in high school my friends and I spent one january driving around our small town, looking for discarded trees. We'd take them out to our friend's farm and pile them in the middle of an empty field, and then on prom night (in MAY) we set them on fire

biggest damn fire I have EVER seen

oh nooooo good thing our hbo max subscription is currently lapsed or else I'd be in there with you

Good work, Minnesota residents!

this is SO helpful, thank you!

Publishing is basically three pyramid schemes in a trench coat

I think some of the only times they *don't* flop is when some org (heritage foundation, etc) buys them in bulk

which means, essentially, the whole thing is a scam

(I'm sorry this is WILDLY off topic of your excellent thread and honestly probably not that funny but again I plead cold meds)

look I am on a shitton of cold meds right now but I just had an amazing thought

-Trump strokes out, JD becomes president
-Pope excommunicates JD
-JD names himself head of the New American Catholic Church

[chants] schi-sm! schi-sm! schi-sm!

They're all so MESSY in a way that doesn't stand out as a teenager, because you're messy and your friends are messy and so of course adults must be the same way

when you're 15 you don't notice that every couple in the book has drunken fights in front of all their friends because all of YOUR friends with SOs are having fights in front of you even without alcohol

the utter immaturity of everyone in Gatsby doesn't hit the same way when you're still immature

oh I am so happy for you! congrats!

It's like these Tech Bros cannot figure out how to just...experience life??? That is not a question that needs a real answer, come on! Just giggle with your baby

He spent 44 billion dollars in the hopes he could make people act like his jokes landed!

omg I love the cover