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Me in 2006: "Damn, Children of Men is a great movie but I don't know if the UK in 2027 is gonna be that bad."
Me in 2025: "What the fuck is wrong with that country. Why are they trying to make Children of Men come true"
Me in 2025: "What the fuck is wrong with that country. Why are they trying to make Children of Men come true"
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Me in 2006: "Damn, Children of Men is a great movie but I don't know if the UK in 2027 is gonna be that bad."
Me in 2025: "What the fuck is wrong with that country. Why are they trying to make Children of Men come true"
Me in 2025: "What the fuck is wrong with that country. Why are they trying to make Children of Men come true"
Cities: Places where suburbanites spend time from 9am-5pm and buy $20 slop bowls for lunch. No one actually lives in them. This has been true throughout human civilization.
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Cities: Places where suburbanites spend time from 9am-5pm and buy $20 slop bowls for lunch. No one actually lives in them. This has been true throughout human civilization.
Definitely seems like the median GOP chud could be easily convinced Mike Johnson is the more palatable option.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Definitely seems like the median GOP chud could be easily convinced Mike Johnson is the more palatable option.
Robbie is very intentional about logging off and touching grass. He only owns a flip phones and his hobbies include swimming at the quarry with his buddies. Be like Robbie.
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Robbie is very intentional about logging off and touching grass. He only owns a flip phones and his hobbies include swimming at the quarry with his buddies. Be like Robbie.
Seriously, I suck at typing on a phone so before I respond to professional emails I wait until I have a proper keyboard, like an adult.
The slovenliness of these emails is appalling. (Not the most appalling thing, obviously)
The slovenliness of these emails is appalling. (Not the most appalling thing, obviously)
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Seriously, I suck at typing on a phone so before I respond to professional emails I wait until I have a proper keyboard, like an adult.
The slovenliness of these emails is appalling. (Not the most appalling thing, obviously)
The slovenliness of these emails is appalling. (Not the most appalling thing, obviously)
This is quasi-blasphemous for an NBA fan, but I have to say even Inside the NBA kinda sucks now. Not sure why, but it's just more obvious how much Chuck and Shaq are phoning it in.
The Amazon and NBC shows are *way* better IMO, and that is a hugely pleasant surprise.
The Amazon and NBC shows are *way* better IMO, and that is a hugely pleasant surprise.
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is quasi-blasphemous for an NBA fan, but I have to say even Inside the NBA kinda sucks now. Not sure why, but it's just more obvious how much Chuck and Shaq are phoning it in.
The Amazon and NBC shows are *way* better IMO, and that is a hugely pleasant surprise.
The Amazon and NBC shows are *way* better IMO, and that is a hugely pleasant surprise.
"What is your boy Donald up to"
JFC
JFC
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"What is your boy Donald up to"
JFC
JFC
Total abdication of duty to defend the country from a fascist pedophile. Disgraceful, cowardly conduct from pretty much every elite faction across the board.
The most powerful people in the world giving themselves a disassociative episode to avoid responsibility.
The most powerful people in the world giving themselves a disassociative episode to avoid responsibility.
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Total abdication of duty to defend the country from a fascist pedophile. Disgraceful, cowardly conduct from pretty much every elite faction across the board.
The most powerful people in the world giving themselves a disassociative episode to avoid responsibility.
The most powerful people in the world giving themselves a disassociative episode to avoid responsibility.
I am viscerally repulsed the the entire genre of "I am now going to stare uncomfortably close into my phone while I rant about current events and occasionally point at a screenshot behind me" punditry.
Just an insane way to communicate and process information. Why the fuck have we done this.
Just an insane way to communicate and process information. Why the fuck have we done this.
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I am viscerally repulsed the the entire genre of "I am now going to stare uncomfortably close into my phone while I rant about current events and occasionally point at a screenshot behind me" punditry.
Just an insane way to communicate and process information. Why the fuck have we done this.
Just an insane way to communicate and process information. Why the fuck have we done this.
A few of the bigger names could probably start a YouTube channel with minimal investment and probably get more views than the slop Bari is putting out.
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A few of the bigger names could probably start a YouTube channel with minimal investment and probably get more views than the slop Bari is putting out.
Why the fuck is Andrew Schulz on a panel about journalism?
Sometimes the degeneracy just gets to me, jesus christ.
Sometimes the degeneracy just gets to me, jesus christ.
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Why the fuck is Andrew Schulz on a panel about journalism?
Sometimes the degeneracy just gets to me, jesus christ.
Sometimes the degeneracy just gets to me, jesus christ.
Tooze had a legendarily bad take on J6. It was dumb at the time and has aged like milk.
