Josh Berkstresser
@theberk.bsky.social
Earned a Masters in History but decided to make money in cooperate learning/learning design. Opinions are my own.
One of the best SNL Holiday skits of all time makes this exact argument. It is pure gold.
Holiday Hot Take Number 16:
Commercials that have a person gifting a car to their spouse are fucking insane. Making a financial decision that large unilaterally and expecting your spouse to be grateful is at most a special kind of 1950s-70s nostalgic hell and at least grounds for divorce.
Commercials that have a person gifting a car to their spouse are fucking insane. Making a financial decision that large unilaterally and expecting your spouse to be grateful is at most a special kind of 1950s-70s nostalgic hell and at least grounds for divorce.
December 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
One of the best SNL Holiday skits of all time makes this exact argument. It is pure gold.
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Again, even though the Japanese government leading up to 1945 committed terrible atrocities, none of us think that Japanese internment was caused by the Japanese government. It was caused by American racism.
No, Jews around the world don't suffer because of the actions of the government of Israel. Jews around the world suffer because antisemites use the actions of the government of Israel to justify attacks on Jews. And if you make the same association, you're also an antisemite.
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Again, even though the Japanese government leading up to 1945 committed terrible atrocities, none of us think that Japanese internment was caused by the Japanese government. It was caused by American racism.
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If we're using "decade" to mean the last 10 years, Jason Statham in Spy
This is a fun question—best “serious” actor in a comedic role of the last decade?
It’s so much easier for comic actors to do drama than vice versa. Look at Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine or Truman Show, and then look at De Niro’s comedies, they’re terrible
December 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If we're using "decade" to mean the last 10 years, Jason Statham in Spy
Her entire saga is so inside baseball, who ever green lit this book is detached from reality.
OOP.
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
December 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Her entire saga is so inside baseball, who ever green lit this book is detached from reality.
I loved this thread.
I think my hottest take of the year remains that Sinners is kind of thematically confused and accidentally reactionary
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I loved this thread.
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abolish ICE and CBP
primary anyone who disagrees
primary anyone who disagrees
Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
abolish ICE and CBP
primary anyone who disagrees
primary anyone who disagrees
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Ten season Wheel of Time series, easy
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Ten season Wheel of Time series, easy
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Hey, Clay...
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Hey, Clay...
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So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
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Why isn’t Pennywise at GamemasterAnthony’s Birthday? The answer is more complicated than you think.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Why isn’t Pennywise at GamemasterAnthony’s Birthday? The answer is more complicated than you think.
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The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.
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So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
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Or just watch the ending of ROTK if they can’t read. “My dear friends you bow to no one”
I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Or just watch the ending of ROTK if they can’t read. “My dear friends you bow to no one”
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I don't like being educated by whites on the history of Black radicalism. Shut up about what you learned about the Panthers last year & just pass the mic to a Black person. Nobody wants to hear from you about Black struggle. At all.
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I don't like being educated by whites on the history of Black radicalism. Shut up about what you learned about the Panthers last year & just pass the mic to a Black person. Nobody wants to hear from you about Black struggle. At all.
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And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job
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In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
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Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions
September 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions
I am a die hard Hickman fan and had no idea about Imperial until after the first issue hit. I also read 4-6 issues of comics a week. I consume a lot of information, yet, its easy to miss.
September 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I am a die hard Hickman fan and had no idea about Imperial until after the first issue hit. I also read 4-6 issues of comics a week. I consume a lot of information, yet, its easy to miss.
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Raiding homeless encampments is a form of political violence, btw.
The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible.
In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.
In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.
September 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Raiding homeless encampments is a form of political violence, btw.
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Immigrants are a net good and more people should be saying so. Signed, an immigrant.
September 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Immigrants are a net good and more people should be saying so. Signed, an immigrant.