Background Musings
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It is abundantly clear that no matter how many good people fight the good fight.
America was and continues to be The Land of the Ladder Pullers.
America was and continues to be The Land of the Ladder Pullers.
It's ok to not know something. It's ok too be wrong. It's not ok being an asshole about it.
December 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It's ok to not know something. It's ok too be wrong. It's not ok being an asshole about it.
Just cause you say Jesus forgives you, doesn't mean we gotta forgive you. You might see Jesus later, but we here right now.
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Just cause you say Jesus forgives you, doesn't mean we gotta forgive you. You might see Jesus later, but we here right now.
Still can't fathom that people with or in any form of journalism work for outlets like FOX News, The Blaze, News Nation, and etc.
We got mfing electrical engineers from other countries driving Uber, we got masters degree holders managing retail stores.
Selling your souls for the bag is a disgrace.
We got mfing electrical engineers from other countries driving Uber, we got masters degree holders managing retail stores.
Selling your souls for the bag is a disgrace.
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Still can't fathom that people with or in any form of journalism work for outlets like FOX News, The Blaze, News Nation, and etc.
We got mfing electrical engineers from other countries driving Uber, we got masters degree holders managing retail stores.
Selling your souls for the bag is a disgrace.
We got mfing electrical engineers from other countries driving Uber, we got masters degree holders managing retail stores.
Selling your souls for the bag is a disgrace.
If the Republican party wasn't labeled the collective narcissist party. They should be now.
The willful ignorance and intellectual back bending convincing themselves they're never wrong has reached alarming levels.
The willful ignorance and intellectual back bending convincing themselves they're never wrong has reached alarming levels.
March 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If the Republican party wasn't labeled the collective narcissist party. They should be now.
The willful ignorance and intellectual back bending convincing themselves they're never wrong has reached alarming levels.
The willful ignorance and intellectual back bending convincing themselves they're never wrong has reached alarming levels.
The Matrix movies really broke a lot of people's brains.
Who knew "borrowing" heavily from anime, and dressing people in leather would have such a profound impact on conspiracies in the cultural zeitgeist.
Who knew "borrowing" heavily from anime, and dressing people in leather would have such a profound impact on conspiracies in the cultural zeitgeist.
January 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Matrix movies really broke a lot of people's brains.
Who knew "borrowing" heavily from anime, and dressing people in leather would have such a profound impact on conspiracies in the cultural zeitgeist.
Who knew "borrowing" heavily from anime, and dressing people in leather would have such a profound impact on conspiracies in the cultural zeitgeist.
Some of y'all really need to understand that sometimes the internet should stay on the internet.
December 23, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Some of y'all really need to understand that sometimes the internet should stay on the internet.
Just realized a guy I drink with at a bar semi regularly. Works at a shop I go to semi regularly. I never connected that it's the same guy, and he's never said anything about it. I feel like I have 2 different acquaintanceships with 1 person.
December 13, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Just realized a guy I drink with at a bar semi regularly. Works at a shop I go to semi regularly. I never connected that it's the same guy, and he's never said anything about it. I feel like I have 2 different acquaintanceships with 1 person.
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My dad laughs about millennials drinking water between beers or mixed drinks or whatever. I asked him if he had ever hydrated while boozing and he said deadpan, "Absolutely not."
"When we drank, we drank."
"When we drank, we drank."
December 13, 2024 at 7:55 PM
My dad laughs about millennials drinking water between beers or mixed drinks or whatever. I asked him if he had ever hydrated while boozing and he said deadpan, "Absolutely not."
"When we drank, we drank."
"When we drank, we drank."
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Data Mining Has Created A World Where Everyone Is For Sale. But Could It Also Have A Downside?
Data Mining Has Created A World Where Everyone Is For Sale. But Could It Also Have A Downside?
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December 11, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Data Mining Has Created A World Where Everyone Is For Sale. But Could It Also Have A Downside?
Still not sure how conspiracy, alien, or cryptozoology shows use teasers to hype a huge finding.
We have the internet. I don't need to wait on Discovery Plus to learn about the supposed uncovering of fossilized Bigfoot poop inside the Vatican archives.
We have the internet. I don't need to wait on Discovery Plus to learn about the supposed uncovering of fossilized Bigfoot poop inside the Vatican archives.
December 10, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Still not sure how conspiracy, alien, or cryptozoology shows use teasers to hype a huge finding.
We have the internet. I don't need to wait on Discovery Plus to learn about the supposed uncovering of fossilized Bigfoot poop inside the Vatican archives.
We have the internet. I don't need to wait on Discovery Plus to learn about the supposed uncovering of fossilized Bigfoot poop inside the Vatican archives.
