Damn Vanguard
@damnvanguard.bsky.social
A Matt for all seasons, for better or worse.
Scribblings here: https://open.substack.com/pub/scratchersandsmokes?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2pxxd
Scribblings here: https://open.substack.com/pub/scratchersandsmokes?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2pxxd
This is a terrible take, each episode of Start Trek, even the bad ones, had a clear beginning, middle, and end!
December 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is a terrible take, each episode of Start Trek, even the bad ones, had a clear beginning, middle, and end!
He's right, though.
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
He's right, though.
I'm going to keep it a buck here, that's a real weird thing to say
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I'm going to keep it a buck here, that's a real weird thing to say
I hate Mystery Box shows, personally. They tend to be, in my experience, all hat and no cattle in the end, so when I watch a show with an interesting premise and it starts trending that way, I'm out.
December 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I hate Mystery Box shows, personally. They tend to be, in my experience, all hat and no cattle in the end, so when I watch a show with an interesting premise and it starts trending that way, I'm out.
Absolutely the case. First time she pushes back, actually pushes back, the knives will come out. Right now that look at her as a useful idiot.
Also, I have a lot of sympathy for what Erika Kirk must be experiencing emotionally during these last few months, but she looks absolutely fucking nuts here
Also, I have a lot of sympathy for what Erika Kirk must be experiencing emotionally during these last few months, but she looks absolutely fucking nuts here
December 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Absolutely the case. First time she pushes back, actually pushes back, the knives will come out. Right now that look at her as a useful idiot.
Also, I have a lot of sympathy for what Erika Kirk must be experiencing emotionally during these last few months, but she looks absolutely fucking nuts here
Also, I have a lot of sympathy for what Erika Kirk must be experiencing emotionally during these last few months, but she looks absolutely fucking nuts here
Yeah what the fuck are we doing here, making minimum wage doesn't give you carte blanche to hurl racial slurs because you fall onto the proletariat
December 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Yeah what the fuck are we doing here, making minimum wage doesn't give you carte blanche to hurl racial slurs because you fall onto the proletariat
We definitely and very unfortunately called it StQ
December 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We definitely and very unfortunately called it StQ
Fuck, it all makes sense now
December 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Fuck, it all makes sense now
You're probably right
December 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
You're probably right
Lets all the senators talk about "the sanctity of the secret vote", institutions, blah blah blah, not have to give themselves away or outright lie, and then once the results come out 8 years later, no one will care
December 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Lets all the senators talk about "the sanctity of the secret vote", institutions, blah blah blah, not have to give themselves away or outright lie, and then once the results come out 8 years later, no one will care
Let the ballots become public after 8 years, when it doesn't matter anymore. Whichever President was removed (or not) no longer has the ability to retaliate, even if it happened day one of the administration.
December 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Let the ballots become public after 8 years, when it doesn't matter anymore. Whichever President was removed (or not) no longer has the ability to retaliate, even if it happened day one of the administration.
Sophi's win equity is in the basement.
That look on her face was 33% being scared she was going home, 33% realizing she might be the zero vote finalist, and 33% Grandma disappointment from heaven.
1% bandanna.
That look on her face was 33% being scared she was going home, 33% realizing she might be the zero vote finalist, and 33% Grandma disappointment from heaven.
1% bandanna.
December 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Sophi's win equity is in the basement.
That look on her face was 33% being scared she was going home, 33% realizing she might be the zero vote finalist, and 33% Grandma disappointment from heaven.
1% bandanna.
That look on her face was 33% being scared she was going home, 33% realizing she might be the zero vote finalist, and 33% Grandma disappointment from heaven.
1% bandanna.
Also the number one lyric I think from him
Also, Kid Rock sucks, but I still like that verse in the part of my brain that was 15 when that album came out in 1998
Also, Kid Rock sucks, but I still like that verse in the part of my brain that was 15 when that album came out in 1998
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Also the number one lyric I think from him
Also, Kid Rock sucks, but I still like that verse in the part of my brain that was 15 when that album came out in 1998
Also, Kid Rock sucks, but I still like that verse in the part of my brain that was 15 when that album came out in 1998
I hated that play call. You've been running all over them in the second half, you have two plays to pick up one yard, just try to punch it in twice.
Definitely looked like it was designed for Caleb to run out of bounds at the first down marker, but it wasn't available for him.
Definitely looked like it was designed for Caleb to run out of bounds at the first down marker, but it wasn't available for him.
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I hated that play call. You've been running all over them in the second half, you have two plays to pick up one yard, just try to punch it in twice.
Definitely looked like it was designed for Caleb to run out of bounds at the first down marker, but it wasn't available for him.
Definitely looked like it was designed for Caleb to run out of bounds at the first down marker, but it wasn't available for him.
Lotta mf'ers running around the streets with "Uncle Dad" syndrome
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Lotta mf'ers running around the streets with "Uncle Dad" syndrome
And even the legit single dads. My dad had full custody of 5 of us after my parents divorced and there's two-day-a-weekers running around here acting like Jesus
December 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
And even the legit single dads. My dad had full custody of 5 of us after my parents divorced and there's two-day-a-weekers running around here acting like Jesus
Sam Harris made this point on a recent podcast about billionaires building bunkers to protect from some downfall of civilization. His point was basically that you don't think your bodyguards and other underlings won't turn on you in a situation like that? Of course they will. They all have families.
December 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Sam Harris made this point on a recent podcast about billionaires building bunkers to protect from some downfall of civilization. His point was basically that you don't think your bodyguards and other underlings won't turn on you in a situation like that? Of course they will. They all have families.
I make a different deal with these guys. We will hang 1,000 people whose guilt is ironclad, but instead of writing off the eventual innocent person in the name of the greater good, we start with one person, namely, the person proposing this as punishment. They should take that trade off, right?
December 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I make a different deal with these guys. We will hang 1,000 people whose guilt is ironclad, but instead of writing off the eventual innocent person in the name of the greater good, we start with one person, namely, the person proposing this as punishment. They should take that trade off, right?
1,000 people.*
Jesus, what a time for a typo.
Jesus, what a time for a typo.
December 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
1,000 people.*
Jesus, what a time for a typo.
Jesus, what a time for a typo.
... Namely, that we will hang one surely innocent person first: they themselves, and then after that we will move on to hanging 10,000 ,000 people whose guilt is ironclad. Surely that trade-off must be worth it, right, in their eyes?
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
... Namely, that we will hang one surely innocent person first: they themselves, and then after that we will move on to hanging 10,000 ,000 people whose guilt is ironclad. Surely that trade-off must be worth it, right, in their eyes?