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I feel like Catch 22 is one of the most obviously leftist books just bc the protagonist is a smart guy who understands the insanity around him in perfect clarity, but nobody takes him seriously because it's also turned him into a miserable, high-strung neurotic
And what's more leftist than that
And what's more leftist than that
I'll never get over how American work culture thinks it's normal to force workers to feign happiness
Like it's genuinely so bleak and cruel to make your workforce miserable, but also penalize them for being miserable. Let us mope, at least.
Like it's genuinely so bleak and cruel to make your workforce miserable, but also penalize them for being miserable. Let us mope, at least.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'll never get over how American work culture thinks it's normal to force workers to feign happiness
Like it's genuinely so bleak and cruel to make your workforce miserable, but also penalize them for being miserable. Let us mope, at least.
Like it's genuinely so bleak and cruel to make your workforce miserable, but also penalize them for being miserable. Let us mope, at least.
There's something so insidious about alt chick small business owners. You think "Shes 30 with a septum ring, tattoos & vocal fry...maybe she's chill"
But that's a trojan horse, she'll be the kind of boss who uses wellness speak to threaten your job when you need a day off to go to the ER
But that's a trojan horse, she'll be the kind of boss who uses wellness speak to threaten your job when you need a day off to go to the ER
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
There's something so insidious about alt chick small business owners. You think "Shes 30 with a septum ring, tattoos & vocal fry...maybe she's chill"
But that's a trojan horse, she'll be the kind of boss who uses wellness speak to threaten your job when you need a day off to go to the ER
But that's a trojan horse, she'll be the kind of boss who uses wellness speak to threaten your job when you need a day off to go to the ER
Every time I've seen an I, Robot or Detroit Become Human style sci-fi racism allegory, I always think "I would be kind to the robots :)"
But every single time I've used Chatgpt, I end up verbally abusing it like a mean step-dad. I literally tell it shit like "I wish you had feelings I could hurt"
But every single time I've used Chatgpt, I end up verbally abusing it like a mean step-dad. I literally tell it shit like "I wish you had feelings I could hurt"
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Every time I've seen an I, Robot or Detroit Become Human style sci-fi racism allegory, I always think "I would be kind to the robots :)"
But every single time I've used Chatgpt, I end up verbally abusing it like a mean step-dad. I literally tell it shit like "I wish you had feelings I could hurt"
But every single time I've used Chatgpt, I end up verbally abusing it like a mean step-dad. I literally tell it shit like "I wish you had feelings I could hurt"
Forget the played out jokey "which side do Greeks/Biracial people/Jews/etc fight on in the race war" hypothetical.
Which side are the enbies taking in the Gender Wars of 2035. I'm going with the Woman Faction.
Which side are the enbies taking in the Gender Wars of 2035. I'm going with the Woman Faction.
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Forget the played out jokey "which side do Greeks/Biracial people/Jews/etc fight on in the race war" hypothetical.
Which side are the enbies taking in the Gender Wars of 2035. I'm going with the Woman Faction.
Which side are the enbies taking in the Gender Wars of 2035. I'm going with the Woman Faction.
I got the same level of excited about buying a wearable battery powered heated blanket as I did when I bought DMT for the first time in my 20s, I think its all downhill from here
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I got the same level of excited about buying a wearable battery powered heated blanket as I did when I bought DMT for the first time in my 20s, I think its all downhill from here
I hate that I've developed this anxiety around anti-zionism discourse because I'm always anticipating seeing someone who doesn't know how to talk about Israel w/o saying some real stupid shit
So now I've become avoidant re: an issue I do care about and KNOW I should engage with more
So now I've become avoidant re: an issue I do care about and KNOW I should engage with more
I get this vibe of “why won’t the Jews stop whining when there are real problems in the world” from some of you — even some Jews — and I would offer that this is not the way
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I hate that I've developed this anxiety around anti-zionism discourse because I'm always anticipating seeing someone who doesn't know how to talk about Israel w/o saying some real stupid shit
So now I've become avoidant re: an issue I do care about and KNOW I should engage with more
So now I've become avoidant re: an issue I do care about and KNOW I should engage with more
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You guys it is possible for antisemitism to be a real and rising issue *and* for people to be racist/Islamophobic against Mamdani. It’s not an either/or. Please stop dismissing the very credible threat of antisemitism because some people who raise the issue suck.
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
You guys it is possible for antisemitism to be a real and rising issue *and* for people to be racist/Islamophobic against Mamdani. It’s not an either/or. Please stop dismissing the very credible threat of antisemitism because some people who raise the issue suck.
