Desperate to explain to some types of people that by the time they get comfortable enough with culture to think that something is "common knowledge" there's already a new wave they haven't picked up on yet

If people treated construction workers like they treat musicians they'd be standing on the ground level 3 months in to a 5-year building project saying "you call this a building 😂 it doesn't even have walls, just give up now 🤣💀"

There is nothing more cringe than calling someone cringe. There is nothing more weak than mocking weakness. There is nothing more deserving of intolerance than intolerance. "Sir are you going to place your order or just list aphorisms all night?" That was actually my last one

I'm the spiritual reincarnation of a 1950s rookie screenwriter who had the nerve to suggest "but what if he was a rebel... WITH a cause?" and got laughed out of the writers' room and then informally blacklisted by the influence of the US federal government before dying penniless

Nah, I won't be playing it cool. I'm dropping the "non" from the chalant. Expressing joy or thoughts and being super annoying about it. Excitedly presenting those things from my balcony of many things and recent obsessions. Killing the part of me that hesitates and thinks "is this cringe and dumb?"

Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.

Music w/ HEART? It's more likely than you'd think! Maybe not on the radio, but we're all living through this together, musicians included. If you know where to look you'll find a new fav band for every day of the week & more on the weekends

Tumnus Maclunky, lead singer of Streetheat Manifeetso

More wisdom from the teachings of my screechings, get it while it's hot. Or don't. I'm a ska musician, not a cop. #punkphilosophy

The real test: would you trust the crowd, or your own eyes? Nonconformity isn't punk. Discernment is. Save this reminder.

LADIES, if ur man: -Doesn't look a thing like Jesus, BUT -Talks like a gentleman -Like u imagined when u were young That's not ur man, that's the deuteragonist of a Killers song. Take caution- u don't have to drink right now, but u CAN dip ur feet every once in a little while

Playground rules are in full force and i WILL tell the teacher on you if you keep pulling my hair #skapunk #wholesomememes #diymusicscene

I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city. I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Why Music Gatekeeping is a Waste of Time! Life's too short to argue on the internet about what's "real ska." Reposting this as a reminder to spend less time arguing and more time discovering. Tag a new, cool band that deserves more listeners.

There's a whole cultural movement that insists men cannot possibly do anything that isn't completely testosterone-soaked unless they're either performing to attract women or are gay/"weak".

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

starting to think all that harm reduction was actually just regular harm

"It took me quite a while to realize that my youthful excitability was right and my father’s wealth of experience was wrong; that there are things that cannot be dealt with by calm skepticism." Sebastian Haffner, Defying Hitler: A Memoir

If you were unlucky enough for your first Dunkin experience to also have been the best coffee of your life up until that point, the branding takes over and you're cursed with a fondness for mid coffee for the rest of your life. This is why New England is

People are so confident when they fill in the gaps with their own assumptions instead of asking questions that half the time they don't even realize they're doing it

You're so vain, you probly think this tweet is about you 😬

People watching me forgive: "Oh good, he's forgotten"

People ask where my best ideas come from. The truth is, they just appear in this book and I'm compelled to post them by an unseen force. Neither part of the equation can be stopped... Trust me, I've tried.

Tired: "ska needs to make a comeback" Wired: "ska never left, it just went underground" Inspired: "you heard that ska died? well, that makes sense- there's a lot of people who wanted it dead. but hear this, and tell your friends- ska LIVES, and I've seen it with my own two eyes."

My mom got a haircut the other day. I told her it looked nice, and she thanked me and asked me if it looked like a modern version of Julie Andrews from the Sound of Music like it was supposed to. And honestly? Yeah, it totally did

Attacking people: gross, mean, exclusionary, will get you points from others who also don't like them Attacking behaviors: wise, salient, relateable, will get you attacked by people who you weren't even talking about

Has Woke Culture Gone Too Far? He-Man Comes Out as He/They-Man

Few things sum up American selfishness better then ppl who speed up when you put on your turn signal to merge. Like bro, you were not using that spot 1 second ago, just let me in... We're all trying to get somewhere, all you're changing is the chance we will both get there alive

Sometimes I tell someone something I genuinely like or find endearing about them or someone else and they filter it through their own judgements and end up perceiving it as an insult. I don't give guys compliments anymore if there's a chance they'll think I'm calling them girly

If two bars of 5G aren't better than three bars of 4G than what was the point

I don't give a damn bout a bad reputation 🙅‍♀️ You're living in the past, it's a new generation 🙂‍↕️

Wtf is "genrefluid"?? This was one of our most-loved posts, so we're bringing it back. When your identity is fluid, your art should be too. What does "genrefluid" mean to you? Let's talk in the comments.

I can’t emphasize enough right now that the millionaires tax in Massachusetts has allowed public schools to provide free lunch and breakfast for all students. We can take their money and do good things with it!

People severely underestimate their own power. Every time you tell someone no, you are forcing them to either learn a lesson or lose any chance of getting what they want from you. Do note though, this only works if you can hold firm- a permeable boundary is no boundary at all.

Something I'll never get is that some people will only admit that something is obvious once either the event came to pass or the vast majority of people already agree. Basing your morals on the approximate average of the people around you is no way to lead a civilized life

I hate Catan cause I don't settle

"They're probably judging me, so I'm going to judge them first" You actually already did! Assuming other people are judging you is itself inherently judgemental. And that's a self-fulfilling prophecy, because non-judgmental people DO judge judgemental people 🤷‍♀️ Be normal yo

I feel like a lot of people confuse "don't burn bridges" with "repair the bridges that others have burned on their behalf no matter how many times they do it" and it shows on a national level

Tired: "Society needs ska to make a comeback" Wired: "Ska's alive and better than ever" Inspired: "Society needs as many fuckin ska bands and fans as possible. I mean a really, truly saturated market. A ska band in every neighborhood. Hell, one in every building. Now's the time."

"is that really the best idea?" bröther that was my ONLY idea

It truly feels that $20k would be a reasonable price for the purchase and install of a new generation of dishwashers that are somehow automated. Why would anyone want a clumsy metal person instead of just a better technology 😐

A lot of people seem to define "trustworthiness" as "won't tell people the horrible things I say to them about those people" instead of "doesn't say horrible things about people" and that's just an interesting atmosphere to exist in

Lower your standards for your creative output and raise your standards for your societal input (not just social media, also movies/tv/criticism/people). Completion beats "perfection". Delight yourself, detach from what others may think about the result. No step is ever wasted!

I'm thinking back on that oldschool forum master who schooled the TikTok street interviewer a while back, and I realized something: the left was gradually shamed out of drawing a hard line, and then the right adopted the tactics. Giving no quarter 100% works. Elect that man ffs

Everyone needs at least two tarot reading ladies and one motivational yapper in their daily youtube rotation to gas you up unapologetically. If one or more films in a car, that's ok, but use discernment if they're also wearing sunglasses. "Who do you recommend" They'll find you

Look, I’m just a silly goose…but remember when we (y’all) had the virtual fests where everyone recorded a set and then someone streamed it? Should we maybe consider doing something like that for Jamaica? Like have a fundraising link where people could donate? Idk, just a thought.

The year is 2025. The rarest skill in the world is acting normal for like 15 minutes. For me of course it's effortless

The irony of these nuts talking about a "woke mind virus". Dude, go to therapy or exit society.

There is a constant tension between the urge to go "Oh that would make a perfect gift for my niece, I should buy it now so Christmas is set" and the logical realization that by Christmas, everything I know now about her likes and dislikes may be laughably outdated