#riffing
Note to self: riffing on Johnny Cash lyrics may be problematic.
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
lol riffing on Johnny Cash gets you suspended here.
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Even worse. Riffing on Johnny Cash while referring to an article about him….
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Say what you want about Fat Bastard, the stereotypes he's riffing on, the sharpness of the writing, etc. But having him like to eat babies was a stroke of pure inspiration
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Wait… but this was ABOUT that dumb Johnny cash article? You’ve got to be kidding. That’s obviously just riffing on Folsom Prison
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Tired: She was just riffing on a Johnny Cash lyric and they should have caught that and let it slide.

Wired: Bluesky was right to suspend Sarah Kendzior for what she said.

Inspired: Everybody should block Sarah Kendzior for being a doomer cognitohazard and then none of this matters.
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Me riffing on a Daniel Abraham bit about how genres are where fears pool
“Science fiction is a waterworks for channeling fear.” So says @maxgladstone.bsky.social at Pandemonium Books launch for Dead Hand Rule
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If riffing on Johnny Cash lyrics gets you suspended then us death metal fans are all fucked lmao
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Beyond the obvious takeaways in these emails is the always fascinating insight that a lot of these rich freaks are in constant contact with each other and make society-shaping decisions by basically riffing on barely-legible text or email chains
Deepak Chopra asking Epstein if Trump is crazy in March 2017 (after the "Obama wiretapped Trump Tower" nonsense).
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Three separate pre-recorded Josh Ruben's in different outfits, acting like different versions of himself, progressively riffing off himself. And somehow recursively too! If anyone can make this happen, it's you, Sam!
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
nothing screams 2018 more than a Harvard lit prof riffing on Nabokov's Lolita in an email to Jeffrey Epstein
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It's cool that so many funny people around the world can connect here. Sometimes, I imagine how crazy it would be to get them together in person at something like a party. Everyone riffing/laughing/having fun would be really something to listen to from the coat room as I go through all the pockets.
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Maybe they can add an alt text field we can use to explain riffing on Johnny Cash lyrics to its moderators
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
insider riffing
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This song is such a bass line clinic, flipping back and forth between funky riffing and almost classical counterpoint to the vocal melody. youtu.be/ghoDVhq_ysM?...
Cate Le Bon - Moderation
YouTube video by David Dean Burkhart
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
You forgot one - himself. He's often out there riffing and accidentally tattles on himself, especially now with the whole brain wilt. I look forward to watching him talk himself in a beautiful corner like no one has ever seen.
November 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It’s obvious he can’t read, which is probably a vision problem but more concerning is confusing the words “are” and “and” as well as “adopt” and “adapt” and then just riffing like this without correction and not realizing the words he is saying make no sense. Serious cognitive decline.
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
That's advanced riffing material to be used only under qualified supervision only.
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We're bringing riffing back
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Riffing off Honeydew's post:

What's a food you used to hate but have learned to love.

For me it's olives, I can't get enough of those delicious little orbs
I only like cinnamon in cinnamon rolls. I only like bananas raw by themselves. What are your weird situational food preferences?
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Just riffing!
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
We're not really sure. We were just riffing in a call together and thought doing the meme would be funny
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
That or when modern art is riffing off of decades old issues and people who just noticed those issues a week ago perceive that as a “prediction”.
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
whipping out the worlds largest violin and riffing a sick bass solo over your life
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM