Huh, how odd.

Deploy the Dutch Technical!

Translation: "Good evening gentlemen, my name is Karl Marx and this is my friend Friedrich Engels. We've been following your struggle throughout Europe and would love to support you. We think we can work with you to create a program that benefits the entire working class. Are you interested?"

Unironically, this is how I learned about Marx at 13, from the local library:

Showing as much regard for the American constitution as he has for the Dutch constitution.

Mist de 38% toeristen.

Guess he triggered his last lib.

De ene helft van de #VVD praat genocide goed. De ander ziet het vooral als een middel om linkse mensen te marginaliseren door elke vorm van kritiek weg te zetten als antisemitisme.

Ik hoop dat die foto's van dode kinderen waar hij over huilt hem de rest van zijn leven blijven achtervolgen, ook in zijn slaap. Dat hij een fractie van de angst voelt die Hind Rajab voelde, voordat 'het meest morele leger ter wereld' 335 kogels op haar afschoot.

Hij vindt zichzelf heel zielig omdat hij een fractie van de gevolgen van het beleid dat hij heeft gesteund moet aanzien. Dat bloed aan zijn handen doordrenkt hem tot in de ziel, net zoals elk Nederlands politicus die blind voor onbeperkte steun aan Israël heeft gestemd en blijft stemmen.

I have a whole shelf of Magic novels. You can tell which ones I got from fat packs because they don't have the price pencilled on the inside of the cover.

For what it's worth, I listen to Boston's Favourite Son at home, because the anti-vaping school show episode had me cry-laughing at the supermarket. Me desperately trying to stifle said cry-laughing led a very concerned employee to conclude that I was having a mental health episode of some sorts.

Sadly that happened in The Netherlands. First country with full legal gay marriage, and 90% of people assumed that that meant LGBTQ+ rights were 'done'.

As pretentious as it might sound, your specials are almost European in their structuring. I grew up with Dutch comedians, where shows tend to have a narrative arc framed by the jokes. Watching your specials, it feels like you're telling a long story that just happens to have some really funny jokes.

In de woorden van Frankie Boyle: "He's about three months away from being the answer to a very tricky pub quiz question."

My favourite Meghan McCain moment: The January 6th aftermath, where dozens of people got booted from Twitter for their complicity, and she kept tweeting about how she was sure she'd get booted for being a conservative... any moment now...

Als je ooit nog wil lachen - The Clones of Bruce Lee. Een film uit 1980 die min of meer voortkwam uit het feit dat een hoop Aziatische martial arts acteurs zichzelf de nieuwe Bruce Lee probeerden te maken na zijn dood.

'Fun' fact - there's still companies making electronics with (clear) transparent plastic cases. These are pretty much entirely for the prison system where, depending on state and security level, certain things are allowed, as long as they have clear cases so they can't be used to hide contraband.