Trump lied about his new tariffs being retaliatory for tariffs against us. His numbers match up with our trade deficits though, which is a weird way of lying to the public (yet par for his course).

old.reddit.com/r/economy/co...

Here's my Bingo sheet of predictions for 2025. I'll even make one more; that I will hit Bingo across the top first.

If you want to be really secular this season, just say "Happy Days!" That will definitely piss off anyone who was already mad about you not saying "Merry Christmas". But "Happy Holidays" = "Happy Holy Days" and that's a pretty huge concession - and one you don't have to make. Happy Days!

The study that they're basing these fears off of didn't even include the very items that they're disparaging. They didn't exist yet! Yet the papers want you to be scared of them. Clickbait or serving the needs of advertisers? Hrm...

Hypocrisy is his superpower.

"...Where there's never a boast or brag..."

First off, have you ever been to America?

Second, and I can not stress this enough - are you really bragging about never bragging?

It's been enough for a while now...I wish people only played Christmas music on Christmas. Then it'd be special.

The emperor wears no clothes.

(yes this is real).

This scene has suddenly become absurdly relevant.

The book that shaped my sense of humor more than anything else.

What shaped yours?

The Buttonball Tree is a sycamore in Sunderland, MA. It's 114 feet ball, at least 350 years old, and over 25 feet around. It's one of the largest, widest trees in the eastern half of America.

I'd like to point that leaving each of the following off my previous list hurt my soul a little, but a favorite is a favorite!

Succession
Reservation Dogs
The Wire
The Sopranos
The Daily Show
Game of Thrones
Station Eleven
The Simpsons
Futurama
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Stranger Things
Legion

My Favorite TV Shows of this Millennium (in order):

Better Call Saul
The Leftovers
Arrested Development
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
The Good Place
South Park
Watchmen
Battlestar Galactica
Black Mirror
Community
Breaking Bad
Atlanta
What We Do In The Shadows
The Office (US)

How about you?

How I feel with every social interaction this time of year...

Public Service Announcement:

Not sure if a Black Friday sale is legit or not?

Copy the URL of the deal you're considering.

Paste it into web.archive.org

Now you can see the history of that item and its prices.

The best movies of all time (in no particular order):

Lawrence of Arabia
Cool Hand Luke
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Dark Knight Trilogy
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Back to the Future
Borat
Thor: Ragnarok
The Martian
The Life Aquatic
Groundhog Day
Big Fish
T2
Fight Club
A Clockwork Orange
Airplane

My Vibes:
Elder care
Designing games for all ages
Card & board games
D&D (typically DM)
Tetris, Baldur's Gate, and whatever my boys want to play
Baseball & Disc Golf
Comedy, Sci-Fi & Drama
Comics (X-Men, Daredevil, Spider-Man)
Crosswords & Chess
Investing (stocks)
Vegetarian
Unitarian Universalist