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Amid the fury, many wanted simply to honor Reiner's legacy - as an activist, filmmaker, and the guy who made Shawshank Redemption possible by stepping aside to let Frank Darabont direct. This tribute to his 'All in the Family' character captured it.
In a world full of Archie Bunkers, be a Meathead.
R.I.P. Rob Reiner
R.I.P. Rob Reiner
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Amid the fury, many wanted simply to honor Reiner's legacy - as an activist, filmmaker, and the guy who made Shawshank Redemption possible by stepping aside to let Frank Darabont direct. This tribute to his 'All in the Family' character captured it.
The deeper concern: what it means that this behavior is now normalized. Can democratic norms survive collective indifference?
Genuinely think our society is lost if we can’t find a way to start caring that the ostensibly most powerful man in the world acts like this.
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The deeper concern: what it means that this behavior is now normalized. Can democratic norms survive collective indifference?
Others turned frustration toward the media, arguing this moment demands direct coverage of Trump's fitness for office rather than normalization.
If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump.
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Others turned frustration toward the media, arguing this moment demands direct coverage of Trump's fitness for office rather than normalization.
Journalist David Corn was equally direct about what the post reveals.
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Journalist David Corn was equally direct about what the post reveals.
George Conway, who has watched Trump closely for years, captured the sentiment.
It's actually quite amazing Donald Trump can still astound us with his depravity.
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
George Conway, who has watched Trump closely for years, captured the sentiment.
Many refused to amplify Trump's statement directly but couldn't stay silent.
I'm not even going to repost a screengrab of his post about Rob Reiner but man it really needs to be said every single day: Trump truly is the biggest piece of shit in the world, a man of absolutely no good qualities and seemingly limitless bad ones. Support for him is just so damning.
December 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Many refused to amplify Trump's statement directly but couldn't stay silent.
Perhaps the sharpest take: "If I wanted to test how people argue about things on the internet, this might be what I'd post." Strong opinions, cultural blind spots, and the eventual discovery that someone else figured it out first.
If I wanted to test how people argue about things on the internet, this might be what I’d post.
People are really missing out on putting a little bit of coffee in your tea.
December 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Perhaps the sharpest take: "If I wanted to test how people argue about things on the internet, this might be what I'd post." Strong opinions, cultural blind spots, and the eventual discovery that someone else figured it out first.
And it's not just one regional quirk. "Ethiopians and Malaysians also have reason to be offended" by the assumption this is novel. Multiple cultures independently arrived at coffee-tea combinations. The West is catching up.
Ethiopians and Malaysians also have reason to be offended.
December 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
And it's not just one regional quirk. "Ethiopians and Malaysians also have reason to be offended" by the assumption this is novel. Multiple cultures independently arrived at coffee-tea combinations. The West is catching up.
Then came the cultural receipts. Hong Kong's yuenyeung - coffee mixed with milk tea - has been popular for decades. The name derives from yin-yang: complementary opposites in balance. Not fusion experimentation; tradition.
People who think I’m crazy can take it up with Hong Kong. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuenyeung
Yuenyeung - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Then came the cultural receipts. Hong Kong's yuenyeung - coffee mixed with milk tea - has been popular for decades. The name derives from yin-yang: complementary opposites in balance. Not fusion experimentation; tradition.
But the combination isn't new - even in the West. Dirty chai (espresso + chai tea) has been on coffee shop menus for years. Baristas noted the spices complement coffee's bitterness. The outrage was partly unfamiliarity.
DIRTY CHAI IS THE BEST DRINK
December 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
But the combination isn't new - even in the West. Dirty chai (espresso + chai tea) has been on coffee shop menus for years. Baristas noted the spices complement coffee's bitterness. The outrage was partly unfamiliarity.
The purist reaction was swift and transatlantic. Tea loyalists and coffee devotees found rare common ground: this was an abomination against both traditions. "Offended on behalf of both sides of the Atlantic."
As an American who recently emigrated to Britain. I am officially offended on behalf of both sides of the Atlantic.
December 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The purist reaction was swift and transatlantic. Tea loyalists and coffee devotees found rare common ground: this was an abomination against both traditions. "Offended on behalf of both sides of the Atlantic."
Perhaps the most apt summary: "Nine people sharing one bathroom is literally Dwight Schrute's farmhouse." The rural fantasy, stripped of romanticism, reveals itself as a sitcom premise - funny in fiction, grim as aspiration.
9 people sharing one bathroom is literally Dwight Schrute's farmhouse
If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
December 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Perhaps the most apt summary: "Nine people sharing one bathroom is literally Dwight Schrute's farmhouse." The rural fantasy, stripped of romanticism, reveals itself as a sitcom premise - funny in fiction, grim as aspiration.
Not everyone agreed with the Europe alternative. "It's actually pretty difficult to get legal permanent residence in Italy, France, or Spain." The grass-is-greener framing cuts both ways - emigration has its own barriers and trade-offs.
it's actually pretty difficult to get legal permanent residence in Italy, France, or Spain. I'm not sure about Mexico
If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
December 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Not everyone agreed with the Europe alternative. "It's actually pretty difficult to get legal permanent residence in Italy, France, or Spain." The grass-is-greener framing cuts both ways - emigration has its own barriers and trade-offs.
