Ben Scott
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I'm just this guy, you know?
He/huh?
He/huh?
Ask most parents and they'd probably agree, they don't want their kids growing up worrying about money.
Speaking as the parent of a recent HS graduate, trying to encourage/prod/browbeat them into looking for work, I'm wondering if that seemingly-noble sentiment isn't ripe for a careful rethink...
Speaking as the parent of a recent HS graduate, trying to encourage/prod/browbeat them into looking for work, I'm wondering if that seemingly-noble sentiment isn't ripe for a careful rethink...
October 26, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Ask most parents and they'd probably agree, they don't want their kids growing up worrying about money.
Speaking as the parent of a recent HS graduate, trying to encourage/prod/browbeat them into looking for work, I'm wondering if that seemingly-noble sentiment isn't ripe for a careful rethink...
Speaking as the parent of a recent HS graduate, trying to encourage/prod/browbeat them into looking for work, I'm wondering if that seemingly-noble sentiment isn't ripe for a careful rethink...
If the president can stop wars for upwards of a week, maybe we can get someone even oranger next time who can do it for a whole month...?
October 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
If the president can stop wars for upwards of a week, maybe we can get someone even oranger next time who can do it for a whole month...?
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For the Epsteinth time, Tylenol doesn’t cause autism.
September 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
For the Epsteinth time, Tylenol doesn’t cause autism.
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SOMEONE: “I hate political correctness!”
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS: “Iactually prefer to be called ‘compassion’”
SOMEONE: “but that makes it harder for me to say that I hate it”
COMPASSION: “I understand”
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS: “Iactually prefer to be called ‘compassion’”
SOMEONE: “but that makes it harder for me to say that I hate it”
COMPASSION: “I understand”
September 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
SOMEONE: “I hate political correctness!”
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS: “Iactually prefer to be called ‘compassion’”
SOMEONE: “but that makes it harder for me to say that I hate it”
COMPASSION: “I understand”
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS: “Iactually prefer to be called ‘compassion’”
SOMEONE: “but that makes it harder for me to say that I hate it”
COMPASSION: “I understand”
When my kids show me something on their phones, I'm reminded of their abysmal notification management habits.
This is a category of parenting failure I truly did not anticipate.
This is a category of parenting failure I truly did not anticipate.
September 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
When my kids show me something on their phones, I'm reminded of their abysmal notification management habits.
This is a category of parenting failure I truly did not anticipate.
This is a category of parenting failure I truly did not anticipate.
I'll always remember where I was when I overheard a guy saying "I was actually a bit disappointed by the 'Mrs. Brown's Boys' movie..."
August 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I'll always remember where I was when I overheard a guy saying "I was actually a bit disappointed by the 'Mrs. Brown's Boys' movie..."
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Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything theonion.com/conserv...
August 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything theonion.com/conserv...
A fundamental evolutionary advance in capitalism!
Until now, to generate revenue businesses have had to employ people, and provide a product or service - all of which costs money!
But now they can charge you to LET YOU PRETEND TO WORK! #disintermediation #dystopia
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Until now, to generate revenue businesses have had to employ people, and provide a product or service - all of which costs money!
But now they can charge you to LET YOU PRETEND TO WORK! #disintermediation #dystopia
www.bbc.com/news/article...
China's unemployed young adults who are pretending to have jobs
With Chinese youth unemployment high, individuals are paying to go into offices and pretend to work.
www.bbc.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A fundamental evolutionary advance in capitalism!
Until now, to generate revenue businesses have had to employ people, and provide a product or service - all of which costs money!
But now they can charge you to LET YOU PRETEND TO WORK! #disintermediation #dystopia
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Until now, to generate revenue businesses have had to employ people, and provide a product or service - all of which costs money!
But now they can charge you to LET YOU PRETEND TO WORK! #disintermediation #dystopia
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Our dog is really good at wanting things.
August 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Our dog is really good at wanting things.
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Amiga much? tech.yahoo.com/gaming/artic...
Celebrate 40 years of the Amiga by playing the classic games here
On July 23, 1985, a legendary gaming computer was born. Four decades on since the original Amiga 1000, anyone feeling nostalgic at the thought of their old Commodore game collection doesn't need to du...
tech.yahoo.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Amiga much? tech.yahoo.com/gaming/artic...
Hey, spammers - if you've hacked my system to discover all my filthy secrets, why can't you pay YOURSELVES from my banking login details? Save a lot of time for both of us...
July 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Hey, spammers - if you've hacked my system to discover all my filthy secrets, why can't you pay YOURSELVES from my banking login details? Save a lot of time for both of us...
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July 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
And THIS is why politicians on both sides claim they'll fix things, but in reality don't dare touch any of the knobs and levers...
This is also Australia except it would not just be retirees in trouble
The bitter truth is that cheaper housing means a retirement crisis for homeowners
The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by John Turley-Ewart: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by John Turley-Ewart: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
June 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
And THIS is why politicians on both sides claim they'll fix things, but in reality don't dare touch any of the knobs and levers...
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These justices should never not be worrying that someone spit in their food.
June 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
These justices should never not be worrying that someone spit in their food.
Way to start a podcast and not tell anyone about it, Fulcher.
June 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Way to start a podcast and not tell anyone about it, Fulcher.
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"It was the political satire that gave us omnishambles, pet asbos and the terrifying Malcolm Tucker. Two decades on, creator Armando Iannucci and stars including Peter Capaldi and Rebecca Front lift the lid on its chaotic creation." www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘I’m from Glasgow – the swearing came naturally!’ The full uncensored history of The Thick of It
It was the political satire that gave us omnishambles, pet asbos and the terrifying Malcolm Tucker. Two decades on, creator Armando Iannucci and stars including Peter Capaldi and Rebecca Front lift th...
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"It was the political satire that gave us omnishambles, pet asbos and the terrifying Malcolm Tucker. Two decades on, creator Armando Iannucci and stars including Peter Capaldi and Rebecca Front lift the lid on its chaotic creation." www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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OK, but how was dinner?
May 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
OK, but how was dinner?
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Schaden is the only kind of freude I get these days.
December 15, 2023 at 1:01 AM
Schaden is the only kind of freude I get these days.
Hey, spur of the moment idea here, but are there any classic action films which depict a top government official discovering shame and immediately stepping down? I have a programming suggestion -
Trump announced Alcatraz reopening hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on PBS
The 1979 film starring Clint Eastwood about the daring 1962 escape attempt aired on the local PBS channel just six hours before the president made his demand that the prison be reopened
www.independent.co.uk
May 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hey, spur of the moment idea here, but are there any classic action films which depict a top government official discovering shame and immediately stepping down? I have a programming suggestion -
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:
April 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:
After seeing the trailer for 'The Phoenician Scheme', I think the actor Richard Ayoade was originally constructed expressly for Wes Anderson films.
April 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
After seeing the trailer for 'The Phoenician Scheme', I think the actor Richard Ayoade was originally constructed expressly for Wes Anderson films.
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Apparently someone asked Cory Booker "What's wrong?"
April 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Apparently someone asked Cory Booker "What's wrong?"