Mine too (Bateman). But yeah—cold comfort.

My grandfather disabled my great grandmother’s car, had it towed, then said it was irreparable. This was the late 90s, so my great grandmother didn’t have an easy way to get another car via the internet, and didn’t have a lot of money, both of which ensured this strategy worked.

This should be a disqualifying sentence for a professional writer AND editor.

I just scared my dog with how loudly and suddenly I cackled

There is no imaginable scenario where a genuine, professional, Constitutional law enforcement operation would recklessly attack hundreds of innocent people in hopes of apprehending a handful of people
they hoped might be among those targeted. This is flagrantly unlawful, intentionally menacing abuse

This is amazing

My English 101 classes read this as part of our work thinking about genre and form and at least two students are writing their own syllabi based on their areas of expertise. They freakin’ loved this!

I feel like Musk would be the sword/cutlery/weird collectives store present in every mall circa 2005.

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