But he's still usually worth reading? I assume whatever weird, dumb shit he comes up with is due to being English, I dunno.
But he's still usually worth reading? I assume whatever weird, dumb shit he comes up with is due to being English, I dunno.
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Tooze had a legendarily bad take on J6. It was dumb at the time and has aged like milk.
But he's still usually worth reading? I assume whatever weird, dumb shit he comes up with is due to being English, I dunno.
But he's still usually worth reading? I assume whatever weird, dumb shit he comes up with is due to being English, I dunno.
Low-key the dumbest electorate in the country. At least the pure neo-Confederate chud states are internally consistent in how they vote.
The Maine electorate just appears to have a collective lack of object permanence.
The Maine electorate just appears to have a collective lack of object permanence.
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Low-key the dumbest electorate in the country. At least the pure neo-Confederate chud states are internally consistent in how they vote.
The Maine electorate just appears to have a collective lack of object permanence.
The Maine electorate just appears to have a collective lack of object permanence.
I am cursed enough to remember the discourse about Howard Dean's wife during the '04 primary. Lots of dumb people incredibly upset she didn't stop practicing medicine so she could traipse around Iowa and New Hampshire for a year pretending to be entranced by Howard's speeches.
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I am cursed enough to remember the discourse about Howard Dean's wife during the '04 primary. Lots of dumb people incredibly upset she didn't stop practicing medicine so she could traipse around Iowa and New Hampshire for a year pretending to be entranced by Howard's speeches.
"targeted for their populist views"
Yes, "populist". That's certainly the most accurate term.
Yes, "populist". That's certainly the most accurate term.
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"targeted for their populist views"
Yes, "populist". That's certainly the most accurate term.
Yes, "populist". That's certainly the most accurate term.
You'd think after Josh Hawley, Steve Bannon & Tucker making perfunctory throat clearing critiques of inequality and then support policies that make the problem exponentially worse , people would catch on to this two-step bullshit.
It's the oldest rhetorical gambit in the book! Quit falling for it!
It's the oldest rhetorical gambit in the book! Quit falling for it!
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
You'd think after Josh Hawley, Steve Bannon & Tucker making perfunctory throat clearing critiques of inequality and then support policies that make the problem exponentially worse , people would catch on to this two-step bullshit.
It's the oldest rhetorical gambit in the book! Quit falling for it!
It's the oldest rhetorical gambit in the book! Quit falling for it!
Housing production is the real bitch. Healthcare and child care have been more or less solved by other more civilized OECD countries.
The lack of productivity growth in the housing construction sector is the classic wicked problem no one has really solved.
The lack of productivity growth in the housing construction sector is the classic wicked problem no one has really solved.
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Housing production is the real bitch. Healthcare and child care have been more or less solved by other more civilized OECD countries.
The lack of productivity growth in the housing construction sector is the classic wicked problem no one has really solved.
The lack of productivity growth in the housing construction sector is the classic wicked problem no one has really solved.
Even Schumer haters have to concede that passing the IRA with those margins was legitimately impressive.
They both deserve most of the criticism they get, but Schumer and Manchin know ball.
They both deserve most of the criticism they get, but Schumer and Manchin know ball.
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Even Schumer haters have to concede that passing the IRA with those margins was legitimately impressive.
They both deserve most of the criticism they get, but Schumer and Manchin know ball.
They both deserve most of the criticism they get, but Schumer and Manchin know ball.
The only black athletes Trump really seems to like are violent assholes with obvious brain injuries.
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The only black athletes Trump really seems to like are violent assholes with obvious brain injuries.
I will continue to unironically insist that before you become a lawyer, MBA business dude or a wordcel pundit you should be forced to work full-time for a minimum of 12-18 months in an Amazon warehouse, washing dishes, roofing or like, laying blacktop.
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I will continue to unironically insist that before you become a lawyer, MBA business dude or a wordcel pundit you should be forced to work full-time for a minimum of 12-18 months in an Amazon warehouse, washing dishes, roofing or like, laying blacktop.
I think especially for a fucking weirdo natalist like Douthat, the desire for women to be barefoot and constantly pregnant is barely even subtext.
These dudes aren't nearly as subtle as they think.
These dudes aren't nearly as subtle as they think.
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I think especially for a fucking weirdo natalist like Douthat, the desire for women to be barefoot and constantly pregnant is barely even subtext.
These dudes aren't nearly as subtle as they think.
These dudes aren't nearly as subtle as they think.
Yep. Dude is NFL linebacker-level strong.
November 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Yep. Dude is NFL linebacker-level strong.