Battleships have a purpose! That purpose? Giving kids a sense of purpose! What purpose is that? Uhhh we'll give you money to work on a battleship! You don't want to be like those poors that we just *give* food to for no purpose! What's *our* purpose? Battleships!

It's inherently disproven by the existence of the concept of a "productivity increase"

You need metric temperature to make metric make unified sense. One kcal is the energy required to heat one liter of water by one degree Celsius.

The response to this feels somewhat akin to the response to Hillbilly Elegy— that certain liberals must read it and praise it so that they can properly and publicly perform humility to atone for their eliteness. This is despite both of these books being written by Ivy Leaguers.

The only agency that has never passed an audit? That's the good one to have where it's okay.

It didn't change anything because it was just to impress the standard geopolitical narrative on kids. The Order of the White Lotus backing Aang against the Fire Nation was neoliberal world police backing victimized groups against rising ethnonationalism.

Relax, it's been less than 24 hours and it's the holidays.

You are (were? are?) my favorite podcaster ever by far because of your choice of interests.

[Googling furiously]

Korokstein and Smourok

Korok Ornsteon

Ornsteina nd Smoughrok

Yah-hah pling pling plong

“Intentionally sent to communities where they did not know people,” wow

It’s called Grocery Outlet you troglodyte

It was the one thing about which my dad had no opinion and couldn't dictate my approach

Inequality of monitoring and enforcement doesn't mean these violations aren't violations.

fuck

people are always laughing knowingly all the way up until the dinner table scene stuns everyone into silence

Counterpoint: Did you just say ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR SHOES

Sounds like policy to me!