i am trying not to joke about the Epstein stuff because it's so horrible but there's also this ridiculous element where it's like... discovering Dracula is real, he's taken over human society at the highest levels, he's involved in tons of evil and also he's a huge dipshit

"i wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy" i would. that's the point of having a worst enemy. grow up and hate people like an adult

He's still got it

People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.

A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.

"The left went too far" in contemporary U.S. politics is almost always a lie and a very convenient way to rationalize moral failure. For example, "MeToo went too far" replaces "I do not care about sexual violence or its victims and I don't want to have to even feel bad about that"

FUCK YOU, MAKE ME

In these dark times is Star Trek still relevant? Is the naively optimistic vision of the future still something we should aspire to in our Star Trek stories?

Friend, let me tell you about the 1960s.

They say no man is an island, but I know what I saw out there. Islandman is real.

Raw milk is one of those ideas that can really only take hold when people haven't seen a cow. if you see a cow from let's say ten feet or less you immediately understand the problem that pasteurization is solving

Godzilla and King Kong are such great ambassadors for their respective cultures, one is like “what if our atomic hubris called forth an agent of our destruction from the very seas that birthed us” and one is like “what if monsters wanted our white women”

If Commander bit me, I'd take it stoically, knowing that I deserved it, just like everyone he's ever bitten.