Trump uses a firehouse of bullshit, and his people have their own firehouse of bullshit spraying the same direction.
Don't let it all wash over. Pick the one or two things that skin crawl you and post/worry about those. There's enough to go around, getting sucked into the mud is what they want.
Don't let it all wash over. Pick the one or two things that skin crawl you and post/worry about those. There's enough to go around, getting sucked into the mud is what they want.
December 8, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Trump uses a firehouse of bullshit, and his people have their own firehouse of bullshit spraying the same direction.
Don't let it all wash over. Pick the one or two things that skin crawl you and post/worry about those. There's enough to go around, getting sucked into the mud is what they want.
Don't let it all wash over. Pick the one or two things that skin crawl you and post/worry about those. There's enough to go around, getting sucked into the mud is what they want.
It takes all kinds in this world, but people that keep their phone on auto rotate. I just can't.
December 6, 2024 at 10:19 PM
It takes all kinds in this world, but people that keep their phone on auto rotate. I just can't.
Today is the day that today is.
December 6, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Today is the day that today is.
Let's Goooooooooooo! I don't know when it became the defacto sports yell. But I think it might be time for a new one.
December 6, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Let's Goooooooooooo! I don't know when it became the defacto sports yell. But I think it might be time for a new one.
Roundabouts really break a non insignificant amount of American drivers brains.
December 5, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Roundabouts really break a non insignificant amount of American drivers brains.
I wish America would jump on the all ages, all genres, and all stories can be animated train.
A lot of shows and movies would be so much better and cooler under a solid animation studio with reasonable budgets.
A lot of shows and movies would be so much better and cooler under a solid animation studio with reasonable budgets.
December 5, 2024 at 4:29 AM
I wish America would jump on the all ages, all genres, and all stories can be animated train.
A lot of shows and movies would be so much better and cooler under a solid animation studio with reasonable budgets.
A lot of shows and movies would be so much better and cooler under a solid animation studio with reasonable budgets.
Watching Russel Crowe fully embracing his role The Pope's Exorcist and the movie owning itself was a good way to end the night.
December 4, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Watching Russel Crowe fully embracing his role The Pope's Exorcist and the movie owning itself was a good way to end the night.
The loss of off the wall DVD commentaries is an indictment of the whole streaming era.
December 3, 2024 at 11:33 PM
The loss of off the wall DVD commentaries is an indictment of the whole streaming era.
The day you learn that the apex of art, culture, and higher thought also just kinda shit posts online and eats shredded cheese straight out of the bag feels very similar to being a child and realizing adults really just be winging it.
December 2, 2024 at 11:02 PM
The day you learn that the apex of art, culture, and higher thought also just kinda shit posts online and eats shredded cheese straight out of the bag feels very similar to being a child and realizing adults really just be winging it.
Jingle All the Way should be in the rotation for your Christmas movie season.
November 30, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Jingle All the Way should be in the rotation for your Christmas movie season.
Vibes are finicky thing.
One second you're drinking having a laugh.
The next second Dave walks in and really has some nostalgia for the Skrillex era.
One second you're drinking having a laugh.
The next second Dave walks in and really has some nostalgia for the Skrillex era.
November 26, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Vibes are finicky thing.
One second you're drinking having a laugh.
The next second Dave walks in and really has some nostalgia for the Skrillex era.
One second you're drinking having a laugh.
The next second Dave walks in and really has some nostalgia for the Skrillex era.
It's still pretty wild you can just kinda sell "medicine" if you don't call it medicine. And the less it works, the more people seem too want it.
November 25, 2024 at 10:56 PM
It's still pretty wild you can just kinda sell "medicine" if you don't call it medicine. And the less it works, the more people seem too want it.
The internet really tryna convince me cottage cheese and protein powder can be used to make almost anything.
November 25, 2024 at 2:47 AM
The internet really tryna convince me cottage cheese and protein powder can be used to make almost anything.
The same people who really, really hate self-checkout lines are the first ones to get mad at the cashier. It's almost like they just want an excuse to be a jerk.
November 22, 2024 at 11:38 PM
The same people who really, really hate self-checkout lines are the first ones to get mad at the cashier. It's almost like they just want an excuse to be a jerk.
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i think that if you give people scratch-offs as a holiday gift, they should have to give you the money if they win anything. well, there you go. hopefully this extraordinarily terrible stupid-ass opinion brightens your day
November 22, 2024 at 12:18 PM
i think that if you give people scratch-offs as a holiday gift, they should have to give you the money if they win anything. well, there you go. hopefully this extraordinarily terrible stupid-ass opinion brightens your day