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This data is old (2017) but it makes a point I’m not tiring to repeat: as privileged people we are terrible at estimating how good we have it. Americans and Australians think that a whopping 43% of the world are richer than they are. The median US income puts you in the top three percent globally.
December 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This data is old (2017) but it makes a point I’m not tiring to repeat: as privileged people we are terrible at estimating how good we have it. Americans and Australians think that a whopping 43% of the world are richer than they are. The median US income puts you in the top three percent globally.
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The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
August 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
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America, there's something you should know.
The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are:
- "Chicken Soup for the _____"
- "Oh, the Places You'll Go"
- Books of New Yorker cartoons
I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.
The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are:
- "Chicken Soup for the _____"
- "Oh, the Places You'll Go"
- Books of New Yorker cartoons
I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.
December 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
America, there's something you should know.
The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are:
- "Chicken Soup for the _____"
- "Oh, the Places You'll Go"
- Books of New Yorker cartoons
I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.
The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are:
- "Chicken Soup for the _____"
- "Oh, the Places You'll Go"
- Books of New Yorker cartoons
I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.
Threads reads like one long tim robinson joke to me sometimes
also spotted on threads
December 27, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Threads reads like one long tim robinson joke to me sometimes
SNL was never great but it seems aggressively bad lately. Kind of a reflection of a generally impoverished culture i suppose.
December 27, 2025 at 4:40 AM
SNL was never great but it seems aggressively bad lately. Kind of a reflection of a generally impoverished culture i suppose.
for some reason a little bummed none of the moons in the solar system are bigger than earth.
December 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
for some reason a little bummed none of the moons in the solar system are bigger than earth.
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Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
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Metaphor re fantazio has genuinely challenging and really disturbing boss battles
December 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Metaphor re fantazio has genuinely challenging and really disturbing boss battles
Chuck Tingle was way ahead of the curve on this one.
I shouldn't laugh, but imagine your ass being haunted?
At 61 years old, I had lost volume and wanted my younger body back quickly. Donor fat seemed like the best option.
December 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Chuck Tingle was way ahead of the curve on this one.
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December 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Have what i just said repeated back to me as an educational lecture: check. Just part of the home experience.
December 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Have what i just said repeated back to me as an educational lecture: check. Just part of the home experience.
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One of the right wing's top cultural initiatives was trying to destroy the idea that assholery deserves shame and we'll have to reverse that. "I'm just expressing an opinion I'm entitled to." Ok but you're an asshole. "I'm simply doing a business practice that technically isn't illegal." Ok. Asshole
October 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
One of the right wing's top cultural initiatives was trying to destroy the idea that assholery deserves shame and we'll have to reverse that. "I'm just expressing an opinion I'm entitled to." Ok but you're an asshole. "I'm simply doing a business practice that technically isn't illegal." Ok. Asshole
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Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
December 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
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to win this fight, we cannot limit ourselves to arguments based on competency or efficiency. we should attack incompetence where we see it, ofc, but we must be militant in arguing - ad nauseam - that the roots of this dysfunction & collapse are moral and spiritual. to do good, we must be better
December 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
to win this fight, we cannot limit ourselves to arguments based on competency or efficiency. we should attack incompetence where we see it, ofc, but we must be militant in arguing - ad nauseam - that the roots of this dysfunction & collapse are moral and spiritual. to do good, we must be better
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we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.
December 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.
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[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
There's this enduring belief that people are entitled to a little revenge after an attack, completely at odds with their stated beliefs in cooler moments that we probably need to confront at some point, especially as it seems to be quietly encouraged when there's a racial component
December 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There's this enduring belief that people are entitled to a little revenge after an attack, completely at odds with their stated beliefs in cooler moments that we probably need to confront at some point, especially as it seems to be quietly encouraged when there's a racial component
The frustrating part of talking to my family and ask follow-up questions to what they're saying, they just ignore that too and keep steamrolling me
December 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The frustrating part of talking to my family and ask follow-up questions to what they're saying, they just ignore that too and keep steamrolling me
Ah, xmas in idaho
December 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Ah, xmas in idaho
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Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
December 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
Kinda bugs me how religious people rewrite and co-opt hallelujah
December 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Kinda bugs me how religious people rewrite and co-opt hallelujah
My new favorite pastime every year is watching artists trying to make the new "all i want for christmas is you" level holiday hit, desperate to get those mariah bucks
December 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
My new favorite pastime every year is watching artists trying to make the new "all i want for christmas is you" level holiday hit, desperate to get those mariah bucks
I've been politely ignoring the trump inauguration mug sitting proudly on the counter, but I genuinely can't believe he hasn't hidden it in shame yet.
December 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I've been politely ignoring the trump inauguration mug sitting proudly on the counter, but I genuinely can't believe he hasn't hidden it in shame yet.