This was a couple years into Trump I, but Fox News had been busily politicizing Christmas my entire adult life, so I wasn't surprised. Just disappointed.

I was already done with church in any kind of religious way, but holding candles and singing carols was fine. Til it wasn't.

The last time I attended the Christmas Eve service at my old church, a greeter at the door said "Merry Christmas!"

Before I could respond with the same, he puts on an odd grin and says, "YOU CAN SAY THAT HERE"

Okay, bud, but you made it weird and now I kinda don't wanna

I'm not sure "well-oiled machine" is going anywhere - whether the oils are derived from fossil fuels or not, anything with moving parts and friction will need to be oiled, including wind turbines, sun-tracking solar panels, and electrified mass transit.

I'm so sorry for that cursed TV pun
It entered my head and had to be tweeted

I suppose we're not counting Adam Scott's stint as Mayor of Icetown

This guy's podcast is called "All In", which could not be more on brand for a dude who refuses to accept losing at a casino he helped build.

And...the whole "messing w/people you disagree with" thing is pretty fucking rich when the right's decade-long pogrom against trans kids is continuing in my very blue state where they're trying to pass an initiative to peep in my daughter's underpants before she's ever allowed to play sports.

At least not in this country

MAGA is uniquely skilled at tripping over their own dick on their way to hell

I mean, whomst among us

Sine qua non was the title of a Battlestar Galactica episode

This is not me disagreeing with you, this is just me acknowledging that I know a lot of things for dumb reasons

Much of my medical lingo came from "House" followed by Wikipedia, but that currently makes me a better source than the CDC

Well no, but I would disagree with your underlying suggestion that sui generis is an equally well-known phrase to status quo.

But that was kind of my point: I don't think either of us is "correct" in any reliable sense here.

What's common in our experience is common for others in our estimation.

I mean, we all put the bar on common usage in different spots, but I kinda think that's how most educated people feel in their heart of hearts as they're tossing out Latin phrases.

I love a good sine qua non, but I know I'm flexing a bit when I say it.

First to say "Why are you always such an asshole" gets a statue.

A whole lotta women, my dude

Many people are saying this.

...we can't say for sure how many though.