I don't mind a legit "I hate this" but the way so many people follow it up with an actual or implied "and therefore you should too" slash "and you suck for liking it" is a thing that drives me completely insane.

So a bonus of being A Lifelong Reader is the affect/effect, who/that, lay/lie situations of the language are hardwired in. Easy. But the flip side is I, a mid-40s mostly articulate human, sometimes mispronounce a word so egregiously I want to retire from humanity.

Occasionally a post makes me think "this site has the juice" and this was today's.

ugh why is everybody calling my masked armed death squads who kidnap kindergartners the gestapo

"we don't want people thinking Democrats are for open borders" I am! who gives a shit!!! my life has been immeasurably improved by the presence of immigrants in my community, regardless of their status, there is literally no downside there! why would I give a shit!!!!

one problem with learning is it will make you so angry at how stupid everything is

"Burn this motherfucker to the ground", Toad said to Frog. Frog nodded and smiled as he lit the match.

I've always been partial to a skulk of foxes, but a cauldron of bats is up there for me. 🤌

I mean mayyybeeeeeee I do need to make a new year's resolution after all

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

and Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, shouted-

NORAD Santa tracker is Woke

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, sighed when he heard the scream, but he finished shaving before he did anything about it.

"what was the last illegal thing you did?" "...underage drinking?" 😂

It’s one penis, Michael. What could it cost, $150,000?

People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.

One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.

in the words of the great philosopher Strong Bad: "I dunno. Maybe there *is* a goodminton."

This is perfect.

Everyone is hope scrolling now

REPUBLICANS IN DISARRAY

Mar Awa's shit eating grin is my current favorite thing. I love it so much. Unmatched petty hater energy. I crack up every time I look at it. More of this, please.

AI could never.

I like to think the Muppets would be 100% behind the Portland protests

SPF lotion on face and floss in teeth. Every day.

I do not want to enable location services. I do not want to create an account. I do not want to sign up for special offers and news about your product. I would like to engage in a simple transaction where I give you money in exchange for a good.

a) Hard agree. b) I will pay someone real money to fix a thing rather than watch a video how-to. c) I don't want to find my headphones deep in my bag AND articles are silent and silence is golden.

“Trix are so dangerous we won’t even give them to rabbits!”

Never, ever, ever.

one of the clearest signs you're dealing with a strong and principled political movement is when they want to make it illegal to make fun of them

I hear "cracking open a cold one with the boys" and the image of a vampire shotgunning a douche bro passes through my mind. Every time.

Immediately adding this into my lexicon.

Get in loser, we’re going to the Scholastic Book Fair.

Being a registered conservative.

I wanna print this and frame it and put on my wall where the live, laugh, love thing would be if I was the boring kind of normal.

Project 2028: Bring Back Shunning If you can't be community minded you can't be in the community any more.

I heard from my cousin that if you stare into a clock and say "Flava Flav! Flava Flav! Flava Flav" at exactly midnight his face will appear and he'll yell "YEEAAH BOOYYY" so I tried it last night and he did appear and looked me right in the eyes and gently whispered "it's actually Flavor Flav"

This greenfly orchid is not particularly rare, but it lives up trees and is sneaky and finding it on walks is always 🤌 #flowersonfriday

I did not know #flowersonfriday was a thing, but going for stupid mental health walks and looking at plants has kinda been saving me lately, so I'm down.

Rick Steves...is...cool? I did not see that coming, but I'm here for it.

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

if i can be y’all’s dad for a second: one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better

I do feel that the magasshats regularly underestimate our hater spirit, to their detriment. which I enjoy, because as mentioned: hater spirit.

Bonus Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men “Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”

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The latest Poker Face was so great. On top of John Cho and Melanie Lynskey, it always makes me smile when Brendan "My name isn't fucking Warren!" Sexton III shows up in things.

"We don't need to bring ink and paper into this." is relevant surprisingly often.

eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same