I fully believe that reading books you are too young for and not fully understanding it is a critical part of childhood. The adult world is weird and confusing and books are a good place for kids to discover that.

Obviously wrong to say he's a WASP, but the fact that they could even make this error shows 2 trends: 1. The decline of Christian sectarianism in America 2. WASP losing its original context and coming to just mean "New England blue bloods."

The stupid thing about social media arguments about social media is that everyone who has them is a 40 year old arguing about which site frequented by 7% of the population is more relevant, meanwhile everyone under 25 is on something called Blooble inventing new words to scare us with

rather than talk about Scott Adams I want to talk about something weirder (me). Who else was really into Dilbert when you were 12. Who else was like, boy, I can't wait to work a cubicle job

Lenin and Trotsky would have spent 23 hours a day posting threads about Theory, getting into arguments over the most minor points, and issuing truly unhinged death threats. They would also constantly alternate between being mutuals and blocking each other.

"Average American takes 2 aspirin a day" factoid actually a statistical error. Aspirins Donald, who lives in a half-built ballroom and takes 10,000 aspirin a day, is an outlier and should not have been counted.

Thou losest labor. As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed. Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield To Charlie Brown

Much like real Bushido, poster's bushido is a post facto romanticization of an earlier era of uncontrolled conflict, constructed by the inhabitants of a more centralized system to justify their own pretensions.

where are you going? -to get owned by Joyce Carol Oates where have you been? -getting owned by Joyce Carol Oates

All else aside the fact that after 4 years of Youngkin the Democrats absolutely destroyed the Republicans should impact your assessment of how successful Youngkin has been.

The basic problem is that Biden winning would have required a vigorous campaign and he clearly couldn't do that.

My slogan "No Kings Except Kong" is going over very poorly. I'm sorry, I didn't realize New Yorkers were still traumatized by his 1933 rampage.

Bsky's automod is permanently set to "Ned Flanders." You say "That's stupid" in a reply and you can practically hear the automod going "Okily dokily posterino I'm just gonna put a rude label here because you used the S-word."

My favorite is the Matthew McConaughey ad where he's at a restaurant but the restaurant doesn't use AI so they don't know not to sit him outside while its poring rain and they just bring him random dishes rather than take his order. Yes AI ad, that's problem I run into frequently.

The basic lesson is that if the site administration should use bland corporatespeak instead of trying to be Posters. People would still be mad about Singal (justifiably IMO) but there would be a lot less discourse if it communicated as a corporate statement instead of Posting Thru It.

Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Even ignoring that slave power was aggressively domineering and expansionist this logic makes no sense. Basically any attempt to secede from another country would never win by this logic, you can disprove it by pointing out that America won the Revolution despite not wanting to govern Britain.

Sex workers posting wildly incorrect WW2 rage bait to get people to click on their bio instead of thirst traps is the funniest anecdote you can tell about this place

Who can forget Spinoza's famous declaration "Facts don't care about your feelings."

I love that there's replies who seem to think Father Intintola is a real person and are getting mad at him and the Church.

I'm not sure what the operators of the Ain Jalut Skate Park were expecting.

I watched the Elijah vs. Ba'al's prophets video and from a purely technical perspective its interesting to see that AI still really struggles to maintain consistency between shots.

Except for Cubs fans, pretty great year for the Cubbies

Communism is Soviet power plus all-day breakfast across the whole country.

Eating the shrimp will not turn me into Shrimp-man. Eating the shrimp will not turn me into Shrimp-man. Eating the shrimp will not turn me into Shrimp-man. Eating the shrimp will not turn me into Shrimp-man. Eating the shrimp will not turn me into Shrimp-man. Eating the shrimp will not turn me into

I'm taking a different Romanian stereotype and assuming Big Balls was beaten up by a gang of Draculas.

Finally you can experience the Wizard of Oz as it was always meant to be seen: in the style of a 2000s video game cutscene.

I think the ultimate proof that the Ottomans are not the Roman Empire is that after about a century they started to deemphasize their Roman claim and instead made their central claim to legitimacy the caliphate. Which is the most un-Roman thing imaginable.

something so telling about yarvin's character that he's willing to perform grotesque racism but is too chickenshit to spell out the n-word

Khazad-Dûm was actually hit by industrial decline and the space was just neglected until the Balrog turned it into a legendary techno club through his innovative and energetic DJing, which however pissed off the nearby dwarf residents who moreover feared a drop in property values due to noise

Who are conveniently not in the room to actually have to defend these positions. Allowing the pundit to just stop the conversation and not actually have to make an argument

idk i need to do a longer form piece no this but I feel like there's a broader problem with popularism in practice, in that it's extremely corrosive to elite liberal discourse. rather than simply making the case, elite liberals now appeal to the voices of other people

Its amazing that Assassin's Creed came up with a 10/10 game idea ("you are in the past doing parkour off iconic buildings and killing famous historical figures") and then decided that a significant chunk of the game should be spent in the present day following a dumb and confusing conspiracy plot.

I think you can criticize the Dems for doing nothing on DC statehood, but the California thing is like getting mad at Biden for not declaring Texas's annexation illegal and giving it back to Mexico, thus denying the GOP its largest state.

Zohran mamdani you have 48 hours to release how fast you ran the mile in 7th grade or the New York Times will publish without comment

Good news for Elon: if all of his kids vote for him he'll have enough support to win at least 2 states. Bad news for Elon: None of his kids are gonna vote for him.

The only reason the Rolling Stone writer thinks this guy is cool is because of his fascist politics. If this weirdo was left-wing or even just boring center-right the author of this piece would immediately recognize how dumb and cliche he is.

Jesse Singal is evil, but we should avoid the Great Man narrative where he single-handedly made transphobia a thing and recognize that the primary driver is the GOP and right-wing media.

TCW being one of the most block-happy people I've see on BSky really reveals how hollow his whole "people need to step outside of their epistemic bubbles" schtick is.

Thermostatic backlash means the Democrats can win Congress despite low popularity. What should scare the Congressional Democrats is that a majority of your own voters disliking you is the perfect condition for a bunch of you to get primaried.

"But you let Charles be King." "It says No Kings, we're allowed one."

JD Vance is now in his group chat desperately trying to explain to SpartanPederast88 that they can still be friends even though they are on opposite sides of this feud.

Hot girl: How's it going? My AI collar: Regarding the song Kill the Boer...

Imagine you're drowning and suddenly you hear Eric Adam's voice saying "Remain calm. Help is on the way." Shocked that the Mayor is there you look up, only to see a drone. Then the drone (in Eric Adam's voice) starts talking about how great Turkish Airlines is.

I really enjoy how anti-vaxxers have gone from "Everyone who took the COVID vaccine will be dead in a year. They'll fucking die" to "Can the vaxxed ever experience true orgone alignment?"