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the cruel thing is that insults like "hope he/she sees this bro" don't work anymore precisely because someone like elon musk *is* desperate enough to see it
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
the cruel thing is that insults like "hope he/she sees this bro" don't work anymore precisely because someone like elon musk *is* desperate enough to see it
How does it keep getting worse
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
How does it keep getting worse
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The interesting thing is the Claremont Institute blog had a series of articles a couple of months back to this exact point being made where the overarching response was "we don't care"
it is absolutely unbelievable that the Trump administration is systematically persecuting Cubans and Venezuelans, the most Republican Latinos in the US. what are they doing
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The interesting thing is the Claremont Institute blog had a series of articles a couple of months back to this exact point being made where the overarching response was "we don't care"
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I think people are mistaking "drop in QoL" for outright deprivation.
December 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I think people are mistaking "drop in QoL" for outright deprivation.
“Precarity IS Poverty” gives me the same blergh as telling someone about my cancer treatment (where appropriate) and having them go on about the time they (or their mom or friend etc) thought they had cancer
You might want to go through the rest of the thread.
You'll find that tight is a euphemism for 1 setback away from picking between food or rent.
That precarity, to me, is poverty. YMMV.
You'll find that tight is a euphemism for 1 setback away from picking between food or rent.
That precarity, to me, is poverty. YMMV.
December 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“Precarity IS Poverty” gives me the same blergh as telling someone about my cancer treatment (where appropriate) and having them go on about the time they (or their mom or friend etc) thought they had cancer
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Yeah poor people use "I can't afford" to mean they literally don't have the money in their bank account, middle class people use it to mean "It would reduce my financial stability" and UMC+ use it to mean "I would prefer that my savings grow faster".
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Yeah poor people use "I can't afford" to mean they literally don't have the money in their bank account, middle class people use it to mean "It would reduce my financial stability" and UMC+ use it to mean "I would prefer that my savings grow faster".
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They met via Incubate Debate, the fake Alternative Debate Program that Fishback created bc NFL/NSDAs were supposedly too woke. In other words, Fishback created a fake program for high schoolers as a way to find an underage girlfriend.
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
They met via Incubate Debate, the fake Alternative Debate Program that Fishback created bc NFL/NSDAs were supposedly too woke. In other words, Fishback created a fake program for high schoolers as a way to find an underage girlfriend.
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Like imagine being the guy on the receiving end of this level of resistlib energy. You will absolutely not have the House majority two years into your term
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Like imagine being the guy on the receiving end of this level of resistlib energy. You will absolutely not have the House majority two years into your term
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this type of aging punk crashout has a form that is stereotyped now as forum flouncing
Bob Crumb coming out of retirement just to say "RFK Jr. is right about vaccines and my ex-wife should've taken more advice from me" is such a fitting end to Boomer Americana and everything the "alt-comix" movement claimed to stand for
December 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
this type of aging punk crashout has a form that is stereotyped now as forum flouncing
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"Everything is worse now" - no, you're just older.
"Everything is more expensive" - no, we can measure this, and it's not true.
"No one can afford anything like they used to" - you aren't remembering right, this is wrong.
"Nothing works well" - things worked very badly before, you were just 13.
"Everything is more expensive" - no, we can measure this, and it's not true.
"No one can afford anything like they used to" - you aren't remembering right, this is wrong.
"Nothing works well" - things worked very badly before, you were just 13.
December 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
"Everything is worse now" - no, you're just older.
"Everything is more expensive" - no, we can measure this, and it's not true.
"No one can afford anything like they used to" - you aren't remembering right, this is wrong.
"Nothing works well" - things worked very badly before, you were just 13.
"Everything is more expensive" - no, we can measure this, and it's not true.
"No one can afford anything like they used to" - you aren't remembering right, this is wrong.
"Nothing works well" - things worked very badly before, you were just 13.
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I think this is, unfortunately, correct for a host of reasons, including selfish ones. South American fishermen don't have the power to do reprisals but we are going to get into a shooting war with somebody with a Navy at some point and they'll wonder how their shipwrecked will be treated.
We should execute him at the first opportunity. Not even kidding. Peleus precedent
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I think this is, unfortunately, correct for a host of reasons, including selfish ones. South American fishermen don't have the power to do reprisals but we are going to get into a shooting war with somebody with a Navy at some point and they'll wonder how their shipwrecked will be treated.