Then came the reveal that elevated this from housing discourse to absurdist theater: "This discourse has everything. The home turns out to be a former meth lab!" The Christian family fantasy property was busted for methamphetamine production in 2004.
December 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Then came the reveal that elevated this from housing discourse to absurdist theater: "This discourse has everything. The home turns out to be a former meth lab!" The Christian family fantasy property was busted for methamphetamine production in 2004.
The location compounds the problem. The house sits on a highway, 2.5 miles from Aplington itself - population 1,116. "You are not even moving to a small town. You are nowhere." Eight bedrooms, one bathroom, miles from anything.
All aboard the middle of nowhere...
December 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The location compounds the problem. The house sits on a highway, 2.5 miles from Aplington itself - population 1,116. "You are not even moving to a small town. You are nowhere." Eight bedrooms, one bathroom, miles from anything.
Others pointed out the obvious: "I don't think that house is $95,000 because of some weird Midwest cost of living quirk. It's $95,000 because it looks like shit." The low price reflects the property's condition, not regional affordability.
I don’t think that house is $95,000 because of some weird Midwest cost of living quirk everyone thinks we have.
I think it’s $95,000 because it looks like shit.
I think it’s $95,000 because it looks like shit.
If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
December 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Others pointed out the obvious: "I don't think that house is $95,000 because of some weird Midwest cost of living quirk. It's $95,000 because it looks like shit." The low price reflects the property's condition, not regional affordability.
Guy offered an alternative: "Why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called Stinky's?" A tailor told him what he paid for a two-story in Palermo - shockingly low.
If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
December 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Guy offered an alternative: "Why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called Stinky's?" A tailor told him what he paid for a two-story in Palermo - shockingly low.
Guy noted the irony: the original poster promotes "rootedness" while supporting a politician who has repeatedly threatened to defund the USPS - the very institution that makes rural post office jobs possible. The lifestyle fantasy requires infrastructure its politics would dismantle.
December 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Guy noted the irony: the original poster promotes "rootedness" while supporting a politician who has repeatedly threatened to defund the USPS - the very institution that makes rural post office jobs possible. The lifestyle fantasy requires infrastructure its politics would dismantle.
Cuban continued engaging, challenging critics: "Tell me how we move from where we are today to where you want to go." He asked for concrete implementation steps. The debate continues - though many noted the mechanisms already exist in Medicare and Medicaid.
That's what software has always been, optimize tasks.
Now your boys will have access to every library in the world Everything they are curious about and want to learn, they can find out more from LLMs. As with every generation , they will invent new products, services and who knows what else
Now your boys will have access to every library in the world Everything they are curious about and want to learn, they can find out more from LLMs. As with every generation , they will invent new products, services and who knows what else
I agree with your statement Mark. I use Ai for a lot of menial tasks that used to suck up 5-10 hours a week. But I can't help but think of my 2 boys (15 & 13) and if this is truly the future. So a vast amount of graduates will all essentially do the same job for different companies.
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Cuban continued engaging, challenging critics: "Tell me how we move from where we are today to where you want to go." He asked for concrete implementation steps. The debate continues - though many noted the mechanisms already exist in Medicare and Medicaid.
Tom Westerholm offered a blunt reframe of the entire debate: "The case against M4A is legitimately just billionaires whining - are you okay with the system we have, but I have to pay for it instead of you?" The question of who bears the cost is the real issue.
The case against M4A in the US is legitimately just billionaires whining "are you really okay with the system we currently have, but *I* have to pay for it instead of you? Huh? ARE YOU?"
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Tom Westerholm offered a blunt reframe of the entire debate: "The case against M4A is legitimately just billionaires whining - are you okay with the system we have, but I have to pay for it instead of you?" The question of who bears the cost is the real issue.
On implementation: hospitals would have a steady patient stream without the overhead of dealing with insurers. Medicare/Medicaid infrastructure already exists and would expand. Paying 10% of income for guaranteed coverage beats paying 25% for spotty coverage.
Hospitals will have a steady stream of patients without burdensome overhead to deal w/ insurers. Existing Medicare/Medicaid infrastructure would simply expand. Paying 10% of my income for guaranteed coverage is better than paying 25% of my income for spotty coverage. Are billionaires bad at math?
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
On implementation: hospitals would have a steady patient stream without the overhead of dealing with insurers. Medicare/Medicaid infrastructure already exists and would expand. Paying 10% of income for guaranteed coverage beats paying 25% for spotty coverage.
The data tells a different story than Cuban's framing suggests. Countries with universal systems spend roughly half what the US does per capita - and get better health outcomes. The question isn't whether we can afford single-payer; it's whether we can afford not to have it.
RU ok with spending half as much per capita on healthcare?
RU ok with getting better healthcare outcomes?
RU ok with getting better healthcare outcomes?
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The data tells a different story than Cuban's framing suggests. Countries with universal systems spend roughly half what the US does per capita - and get better health outcomes. The question isn't whether we can afford single-payer; it's whether we can afford not to have it.