Apropos of something deeply silly: there is nothing on this Earth more obnoxious than deliberately using a word in a way no other human being has ever done and then doing a smug little dance when people judge your words by their plain English meaning.

It really is unfair for Christianity to keep promising a day where God kidnaps all the worst people you know and then not delivering.

Philosophers really are the tech bros of the humanities. Once you decide your job is thinking about thinking, it becomes really easy to convince yourself you don't need to learn a single actual fact.

Launching a new business? Thinking it might be neat to make a lowercase name part of your brand identity? Please spare a thought for the people who will have to wrestle with grammar correction while writing about your company. Then shove your marketing team out the nearest available window.

will never understand how Canadians became known for saying “eh” when we should be known for our ability to make the phase “okay buddy” mean everything from “of course I will give my life for yours” to “I am the drunkest man alive and I am going to fight you in this parking lot”

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The heading on this old column of mine reads “This article was published more than 16 years ago. Some information may no longer be current.”
If only.
It’s zucchini season again. Stay strong, people.

The idea social media wrecked dialogue is ahistorical. There was no innocent time when people held more nuanced views. There was just a time when you didn’t have to hear from the people your conservative buddies were hurting. Show me this supposed golden age of conservatism. Give me actual dates.

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

I also fucking hate that it is being framed as a Porn Ban when it effectively banning trans people from digital existence is so much more monstrous. They're both terrible, to be clear, but one is THE ERASURE OF AN ENTIRE MARGINALIZED POPULATION FROM THE INTERNET and it's being treated as a side

This would make it illegal for any site that has trans content--not just porn, but everything from trans people posting selfies to essays to comics and stories featuring trans characters--illegal in the state.

You've seen how fast the Age Restriction shit spread.

Don't pretend this isn't possible

If you've ever looked at Stationeers and thought "looks interesting, but seems like it needs a major update or two," I'm happy to say the that's finally happened. Replacing the generic terrain with handcrafted maps has really breathed new life into the game.

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Because Kirk's defenders have an infinite capacity to play games like this. Giving him a pass on describing the brutal killing of gay people as "God's perfect law" to focus on something else won't make them admit fault, they'll just take the win and effortlessly pivot to obfuscating the new topic

The unspoken argument behind "he was taken out of context re: killing gay people," is ultimately not that he *didn't* endorse killing gay people, but that Christians have an absolute right to call the brutal killing of gay people perfectly, divinely just without even the mildest social consequences.

I usually consider myself pretty desensitized to transphobia, but that Matt Walsh post he quotes genuinely makes me feel nauseous.

What I'm taking from the last few days is that a lot of journalists are like babies. They don't know words, but pick up on tone. So "Aww, does God's perfect law say to stone gay people to death? Yes it does, yes it does, my little baby journalist" sounds totally civil to them and they coo and clap.

Good, time to twist the knife and ask the commentariat why they provided hagiography for this man now acknowledged to be vile

So as it turns out, there is such a thing as a perfect victim, but it's exclusively when the guy is so tremendously horrible that it's "inappropriate" to quote his actual beliefs in the context of his death, making him entirely above criticism forever

The replies to this are really something. The one truly unifying feature of American culture across the political spectrum is toxic, brain pickling gun fetishism.

Every day the United States gets closer to “It was just locker room child rape.”

Michelle Obama: Sometimes it's nice to eat carrots.

RFK Jr.: I want to bring back smallpox.

The Atlantic:

Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride?
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James Dobson won't hear how you hope his spirit is tormented by demons for all eternity, but other evil people who've contributed nothing but misery to this world might and hopefully they'll know people will celebrate when they pass away too.

Ask not for whom the crab raves, they rave for thee.

What "preemptive actions to mitigate the pain" does CGE feel were skipped? How would these steps have made this product a less harmful thing to market under current circumstances?