forplaint
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Was just thinking about how solid blue California voted not to abolish slavery in 2024
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Was just thinking about how solid blue California voted not to abolish slavery in 2024
Oh no, Odo is trapped in the turbo lift and needs to get back to his bucket! Such high stakes for the guy who goo’d his way into a closed airlock, like, two episodes ago!
(I could no longer stand to be on blusky and not be conversant in DS9)
(I could no longer stand to be on blusky and not be conversant in DS9)
December 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Oh no, Odo is trapped in the turbo lift and needs to get back to his bucket! Such high stakes for the guy who goo’d his way into a closed airlock, like, two episodes ago!
(I could no longer stand to be on blusky and not be conversant in DS9)
(I could no longer stand to be on blusky and not be conversant in DS9)
From a tv production standpoint, all the talk of decisions being made by senior management on Saturday and Sunday has been so weird. That episode was delivered by 5pm EST Friday.
Remember when I said Weiss was stupid and incompetent? Stuff like this. An actual television producer would understand this stuff - if not the exact schedule and procedures for how the episode was distributed, at least who they could ask who would know.
It’s actually not technically a leak. CBS News only operates in the US. A non-PSKY owned network Global TV has Canadian rights for 60 Minutes and aired it unedited since the call to pull the episode was made so late in the day. That broadcast was recorded and then shared across the internet.
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
From a tv production standpoint, all the talk of decisions being made by senior management on Saturday and Sunday has been so weird. That episode was delivered by 5pm EST Friday.
Reposted by forplaint
Remember when I said Weiss was stupid and incompetent? Stuff like this. An actual television producer would understand this stuff - if not the exact schedule and procedures for how the episode was distributed, at least who they could ask who would know.
It’s actually not technically a leak. CBS News only operates in the US. A non-PSKY owned network Global TV has Canadian rights for 60 Minutes and aired it unedited since the call to pull the episode was made so late in the day. That broadcast was recorded and then shared across the internet.
December 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Remember when I said Weiss was stupid and incompetent? Stuff like this. An actual television producer would understand this stuff - if not the exact schedule and procedures for how the episode was distributed, at least who they could ask who would know.
I’m convinced that Disney has a Phantom of the Opera-esque character stalking their studio; except instead of demanding that they stage his operas on pain of death, he insists that they keep making Tron stuff
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I’m convinced that Disney has a Phantom of the Opera-esque character stalking their studio; except instead of demanding that they stage his operas on pain of death, he insists that they keep making Tron stuff
Relatively few people get to give such an on-the-nose answer
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Relatively few people get to give such an on-the-nose answer
I got laid off and someone else was hiring for the same hyper-specific job for more money
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I got laid off and someone else was hiring for the same hyper-specific job for more money
When you are the only one from your side of the family who is willing to visit grandpa in the home
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
When you are the only one from your side of the family who is willing to visit grandpa in the home
please convince your friends and loved ones to stop saying “it cannot be understated” when they mean “it cannot be overstated;” we can still nip the next “I could care less” in the bud if we work together.
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 AM
please convince your friends and loved ones to stop saying “it cannot be understated” when they mean “it cannot be overstated;” we can still nip the next “I could care less” in the bud if we work together.
Homeless people are not more likely to be drug addicts, it just used to be possible to afford both a home and a drug addiction.
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Homeless people are not more likely to be drug addicts, it just used to be possible to afford both a home and a drug addiction.
Pretty crazy that I am about to interact with slaves* in the year 2025 (*go through airport security)
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Pretty crazy that I am about to interact with slaves* in the year 2025 (*go through airport security)
Stopping to sniff other dogs’ piss is their version of social media
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Stopping to sniff other dogs’ piss is their version of social media
Spitting in the face of the rich White American tradition of completely ignoring your neighbors.
The best neighbors I ever had spoke limited English, and frequently brought us, unprompted, some delicious Mexican or Vietnamese food. There’d be a knock at the door, and boom!, dinner.
The best neighbors I ever had spoke limited English, and frequently brought us, unprompted, some delicious Mexican or Vietnamese food. There’d be a knock at the door, and boom!, dinner.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Spitting in the face of the rich White American tradition of completely ignoring your neighbors.
The best neighbors I ever had spoke limited English, and frequently brought us, unprompted, some delicious Mexican or Vietnamese food. There’d be a knock at the door, and boom!, dinner.
The best neighbors I ever had spoke limited English, and frequently brought us, unprompted, some delicious Mexican or Vietnamese food. There’d be a knock at the door, and boom!, dinner.
I love that we’ve normalized using hazard lights to mean “I am breaking the law but I’ll stop breaking the law soon-ish”
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I love that we’ve normalized using hazard lights to mean “I am breaking the law but I’ll stop breaking the law soon-ish”
A great night for those of us who miss five-hour ballgames! #worldseries
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
A great night for those of us who miss five-hour ballgames! #worldseries
We might get to see Kiké Hernandez pitch in a World Series!
October 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
We might get to see Kiké Hernandez pitch in a World Series!
Trying to trick my brain into thinking that House of Dynamite is less terrifyingly relevant because the shots of the White House don’t look like the one in the real world
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Trying to trick my brain into thinking that House of Dynamite is less terrifyingly relevant because the shots of the White House don’t look like the one in the real world
An annoying quirk I’ve noticed in a lot of recent video essays is people saying that something important “can/could not be understated;” now I know how it felt to live through the early days of “I could care less.”
October 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
An annoying quirk I’ve noticed in a lot of recent video essays is people saying that something important “can/could not be understated;” now I know how it felt to live through the early days of “I could care less.”
Revise tagging VO
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Revise tagging VO
Diane Keaton was not the “dies at 79” any of us were hoping for today.
October 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Diane Keaton was not the “dies at 79” any of us were hoping for today.
Circling back: why do people act like you are crazy if you suggest that the guy who famously tried to cheat in 2020, and who is very obviously trying to rig the 2026 election over a year out, miiight have cheated in 2020, with the help of the richest and most powerful media moguls who’ve ever lived?
October 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Circling back: why do people act like you are crazy if you suggest that the guy who famously tried to cheat in 2020, and who is very obviously trying to rig the 2026 election over a year out, miiight have cheated in 2020, with the help of the richest and most powerful media moguls who’ve ever lived?
It’s weird that every president to cone out of California is more damaging than the last: Nixon, Reagan, Miller…
October 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
It’s weird that every president to cone out of California is more damaging than the last: Nixon, Reagan, Miller…
I can’t be the first person to notice that there was another functioning escalator right next to the one that the president got stuck at the bottom of
September 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I can’t be the first person to notice that there was another functioning escalator right next to the one that the president got stuck at the bottom of
It’s hard to claim that anyone is the “most high-profile” person among any minority group in the US; except, I think, for trans people. The most widely-known trans public figure in the country is — famously, bewilderingly — a conservative Republican.
Despite the hysteria, she is free to Rohm.
Despite the hysteria, she is free to Rohm.
September 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It’s hard to claim that anyone is the “most high-profile” person among any minority group in the US; except, I think, for trans people. The most widely-known trans public figure in the country is — famously, bewilderingly — a conservative Republican.
Despite the hysteria, she is free to Rohm.
Despite the hysteria, she is free to Rohm.