I used to do nerdy fanfiction roleplaying shit in chat rooms as a 12 y/o and it's kind of horrifying to realize how many Indoor Teens now think doing this is the same as having DID
Like no dude you don't have a fractured identity, you just like playacting as Solid Snake in VR Chat 3hrs a night
Like no dude you don't have a fractured identity, you just like playacting as Solid Snake in VR Chat 3hrs a night
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I used to do nerdy fanfiction roleplaying shit in chat rooms as a 12 y/o and it's kind of horrifying to realize how many Indoor Teens now think doing this is the same as having DID
Like no dude you don't have a fractured identity, you just like playacting as Solid Snake in VR Chat 3hrs a night
Like no dude you don't have a fractured identity, you just like playacting as Solid Snake in VR Chat 3hrs a night
Been watching YA/Booktok reviews after finding out that community is *rife* with unhinged drama
But my biggest takeaway is that traditional publishers are apparently handing out $50k advances for books that read like "her name was Mikaeylah Aurora Valentine & her hair was the color of baja blast--"
But my biggest takeaway is that traditional publishers are apparently handing out $50k advances for books that read like "her name was Mikaeylah Aurora Valentine & her hair was the color of baja blast--"
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Been watching YA/Booktok reviews after finding out that community is *rife* with unhinged drama
But my biggest takeaway is that traditional publishers are apparently handing out $50k advances for books that read like "her name was Mikaeylah Aurora Valentine & her hair was the color of baja blast--"
But my biggest takeaway is that traditional publishers are apparently handing out $50k advances for books that read like "her name was Mikaeylah Aurora Valentine & her hair was the color of baja blast--"
Thank god men calling women "females" seems to have stopped being a super common thing, it was weird as fuck
Now we just have the most normal guys alive saying the word "women" on podcasts with about as much seething rancor as an antisemite saying "jews"
Now we just have the most normal guys alive saying the word "women" on podcasts with about as much seething rancor as an antisemite saying "jews"
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Thank god men calling women "females" seems to have stopped being a super common thing, it was weird as fuck
Now we just have the most normal guys alive saying the word "women" on podcasts with about as much seething rancor as an antisemite saying "jews"
Now we just have the most normal guys alive saying the word "women" on podcasts with about as much seething rancor as an antisemite saying "jews"
So it's normal to end up hyper-aware of power dynamics after growing up in an abusive household
But whats funny to me is that this also means you'll accidentally stumble into arriving at the same conclusions as Foucault every other month. Like "Simpsons did it" but with post-modernism.
But whats funny to me is that this also means you'll accidentally stumble into arriving at the same conclusions as Foucault every other month. Like "Simpsons did it" but with post-modernism.
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So it's normal to end up hyper-aware of power dynamics after growing up in an abusive household
But whats funny to me is that this also means you'll accidentally stumble into arriving at the same conclusions as Foucault every other month. Like "Simpsons did it" but with post-modernism.
But whats funny to me is that this also means you'll accidentally stumble into arriving at the same conclusions as Foucault every other month. Like "Simpsons did it" but with post-modernism.
...why does the Coast Guard need the swastika, noose, etc to stop being designated as hate symbols?
What have these little freaks been getting up to? It feels like if your 8 y/o son came inside from play time to ask "Can I borrow your gun? Why? No reason. Doesn't matter. Yes or no"
What have these little freaks been getting up to? It feels like if your 8 y/o son came inside from play time to ask "Can I borrow your gun? Why? No reason. Doesn't matter. Yes or no"
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
...why does the Coast Guard need the swastika, noose, etc to stop being designated as hate symbols?
What have these little freaks been getting up to? It feels like if your 8 y/o son came inside from play time to ask "Can I borrow your gun? Why? No reason. Doesn't matter. Yes or no"
What have these little freaks been getting up to? It feels like if your 8 y/o son came inside from play time to ask "Can I borrow your gun? Why? No reason. Doesn't matter. Yes or no"
My worst dumb guy take is that Imperial measuring system is better simply because: less numbers. 15.24 cm? What the hell is that, terrible. 6 inches? Now that I can get behind.
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 AM
My worst dumb guy take is that Imperial measuring system is better simply because: less numbers. 15.24 cm? What the hell is that, terrible. 6 inches? Now that I can get behind.
I think Trump glazing Mamdani basically just comes down to: Trump likes status, Trump likes clout. If you have them, then Trump likes you because it allows him proximity to both of these things.
It doesn't really go any deeper, it's just dumb guy narcissistic opportunism.
It doesn't really go any deeper, it's just dumb guy narcissistic opportunism.
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I think Trump glazing Mamdani basically just comes down to: Trump likes status, Trump likes clout. If you have them, then Trump likes you because it allows him proximity to both of these things.
It doesn't really go any deeper, it's just dumb guy narcissistic opportunism.
It doesn't really go any deeper, it's just dumb guy narcissistic opportunism.
