating both sides depending on whether you emphasise the centre or the autonomy
February 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
one of the dynamics that affected a lot of the unraveling of the USSR was that gorbachev wanted to devolve power from the center and the republics were ready-made political unit for this purpose, but russia was half the USSR's population and 3/4 of its territory so things got real weird/bad
i do not wish to denigrate scotland but i think most ppl outside the UK think of england and scotland as basically the same category of thing w/in the UK and i think it is difficult to understand the dynamics if u don't know that scotland's population is like 60% of london's. not england, london's
I actually find it extremely unfunny that UK Labour can just shrug and go "who even are you" at the Scottish Labour leader calling for the Prime Minister to go.
February 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
i do not wish to denigrate scotland but i think most ppl outside the UK think of england and scotland as basically the same category of thing w/in the UK and i think it is difficult to understand the dynamics if u don't know that scotland's population is like 60% of london's. not england, london's
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2026/0... when someone asks me why so many people read the comics curmudgeon
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2026/0... when someone asks me why so many people read the comics curmudgeon
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the concept of a ‘Hail Mary’ pass in American football saves US politicians from making a lot of tortured sports metaphors
February 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
the concept of a ‘Hail Mary’ pass in American football saves US politicians from making a lot of tortured sports metaphors
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tbf i strongly believe consumer printers are more complex than human brains
Recently wife and I stunlocked a guy who works in the bleeding edge of AI (San Francisco) and asked him if, instead of putting AGI in a brain implant, he can just start with a consumer printer that works reliably. Genuinely he did not know what to say.
Even former Thiel Fellows are starting to realize that the tech industry hebben een serieus probleem
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
tbf i strongly believe consumer printers are more complex than human brains
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Driving around the Bay Area in one of these, compromising everyone's electronics to a permanent end, until they put the headphone port back in the phone
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Driving around the Bay Area in one of these, compromising everyone's electronics to a permanent end, until they put the headphone port back in the phone
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Last night I had a dream concerning "Goonbubbling" which was some kind of online pervert subculture where they would put fortune cookie style slips of gooning instructions inside plastic vending machine capsules and distribute them to other perverts. I believe this is a million-dollar idea.
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Last night I had a dream concerning "Goonbubbling" which was some kind of online pervert subculture where they would put fortune cookie style slips of gooning instructions inside plastic vending machine capsules and distribute them to other perverts. I believe this is a million-dollar idea.
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if I started lying to people and saying I was one of the tree people at the Bad Bunny show would you guys back me up
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
if I started lying to people and saying I was one of the tree people at the Bad Bunny show would you guys back me up
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(Doing my new character Chicagollum) DA precious
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
(Doing my new character Chicagollum) DA precious
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Honestly the most theologically Christian lyric in the whole TPUSA show was "Get in the pit and try to love someone"
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Honestly the most theologically Christian lyric in the whole TPUSA show was "Get in the pit and try to love someone"
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I assume you wound up near oracle database professionals because of how much of your job involves cataloguing changes in something that regularly fills you with rage, contempt, or disgust
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 AM
I assume you wound up near oracle database professionals because of how much of your job involves cataloguing changes in something that regularly fills you with rage, contempt, or disgust
i continue to orbit the queer shitpostets from a respectful distance
February 9, 2026 at 4:34 AM
i continue to orbit the queer shitpostets from a respectful distance