The Life Neurotic
@pjcrooks.bsky.social
Writer for The Hard Times, New Yorker, and McSweeneys.
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The Life Neurotic
@pjcrooks.bsky.social
· Aug 15
![It was a wild, triumphant moment and a good omen as the Dodgers headed to the playoffs. Burke, waiting on deck, thrust his hand enthusiastically over his head to greet his friend at the plate. Baker, not knowing what to do, smacked it. "His hand was up in the air, and he was arching way back," says Baker ... "So I reached up and hit his hand. It seemed like the thing to do."[4]
This story regarding the origin of the high five can be found in the written news as early as September 1982 and is featured in the ESPN 30 for 30 film The High Five directed by Michael Jacobs.[8] After retiring from baseball, Burke, who was one of the first openly gay professional athletes, used the high five with other gay residents of the Castro district of San Francisco, and it became a symbol of gay pride.[4]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x7i2lewpds2ch3gxsibardwp/bafkreieapuv5nvvixn6h5mtxd3osx7rjkpd6oofgucn3ndmifzxgnirbni@jpeg)
The high five was invented by a gay guy. So if you’ve ever high fived anyone at any point in your life, you are gay. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.
And with that I’m taking a long break until all this boils over. This discourse is exhausting and infuriating and I have enough shit in life to deal with outside of this.
See you in the funny pages, folks!
See you in the funny pages, folks!
September 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
And with that I’m taking a long break until all this boils over. This discourse is exhausting and infuriating and I have enough shit in life to deal with outside of this.
See you in the funny pages, folks!
See you in the funny pages, folks!
Just remember that they would never and have never treated the death of some on the left the way a lot of Dems are treating this situation.
Andrew Breitbart Unleashes A Torrent Of Invective Against Sen. Ted Kennedy
Andrew Breitbart Unleashes A Torrent Of Invective Against Sen. Ted Kennedy
www.huffpost.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Just remember that they would never and have never treated the death of some on the left the way a lot of Dems are treating this situation.
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Here are some tweets from Charlie Kirk over just the last few days. They are an impressive mix of hatred towards: Blacks, immigrants, women, immigrants, Muslims, LGBTQ, academics.
September 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Here are some tweets from Charlie Kirk over just the last few days. They are an impressive mix of hatred towards: Blacks, immigrants, women, immigrants, Muslims, LGBTQ, academics.
Did he have a massive stroke that no one told us about? Look at how half his face is drooping.
September 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Did he have a massive stroke that no one told us about? Look at how half his face is drooping.
Real cool of my doctors office to email me my lab results right as I’m going to bed.
September 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Real cool of my doctors office to email me my lab results right as I’m going to bed.
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I think it is always worth mentioning that Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed with their beloved dog Gilbert: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
A Minnesota Lawmaker and Her Husband Are Lying in State. Next to Them: Their Golden Retriever.
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I think it is always worth mentioning that Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed with their beloved dog Gilbert: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
Guess she got her wish?
It’s not lost on me that in July Laura Loomer called Charlie Kirk a political opportunist and a charlatan
September 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Guess she got her wish?
Oh blow it out your ass @nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Oh blow it out your ass @nytimes.com
Again, they’ve not caught whoever did this
Trump: "For years those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism we're seeing in our country & it must stop right now. My admin will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity"
September 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Again, they’ve not caught whoever did this
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rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words
September 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words
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I refuse to even unmute this. But let me just leave this here:
September 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I refuse to even unmute this. But let me just leave this here:
Person on Subway: well, it certainly took the attention off that Epstein doodle.
September 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Person on Subway: well, it certainly took the attention off that Epstein doodle.
Thank you.
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Thank you.
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Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.
September 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.
How would @chatterton.bsky.social know what people are saying about his shitty book if he always turns replies off?
September 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
How would @chatterton.bsky.social know what people are saying about his shitty book if he always turns replies off?
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No elected official Democratic party will be as cruel about Kirk's death as Mike Lee was about the death of Melissa Hortman.
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
September 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
No elected official Democratic party will be as cruel about Kirk's death as Mike Lee was about the death of Melissa Hortman.
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
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Yes. Yes, they are.
September 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Yes. Yes, they are.
Next week’s South Park ought to be good.
September 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Next week’s South Park ought to be good.
Where was Charlie Kirk’s condemnation of political violence when Melissa Hartman was killed?
September 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Where was Charlie Kirk’s condemnation of political violence when Melissa Hartman was killed?
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When a right-wing man murdered Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, progressives asked MAGA to tone down the rhetoric to prevent more violence. Within hours of Kirk’s murder, motive still unknown, the right is demanding that the government wage a campaign of violence against their enemies.
September 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When a right-wing man murdered Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, progressives asked MAGA to tone down the rhetoric to prevent more violence. Within hours of Kirk’s murder, motive still unknown, the right is demanding that the government wage a campaign of violence against their enemies.
It’s worth pointing out they don’t even have a suspect in custody yet.
Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It’s worth pointing out they don’t even have a suspect in custody yet.
All I’m going to say on this is I won’t be lectured on what an appropriate reaction to political violence is from the same people who thought the Paul Pelosi attack was a comedic goldmine.
September 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
All I’m going to say on this is I won’t be lectured on what an appropriate reaction to political violence is from the same people who thought the Paul Pelosi attack was a comedic goldmine.
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Charlie Kirk has died at 31 after being shot today, according to conservative online channel Real America's Voice, where Kirk's show aired.
September 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Charlie Kirk has died at 31 after being shot today, according to conservative online channel Real America's Voice, where Kirk's show aired.
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People confront Trump at a DC restaurant. He smiles at the camera as they chant “Free DC, free Palestine, Trump is the Hitler of our time.”
Trump’s masked agents have snatched residents & he’s unconditionally backed Israel’s genocide of Gaza.
Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and JD Vance seen alongside.
Trump’s masked agents have snatched residents & he’s unconditionally backed Israel’s genocide of Gaza.
Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and JD Vance seen alongside.
September 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
People confront Trump at a DC restaurant. He smiles at the camera as they chant “Free DC, free Palestine, Trump is the Hitler of our time.”
Trump’s masked agents have snatched residents & he’s unconditionally backed Israel’s genocide of Gaza.
Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and JD Vance seen alongside.
Trump’s masked agents have snatched residents & he’s unconditionally backed Israel’s genocide of Gaza.
Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and JD Vance seen alongside.
Hey @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social : how come instead of rallying behind your constituents who overwhelmingly support @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and seems to be inspiring people who are burned out and cynical about politics, your listening to beltway consultants?
September 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Hey @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social : how come instead of rallying behind your constituents who overwhelmingly support @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and seems to be inspiring people who are burned out and cynical about politics, your listening to beltway consultants?