It's always a little baffling to get hit with "Umm let people enjoy themselves, it's harmless, what does it matter"
Since when are you not allowed to bitch about something being annoying and shitty unless it's actively harmful. Furthermore, what if *you're* yucking *my* yum right now
Since when are you not allowed to bitch about something being annoying and shitty unless it's actively harmful. Furthermore, what if *you're* yucking *my* yum right now
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It's always a little baffling to get hit with "Umm let people enjoy themselves, it's harmless, what does it matter"
Since when are you not allowed to bitch about something being annoying and shitty unless it's actively harmful. Furthermore, what if *you're* yucking *my* yum right now
Since when are you not allowed to bitch about something being annoying and shitty unless it's actively harmful. Furthermore, what if *you're* yucking *my* yum right now
It rules how many criminal cases are solved by, like, one tech forensics expert opening a suspects phone w/o even needing to enter a PIN and finding "crime supplies near me cheap" at the top of their search history
November 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
It rules how many criminal cases are solved by, like, one tech forensics expert opening a suspects phone w/o even needing to enter a PIN and finding "crime supplies near me cheap" at the top of their search history
BROKE: [reading about Kant never leaving his hometown, never getting married & never changing his schedule or diet his entire life] this guy was a loser
WOKE: I think this guy would talk about his coin collection at me for an hour, and was also a loser
WOKE: I think this guy would talk about his coin collection at me for an hour, and was also a loser
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
BROKE: [reading about Kant never leaving his hometown, never getting married & never changing his schedule or diet his entire life] this guy was a loser
WOKE: I think this guy would talk about his coin collection at me for an hour, and was also a loser
WOKE: I think this guy would talk about his coin collection at me for an hour, and was also a loser
The way your brain reacts to crises is fascinating. Like I was in a car crash in 2017 and reacted by calmly trying to gather up pieces of my car from the road, like that guy who got his arm blown off in the beginning of Saving Private Ryan
Then two whole hours later, suddenly burst into tears
Then two whole hours later, suddenly burst into tears
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The way your brain reacts to crises is fascinating. Like I was in a car crash in 2017 and reacted by calmly trying to gather up pieces of my car from the road, like that guy who got his arm blown off in the beginning of Saving Private Ryan
Then two whole hours later, suddenly burst into tears
Then two whole hours later, suddenly burst into tears
I learned that written Egyptian contained both phonetic and symbolic glyphs for words (so "dog" would be akin to "d-o-g [picture of a dog]") and I thought oh so cool I bet that made it accessible
No. Fuckin...nobody could read or write that shit besides professional scribes & priests. What.
No. Fuckin...nobody could read or write that shit besides professional scribes & priests. What.
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I learned that written Egyptian contained both phonetic and symbolic glyphs for words (so "dog" would be akin to "d-o-g [picture of a dog]") and I thought oh so cool I bet that made it accessible
No. Fuckin...nobody could read or write that shit besides professional scribes & priests. What.
No. Fuckin...nobody could read or write that shit besides professional scribes & priests. What.
Can you guess what this internet weirdo is blaming on affirmative action?
Good guess. No, it's the OceanGate Titan Sub Implosion.
Good guess. No, it's the OceanGate Titan Sub Implosion.
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Can you guess what this internet weirdo is blaming on affirmative action?
Good guess. No, it's the OceanGate Titan Sub Implosion.
Good guess. No, it's the OceanGate Titan Sub Implosion.
INTERVIEWER: yeah but like you're not *literally* buying crates of rats from Pets Mart and using them to hone your necromancy skills, the "Deathmancer of Malibu" stuff is just memes right haha
SYDNEY SWEENEY: [tight smile] no comment
SYDNEY SWEENEY: [tight smile] no comment
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
INTERVIEWER: yeah but like you're not *literally* buying crates of rats from Pets Mart and using them to hone your necromancy skills, the "Deathmancer of Malibu" stuff is just memes right haha
SYDNEY SWEENEY: [tight smile] no comment
SYDNEY SWEENEY: [tight smile] no comment
WHAT ANNOYING GUYS THINK SUN TZU'S ART OF WAR SAYS: show everyone in every single situation you're the big dog, literally bark in your bosses face to assert dominance
ACTUAL SUN TZU: no but seriously you do have to feed your army
ACTUAL SUN TZU: no but seriously you do have to feed your army
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
WHAT ANNOYING GUYS THINK SUN TZU'S ART OF WAR SAYS: show everyone in every single situation you're the big dog, literally bark in your bosses face to assert dominance
ACTUAL SUN TZU: no but seriously you do have to feed your army
ACTUAL SUN TZU: no but seriously you do have to feed your army
Sydney Sweeney has the business instincts of a wet sock. If she is a weird lil bigoted pick me, even doing this dogwhistle shit is a terrible idea in the long run. You can't sustain a meaningful career by pandering to racist uncles & groypers.
She's gonna be the modern Anita Bryant, I feel like
She's gonna be the modern Anita Bryant, I feel like
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Sydney Sweeney has the business instincts of a wet sock. If she is a weird lil bigoted pick me, even doing this dogwhistle shit is a terrible idea in the long run. You can't sustain a meaningful career by pandering to racist uncles & groypers.
She's gonna be the modern Anita Bryant, I feel like
She's gonna be the modern Anita Bryant, I feel like
Just found out a girl who posts a lot of chill videos of her walking her three Dobermans gets 100's of comments from men specifically explaining how easily they could fight & kill her dogs to get to her
And thats like...horrifying but also not surprising at all
And thats like...horrifying but also not surprising at all
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just found out a girl who posts a lot of chill videos of her walking her three Dobermans gets 100's of comments from men specifically explaining how easily they could fight & kill her dogs to get to her
And thats like...horrifying but also not surprising at all
And thats like...horrifying but also not surprising at all