Matthew 🌹
@emjayveeem.bsky.social
“A whimsical mix of deep thoughts and delightful absurdity, like a snowflake made of existential dread." - blueskyroast
Pastor, therapist, faithful lefty.
http://matthewvanm.com
https://matthewvanm.substack.com
Pastor, therapist, faithful lefty.
http://matthewvanm.com
https://matthewvanm.substack.com
Over on threads there’s someone with a bachelor’s degree who had taken at least a class or two in psychology trying to argue with me to make a point. And he gives the evidence of a Wikipedia article.
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Over on threads there’s someone with a bachelor’s degree who had taken at least a class or two in psychology trying to argue with me to make a point. And he gives the evidence of a Wikipedia article.
I really miss the 90s
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I really miss the 90s
did COVID accelerate burnout for anyone else or is it just me?
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
did COVID accelerate burnout for anyone else or is it just me?
I’ve found that if I don’t stop, I don’t have time to feel dead inside. So, as long as I keep working nonstop, things will be okay, right?
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I’ve found that if I don’t stop, I don’t have time to feel dead inside. So, as long as I keep working nonstop, things will be okay, right?
Today’s hot take: I think the MBTI is worthwhile and does not deserve all the hate it gets.
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Today’s hot take: I think the MBTI is worthwhile and does not deserve all the hate it gets.
I often wish my predecessors didn’t have such great executive functioning.
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I often wish my predecessors didn’t have such great executive functioning.
I’ve thought that I have hit the depths of burnout but just when you think you hit the bottom, you near a knock from below you.
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I’ve thought that I have hit the depths of burnout but just when you think you hit the bottom, you near a knock from below you.
Totally forgot it’s ADHD awareness month. Somehow that seems like it checks out.
October 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Totally forgot it’s ADHD awareness month. Somehow that seems like it checks out.
I was opposed to ABS in MLB, but after watching this umpire who is clearly a cubs fan, I’m warming to the idea
October 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I was opposed to ABS in MLB, but after watching this umpire who is clearly a cubs fan, I’m warming to the idea
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Pacifism’s a very difficult concept in the Gospels
But Hegseth calling it wholly naïve, ignoble, and unwise reveals a Christian faith used to justify, rather than challenge, our basest instincts
But Hegseth calling it wholly naïve, ignoble, and unwise reveals a Christian faith used to justify, rather than challenge, our basest instincts
September 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Pacifism’s a very difficult concept in the Gospels
But Hegseth calling it wholly naïve, ignoble, and unwise reveals a Christian faith used to justify, rather than challenge, our basest instincts
But Hegseth calling it wholly naïve, ignoble, and unwise reveals a Christian faith used to justify, rather than challenge, our basest instincts
Hegseth has some real SDE
September 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hegseth has some real SDE
I love the news that Canadians are avoiding American goods. Keep it up. Crash our economy. I’m being serious. This is the only way we will learn anything.
September 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I love the news that Canadians are avoiding American goods. Keep it up. Crash our economy. I’m being serious. This is the only way we will learn anything.
I got an email advertising an ADHD Certification. My friend, I have it naturally. I don't need a certification to get ADHD.
September 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I got an email advertising an ADHD Certification. My friend, I have it naturally. I don't need a certification to get ADHD.
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My friend’s autistic friend said: “'I'd like to let you all know that I now consider autistic a slur, and I want to be known as a Tylenol-American.’”
September 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My friend’s autistic friend said: “'I'd like to let you all know that I now consider autistic a slur, and I want to be known as a Tylenol-American.’”
I was really REALLY hoping we’d be free of the evangelicals by now.
September 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I was really REALLY hoping we’d be free of the evangelicals by now.
Someone really needs to share who discovered time travel to give pregnant mothers Tylenol decades before it was invented. The low key time travel is real is the ACTUAL news.
September 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Someone really needs to share who discovered time travel to give pregnant mothers Tylenol decades before it was invented. The low key time travel is real is the ACTUAL news.
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(Autism existed before Tylenol)
September 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
(Autism existed before Tylenol)
Im really hoping the evangelicals get raptured tomorrow.
September 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Im really hoping the evangelicals get raptured tomorrow.
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Reset the blasphemy/heresy counter
September 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Reset the blasphemy/heresy counter
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National anthems are the idolatrous hymns of choice for the Empire church.
And the Empire church is the opposite direction of following Jesus.
And the Empire church is the opposite direction of following Jesus.
September 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
National anthems are the idolatrous hymns of choice for the Empire church.
And the Empire church is the opposite direction of following Jesus.
And the Empire church is the opposite direction of following Jesus.
Hey Charlie Kirk wasn’t a Christian martyr. He was a right wing blowhard who did a lot of damage who was killed. Now, move on.
September 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hey Charlie Kirk wasn’t a Christian martyr. He was a right wing blowhard who did a lot of damage who was killed. Now, move on.
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it sure does seem to me like the problem with the response so far is too many people pretending Kirk was not immensely, unspeakably evil, and not too many people defending murder
evil people can get murdered and murder remains bad and evil remains bad what are we doing
evil people can get murdered and murder remains bad and evil remains bad what are we doing
September 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
it sure does seem to me like the problem with the response so far is too many people pretending Kirk was not immensely, unspeakably evil, and not too many people defending murder
evil people can get murdered and murder remains bad and evil remains bad what are we doing
evil people can get murdered and murder remains bad and evil remains bad what are we doing
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You don't get to decry a lack of empathy when the person you idolized literally despised the concept.
September 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
You don't get to decry a lack of empathy when the person you idolized literally despised the concept.
I’ve got an essay in this volume, but even more importantly are the many brilliant minds who have contributions here.
September 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I’ve got an essay in this volume, but even more importantly are the many brilliant minds who have contributions here.
This is the country the right wing created. The chickens have come home to roost.
September 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is the country the right wing created. The chickens have come home to roost.