I find most of these year-end wrap-ups unnecessary but this is probably the first one that felt shameful

Fun fact: in a rare example of NOT this, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created by an employee of Montgomery Ward, and after it became wildly popular, the company's CEO gave him back the rights. The family still owns and manages the copyright. And the employee's brother-in-law wrote the song!

I've never understood why a helmet to helmet head shot that knocks a QB out of a game doesn't result in the defender also getting disqualified. The upside is SO MUCH GREATER for the defense it's practically an incentive to try those hits

Kind of ironic that the anti-trans crowd, who argue it goes against God's will to change who you are, is absolutely obsessed with plastic surgery

Rob Reiner's run as a director from 1984-1989 may be the best (and most versatile) 5-year stretch by any filmmaker in history. This is Spinal Tap, The Sure Thing, Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, and When Harry Met Sally, all in a row. Extraordinary.

No words. Devastated.

If you're a parent of a grade schooler, you're already very familiar with "user-generated" content of beloved characters. There's a million Bluey ones on YouTube and they're AWFUL. Horrible quality, confusing messaging, basically just ripoff garbage. I guess that's what Disney wants more of...?

The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind thing, but entirely to no longer know who Olivia Nuzzi is

Strong Floor, No Ceiling: How to Sing from Your Diaphragm

Waze should have a button that means “I’m not going that way intentionally, please stop trying to reroute me back to the route I rejected”

If the Packers don't make a run to the SB this year I will definitely be rooting for Davante Adams to get a ring

I feel a little ripped off that @andyrichter.co got booted from Dancing with the Stars before Prince night

Going for it on 4th down in the NFL has gotten out of hand. You don't take the lead with less than 2 minutes left? There's being bold and there's being reckless

If I know anything about the American health care system, it's that the individual consumer has enormous agency and power in one-on-one negotiations with the insurance companies. Who wouldn't want more of that?

What’s your favorite song about the rain? Purple category too easy and predictable for my preferences so I'll go with www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzFn...

Pretty incredible that when everyone thought the Kompromat Putin had on Trump was a pee tape, we were thinking too small

Universal Basic Income has been a success every single place it's been tried and would not only result in a more just and ethical society but would also result in a far more resilient and energetic economy

Epstein's style is very familiar if you work in Hollywood or Silicon Valley ("in FLA send it" "ok" "havent met him" etc) -- it's a common rich guy power play, like they're doing you a favor for replying even sloppily. Maybe now that it's child molester syntax we can stop with the feigned illiteracy

Are they saying Bond has to be dead because the previous movies must be accepted as canon? That would make James Bond like 95 years old

How many times are we going to have to watch different permutations of the same Packer game

PSA for any other Packer fans out there who (very annoyingly) can't watch the game tonight because you have YouTubeTV: you can buy a Sling Orange Day Pass for $4.99

Airlines should be offering refunds even for nonrefundable fares right now. If people want to stay home until this is over, they should be able to

Friendly Neighborhood Travel Agent Here: STAY THE HELL OUT OF THE SKIES Full stop. Do not pass go. Do not collect 200$.

Wait. Is it called NyQuil because it's a night quilt? That you pull over you while you sleep?

So long, Dick. Don’t let the door swat your rear end like your shotgun shot your friend

Accidentally texted a co-worker that they were "crushing tit" which is super embarrassing but also feels like of all the times autocorrect has been useless, maybe it could have helped me out on this one?

Matt LaFleur dear God please tear that WR screen horizontal pass out of your playbook and burn it forever

One of the unexpected revelations that happens when you get older is realizing how much of the advice and counsel you got over the course of your life was actually pretty bad

Feels like the Packers would have better field position if they just never even tried to field a punt or kickoff. Just stand still

Secondary definitely the Achilles' heel of this Packers team. Forget about having a #1 corner, I'm not even sure they have two #2 corners

Not that they think anything through or care about visuals anymore but there's no way this ballroom is done before the midterms, or even possibly 2028, it's just going to be a gaping hole that looks like crap

TIL thanks to Connections in the Athletic that the Dodgers used to be called the Bridegrooms, now you know it too and likely have equally little idea what to do with the information

Watching ESPN cover the betting scandal with prop bets and point spreads and money lines from ESPN BET splashed all over the screen and on the tickers is some pretty epic irony

"What about the Mets? They spent all that money and lost!" Sure, but that misses the point. Baseball's financial inequality doesn't mean every team that spends a ton will win the World Series. Only that a team that doesn't, won't

Being a fan of a small-market baseball team like the Brewers is like getting excited about a Democrat running for Senate in a deep red state. You think you have a great candidate but in the end you just end up getting swamped by the math

Flacco is terrible against everyone except the Packers I guess

Spelling Bee had a chance for a glorious 13-letter triumph with the very real word FANCIFICATION and it didn't include it? Thousands of word nerds are shaking their heads sadly

The meeting of the generals was like watching a middle school theater production being put on in front of Broadway actors, and the Broadway actors are being told to emulate the middle schoolers

People like to compare this current moment to Idiocracy, but that isn't really fair. President Camacho actually cared what was happening to his constituents

If I never again see the Packers throw that lateral pass to WRs near the sideline, it will be too soon

If Taylor Swift is out, maybe we can finally get the Super Bowl halftime show America needs: Weird Al and the Muppets

Props to Sarah McLachlan for picking the best night possible to go on Jimmy Kimmel

People make fun of Disney adults but you gotta admire how scared the company is of them, to the point they'd rather piss off the President of the United States than Bob and Molly from Ypsilanti who take annual Disney cruises

Most embarrassing loss of the LaFleur era?

Jordan Love has made some boneheaded decisions today.

Not in word list? Okay Spelling Bee-oomer

Look I'm as anti-violence as it gets but I do think it's fair to be irritated at calls for civility from the same people who made jokes about Nancy Pelosi's husband getting attacked with a hammer

This Athletic article making me curious which coach Matt LaFleur slept on. Luke Butkus looks pretty comfortable, but I bet Jeff Hafley gives good spoon #Packers

What a statement opening game from GB, my goodness