Mr. Paley's Opinion Shed (Condemned)
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Strong opinions on pop culture that could honestly be stronger and worse
Trains to work are down and I am both A) halfway between work and home and B) straight up turtling right now. What if I just died, right this moment. A bathroom or a bullet, either would be fine, thanks
December 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Trains to work are down and I am both A) halfway between work and home and B) straight up turtling right now. What if I just died, right this moment. A bathroom or a bullet, either would be fine, thanks
Required fuckin reading!!!
Unburying the lede from my essay on why we all feel like numb frozen crap these days…
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
December 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Required fuckin reading!!!
Didn't believe you, looked it up, slightly flabbergasted. Evil really does take a physical toll, it turns out
I'm genuinely about to start crying at this close up picture of Karoline Leavitt from Vanity Fair. this woman is 28 years old lmfao how are you going to believe in lip injections but not vaccines
December 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Didn't believe you, looked it up, slightly flabbergasted. Evil really does take a physical toll, it turns out
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Coheed & Cambria
Boris
Anamanaguchi
Nine Inch Nails
Sisters of Mercy
(nothing like a Boris show to obliterate your entire body with sound)
Coheed & Cambria
Boris
Anamanaguchi
Nine Inch Nails
Sisters of Mercy
(nothing like a Boris show to obliterate your entire body with sound)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
The Veronicas*
Janet Jackson
Chappell Roan (very early career)
Tinashe
(I think that’s literally it. I don’t like crowds lol)
The Veronicas*
Janet Jackson
Chappell Roan (very early career)
Tinashe
(I think that’s literally it. I don’t like crowds lol)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
NKOTB (Magic Summer Tour)
Soul Asylum
Rilo Kiley
Ben Folds (Five)
Less Than Jake/Blink 182
NKOTB (Magic Summer Tour)
Soul Asylum
Rilo Kiley
Ben Folds (Five)
Less Than Jake/Blink 182
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Coheed & Cambria
Boris
Anamanaguchi
Nine Inch Nails
Sisters of Mercy
(nothing like a Boris show to obliterate your entire body with sound)
Coheed & Cambria
Boris
Anamanaguchi
Nine Inch Nails
Sisters of Mercy
(nothing like a Boris show to obliterate your entire body with sound)
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New column from me on why interstellar space travel will never, ever be a thing, and how it's kind of weird that they keep telling us otherwise:
jasonpargin.substack.com/p/interstell...
jasonpargin.substack.com/p/interstell...
Interstellar Space Travel Will Never, Ever Happen
It's basically impossible and they know it.
jasonpargin.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
New column from me on why interstellar space travel will never, ever be a thing, and how it's kind of weird that they keep telling us otherwise:
jasonpargin.substack.com/p/interstell...
jasonpargin.substack.com/p/interstell...
Because excessive photoshop wasn't enough, our models have to look like soulless horrors from beyond the cosmic veil
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Because excessive photoshop wasn't enough, our models have to look like soulless horrors from beyond the cosmic veil
It is pretty nasty but that's also a lot of surface area for stickers and whatnot.
I'm sorry, this is the fugliest thing I have ever seen. Bring back color, bring back fun, bring back futurism
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It is pretty nasty but that's also a lot of surface area for stickers and whatnot.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Had a racertrash party, got stoned and watched id4.mp4 with a dozen good friends.
October 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Had a racertrash party, got stoned and watched id4.mp4 with a dozen good friends.
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the peanut inside the peanut m&m mascot should be it’s own voiced character. his only goal is to “get out” of the living shell. he does so by speaking through the m&m, trying to convince the other candies to break him out, killing his host
October 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
the peanut inside the peanut m&m mascot should be it’s own voiced character. his only goal is to “get out” of the living shell. he does so by speaking through the m&m, trying to convince the other candies to break him out, killing his host
Work from home fit, not quite brave enough to wear this to the office yet lol
October 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Work from home fit, not quite brave enough to wear this to the office yet lol
Ghost of Yotei respects my total disdain for stealth, which I love. Atsu banging on the front door, sword in hand, ready to cut down a whole base at once. King shit for sure.
October 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ghost of Yotei respects my total disdain for stealth, which I love. Atsu banging on the front door, sword in hand, ready to cut down a whole base at once. King shit for sure.
Man that new AFI album has some fuckin heaters
October 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Man that new AFI album has some fuckin heaters
Yusssss
I will never not repost this
(Sound on for maximum effect)
(Sound on for maximum effect)
October 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yusssss
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Hell yeah!! I've done work with the team from Ludic Lemur before and they're a PHENOMENAL company!!
And the team is going to absolutely knock Monsterhearts out of the park!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
And the team is going to absolutely knock Monsterhearts out of the park!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake
A Card-Based RPG About the Messy Lives of Teenage Monsters
www.kickstarter.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Hell yeah!! I've done work with the team from Ludic Lemur before and they're a PHENOMENAL company!!
And the team is going to absolutely knock Monsterhearts out of the park!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
And the team is going to absolutely knock Monsterhearts out of the park!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
Support indie games that are also Very Good
We just launched our Kickstarter campaign for a video game version of the beloved roleplaying game Monsterhearts. You play a teen monster in a small town. Check it out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake
A Card-Based RPG About the Messy Lives of Teenage Monsters
www.kickstarter.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Support indie games that are also Very Good
God damn Kaiju No. 8 has been so good this season
September 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
God damn Kaiju No. 8 has been so good this season
I am simply not savvy enough to know whether the atmospheric DnB I'm listening to was made by a fucking clanker.
September 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I am simply not savvy enough to know whether the atmospheric DnB I'm listening to was made by a fucking clanker.
Hearing criticisms of the new Superman movie made me realize that I'm not nearly as jaded as I thought I was. Some of you motherfuckers strangled your inner child a while ago lol
September 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Hearing criticisms of the new Superman movie made me realize that I'm not nearly as jaded as I thought I was. Some of you motherfuckers strangled your inner child a while ago lol
Weapons is fucking sick, so wild to hear an entire theater panic in unison lol
August 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Weapons is fucking sick, so wild to hear an entire theater panic in unison lol
The cool thing about having a fear of heights is you can look out the window of a very tall building and flood your brain with The Chemicals.
August 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The cool thing about having a fear of heights is you can look out the window of a very tall building and flood your brain with The Chemicals.
The Naked Gun was funny as fuck, highly recommend seeing it in theaters
August 6, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The Naked Gun was funny as fuck, highly recommend seeing it in theaters
If your first attack is strong enough you never need to learn parrying
it does not matter how good you make your game’s block/parry system; I will not use it. My defense is “punch more.” I cannot be taught
July 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
If your first attack is strong enough you never need to learn parrying
That Superman movie absolutely fucks. A comic book movie that does so much right, so excellent
July 16, 2025 at 4:53 AM
That Superman movie absolutely fucks. A comic book movie that does so much right, so excellent
Babymetal show tonight was transcendent, a real life-affirming evening all around.
July 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Babymetal show tonight was transcendent, a real life-affirming evening all around.