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Is there any way to not be insufferable in these?
Lover of trash cinema.
https://ko-fi.com/ROBERTKAROL8064
Lover of trash cinema.
https://ko-fi.com/ROBERTKAROL8064
COSMOPOLIS & MAPS TO THE STARS are both flawed as conventional movies, but they definitely capture a weird vibe no one else can.
December 8, 2025 at 4:18 AM
COSMOPOLIS & MAPS TO THE STARS are both flawed as conventional movies, but they definitely capture a weird vibe no one else can.
Watching COSMOPOLIS on Tubi & getting ads for Kaiser Permanente and Amazon One Medical in between sequences is very DeLillo-esque
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Watching COSMOPOLIS on Tubi & getting ads for Kaiser Permanente and Amazon One Medical in between sequences is very DeLillo-esque
Thinking again about the tech bro who had a mental breakdown from reading an LLM trained on SCP, which feels like it should be an SCP.
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Thinking again about the tech bro who had a mental breakdown from reading an LLM trained on SCP, which feels like it should be an SCP.
WTF is with right-wing Franklin memes? Are Berenstain Bears too woke? Little Critter is non-binary?
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
WTF is with right-wing Franklin memes? Are Berenstain Bears too woke? Little Critter is non-binary?
Took my wife, who likes vinyl but is not obsessed like me, by this display today, and she had so many questions too!
But also, the display was much emptier, so caveat emptor!
But also, the display was much emptier, so caveat emptor!
No, these are not 7 inches. Target is selling tiny mini-CD records at 33 RPM that hold one song on each side for $15.
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Took my wife, who likes vinyl but is not obsessed like me, by this display today, and she had so many questions too!
But also, the display was much emptier, so caveat emptor!
But also, the display was much emptier, so caveat emptor!
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I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
Saw the musical of THE OUTSIDERS today and really liked it! I also got a surprise upgrade from DPAC to orchestra seats!
December 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Saw the musical of THE OUTSIDERS today and really liked it! I also got a surprise upgrade from DPAC to orchestra seats!
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Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
February 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
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The debate around whether Star Wars should be preserved in amber by Disney or tinkered with by Lucas, released in a version which goes against Lucas's wishes or hidden away from future generations, misses the most inviting possibility: that we sieze the chance to destroy Star Wars once and for all
December 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The debate around whether Star Wars should be preserved in amber by Disney or tinkered with by Lucas, released in a version which goes against Lucas's wishes or hidden away from future generations, misses the most inviting possibility: that we sieze the chance to destroy Star Wars once and for all
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I can never read “I was there” now without imagining James Murphy singing it in the background there
life is long and i've seen a lot of things come and go but i will not stand for the rehabilitation of the ron howard grinch. motherfucker i was THERE in the theater. i was there
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I can never read “I was there” now without imagining James Murphy singing it in the background there
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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
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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
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ME: they shouldn't be able to say 'your order has shipped' when they've just created a label. That's not shipped.
ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file?
ME: that's not-
CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-
ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file?
ME: that's not-
CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
ME: they shouldn't be able to say 'your order has shipped' when they've just created a label. That's not shipped.
ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file?
ME: that's not-
CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-
ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file?
ME: that's not-
CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-
I feel like all of bureaucracy boils down to someone, at some point, going “I dunno, just…fucking ask Greg to do it” and then centuries of trying to craft the perfect Greg
better than the british system. "oh you want a passport? ok who do you know whose job sounds kind of legit. they have to say that's a photo of you. no not someone you live with. one of your more respectable mates."
December 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Do you think Disney ever thinks about buying Warner Brothers?
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Do you think Disney ever thinks about buying Warner Brothers?
Somewhere someone is observing every firm and institution that settled with Trump and figuring that they can shake them down in another four years.
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Somewhere someone is observing every firm and institution that settled with Trump and figuring that they can shake them down in another four years.
I half expect to find out Charna, OTOH, is reporting her staff to them
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December 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I half expect to find out Charna, OTOH, is reporting her staff to them
I don’t want to pretend that owning physical media makes you a good person, but it is weird to see a concerted effort from media producers to make it harder to own physical media.
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I don’t want to pretend that owning physical media makes you a good person, but it is weird to see a concerted effort from media producers to make it harder to own physical media.
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I think of this exchange once a week the last few years.
(H/t Elliot S. Maggin, building on Mark Waid and Alex Ross)
(H/t Elliot S. Maggin, building on Mark Waid and Alex Ross)
June 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I think of this exchange once a week the last few years.
(H/t Elliot S. Maggin, building on Mark Waid and Alex Ross)
(H/t Elliot S. Maggin, building on Mark Waid and Alex Ross)
I want Isaac Chotiner to do an interview with RD’s spouse where he asks if she ever reads his columns.
I remember one of the funniest things about Ross Douthat is reading a profile on him that admitted his wife isn’t religious & not particularly conservative. Just basically treating his insane views like someone else would treat their husband’s model train hobby.
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I want Isaac Chotiner to do an interview with RD’s spouse where he asks if she ever reads his columns.
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i was in the top 0.02% of his listeners this year
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
i was in the top 0.02% of his listeners this year
Running for President in 2028 on the platform I’m going to tear down the White House ballroom and replace it with a replica of the American Football house.
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Running for President in 2028 on the platform I’m going to tear down the White House ballroom and replace it with a replica of the American Football house.
Me enabling a charitable donation by buying more records
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Me enabling a charitable donation by buying more records
Anxiously clicking through like I’m Homer going for the free trampoline.
Doing my annual viny fundraiser for those unhoused and hungry in the KC area. Rare/well-loved items up for sale through the Discogs website, and every dollar goes directly to area organizations. Looking for something for yourself/friend in the soundtrack/rock world? www.discogs.com/seller/riots...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Anxiously clicking through like I’m Homer going for the free trampoline.
Cheryl Hines & Olivia Nuzzi both have books out right now?
December 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Cheryl Hines & Olivia Nuzzi both have books out right now?