Man Who Met Wife On Road Rules All Stars Speaks About Station Wagon Paneling
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Man Who Met Wife On Road Rules All Stars Speaks About Station Wagon Paneling
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one winter i made panettone from scratch so there’s nothing more for me to learn or accomplish
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
one winter i made panettone from scratch so there’s nothing more for me to learn or accomplish
This one gets handed to men and women and all it leads to is distrust of people who do like you
manosphere gives men really bad advice but stuff like "you need to be comfortable with yourself before others will like you" is also bad advice
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This one gets handed to men and women and all it leads to is distrust of people who do like you
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manosphere gives men really bad advice but stuff like "you need to be comfortable with yourself before others will like you" is also bad advice
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
manosphere gives men really bad advice but stuff like "you need to be comfortable with yourself before others will like you" is also bad advice
Having the sort of mental break where I cancel the charity pickup of two dressers I haven’t had a use for in two years because I think I’m suddenly going to DIY them into a china cabinet?
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Having the sort of mental break where I cancel the charity pickup of two dressers I haven’t had a use for in two years because I think I’m suddenly going to DIY them into a china cabinet?
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The issue with the age gap takes is that awareness is now high enough that kids are looking for easy rules of thumb for spotting likely predators, and while life isn't as simple as that... it's not actually bad that they're trying
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The issue with the age gap takes is that awareness is now high enough that kids are looking for easy rules of thumb for spotting likely predators, and while life isn't as simple as that... it's not actually bad that they're trying
One of the major ways we did this was by REALLY ramping up the stigma on adult men “dating” school age girls and welp
also we really slashed teen pregnancy and now the right is mad that we did.
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
One of the major ways we did this was by REALLY ramping up the stigma on adult men “dating” school age girls and welp
One of the weirder experiences I had on Twitter was pointing out that school age kids were nicer and less apt to bully each other these days and getting days of replies that that was not true and also bad
for what it’s worth I got roped into helping out with my sixth grader’s extracurricular thing so I’ve had more recent contact with middle schoolers who aren’t mine than I usually do, and biased sample/biased reviewer/etc but my verdict is that the kids are all right
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
One of the weirder experiences I had on Twitter was pointing out that school age kids were nicer and less apt to bully each other these days and getting days of replies that that was not true and also bad
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I want to point out that any outlet could have done this work but it was the Washington Post who did
“.. A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds of the meeting Tuesday showed that during nine separate instances, Trump’s eyes were closed for extended periods or he appeared to struggle to keep them open, amounting cumulatively to nearly six minutes.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I want to point out that any outlet could have done this work but it was the Washington Post who did
On the one hand I think people in general say more and more outrageous stuff the more time they are paid to fill with their own voices
But also I think most people I know would not reach a point where they’d say this in particular
But also I think most people I know would not reach a point where they’d say this in particular
Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
On the one hand I think people in general say more and more outrageous stuff the more time they are paid to fill with their own voices
But also I think most people I know would not reach a point where they’d say this in particular
But also I think most people I know would not reach a point where they’d say this in particular
Whatever, it’ll be 70 degrees next week anyway
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Whatever, it’ll be 70 degrees next week anyway
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My President told me Jim Comey keeps eating his prosecutors so I asked how many prosecutors he has and he said he just goes to Mar-A-Lago and gets a new prosecutor afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding prosecutors to Jim Comey and then his Attorney General started crying.
The Justice Department could present a new indictment against James Comey to a grand jury as soon as this week.
Justice Department could present a new indictment against James Comey to a grand jury this week | CNN Politics
No matter what, prosecutors will likely present new indictments against the former FBI director and New York Attorney General Letitia James to grand juries in the Eastern District of Virginia.
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
My President told me Jim Comey keeps eating his prosecutors so I asked how many prosecutors he has and he said he just goes to Mar-A-Lago and gets a new prosecutor afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding prosecutors to Jim Comey and then his Attorney General started crying.
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(have deleted my quote tweet of the catastrophising university lecturer as, happily, tons of other academics said they didn't recognise their experience at all)
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
(have deleted my quote tweet of the catastrophising university lecturer as, happily, tons of other academics said they didn't recognise their experience at all)