they love their Fashionclothes and Musicsongs and Cuisinefood and Fictionbooks and Moviefilms though

for the wrestling fans and anyone who hasn't forgot what the holiday is actually about

crazy there's a whole holiday built around celebrating the ultimate nepobaby's birthday AND he's a bastard no less

Me when it happens

if you walk away from the cafe register without tipping and leave the display up, I'm 💯 hitting the max tip button for you and no receipt

how I know I'm a mouthy heel mark: my 2025 favorites on the big show in no particular order are Naomi, Chelsea, Becky, Drew, Dom, Seth

Logan Paul is the only wrestler for whom outcomes are more honest now than his prior bookings

there is enough beef in the world without going looking for it

fun fact: I have put The Glow in three video games I've made, including the now-ancient VR game I made for Pat Mahomes where it showed how much slo-mo time (a la Superhot) you had remaining for evading sacks p.s. I saw the Last Dragon three times in the theatrical release

my worst walking uphill in the snow both ways with an onion in my belt: bemoaning to Millennials that they had it easy as pre-teens with Victoria's Secret mailers (let alone Z/Alpha with the whole Internet at their disposal) instead of relying on the Sears catalog underwear section

the problem with "please please please let me get what I want" is those were all the biggest mistakes of my life

at this point we have to wonder if Drake just has a humiliation kink www.techdirt.com/2025/10/17/j...

TKO President Mark Shapiro wasn't kidding "WWE is not where the UFC is yet on ticket yields. We have our work to do there. We’ve seen a meaningful increase, as evidenced by the 59% margin we did in the second quarter." ...and these were all gone in five minutes of presale

the dopamine slot machine's got everyone conditioned to not want to hear anything that isn't pleasing. when "I come here to avoid real life, not be reminded" is the vibe, it's no wonder everyone remains in denial about dystopia being real.

almost every person you ever see, no matter how they make you feel including no way at all, is loved dearly by someone else who sees the best in them

change one letter in a song lyric to completely change the meaning... "all the lovely people, where do they all come from? all the lovely people, where do they all belong?"

remember before complaining about prices or gratuity that you don't just pay for service and product in hospitality, but for sub-leasing the space that the business is paying through the nose to landlords so you can be in that part of town

mood

people make fun of wrestling fans for it being scripted while they watch "reality" TV and for-profit "news" but at least we're honest with ourselves about kayfabe

don't reward anti social anti cooperative behavior. for instance, if you see someone sitting aisle with their bag next to them on a train or bus, take the window seat next to them. fuck that passive aggressive bullshit.

post-Internet, pre-smartphone was the peak. everything was available, but you still had to be present. feel bad for those that never lived it.

sometimes I don't know if I need the number for that truck driving school or the location of the real Zoltar machine

when I grow up, I want to be the billboard from LA Story

people spend 20 times as much making dead skin hanging from their heads pretty as they do trying to cure cancer

life is about ethos. mores are subjective. it's how you do, not what that matters.

two pictures of bullies that need no captions to hear the words

practical, inclusive populism (in lieu of the divisive political kind by demagogues) is living in the dense part of cities, traveling on foot and by public transit, sharing sports and entertainment with strangers, showing service workers deference and gratitude, treating everyone with respect

there really isn't that much difference between "I am large, I contain multitudes" and "I am legion, for we are many"

just as the real monster is Dr. Frankenstein, the real superposition of life and death is Schrodinger not the cat

the real Tower of Babel isn't different languages but different realities. there will be no communicating and no community when each person becomes their own main character echo chamber. a new dark ages looms ahead.

on the subject of tips, for drinks it's not a percentage, but time spent. minimum two for a beer, more for a cocktail. and if you'd tip two for a beer, how can you not tip at least that to a barista for a drink that takes minutes to make?

Preface "The devil is not to be blamed for everything. There are times when a man is his own devil." Opening "First of all we need a place to stand." 🤌🏻

ignoring "in matters of taste" re customers being right is like ignoring "a well regulated militia" and in either case only done by those who never served

ye olde flag of Aidnalandia, home of palindromes

I've always said you're not a rebel until you had the acceptance to sell-out and chose not to and you're not a sell-out until you had the power to make change and chose not to rebel, so I guess the only upside to right now is everyone finding out who's what including themselves

do level 6 vegans refuse to drink beer to show solidarity with yeast?

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