Shit smearing aside, I’d like to hear your (and probably Scott’s) take on the substance of Ed’s message. He’s very abrasive, but is he wrong?

And it takes humility and thoughtfulness to know what you’re not a subject matter expert in and not qualified to verify.

What a wonderful combination that surely won’t lead to any ill effects

I am a suburb dweller. I won’t Stan for the suburbs, because there are real trade offs. But I get very perplexed by the urbanists who can’t imagine there’s anything good about the suburbs, despite them being incredibly popular. It’s horseshoe theory with the rurals terrified of cities

It’s a little like the whole nxivm thing to me in that it makes no sense. How are all of these people taken by such an utter nerd?!?!

I’m surprised he could even type that sentence with his head so far up his own ass

Theo’s monologue to Shirley after the infamous car scene. He was able to put into words something that many of us have felt but feels impossible to articulate, delivered wonderfully by Siegel.

Runner up is “Leigh”’s monologue to Steven because Sam Sloyan does it so perfectly