Jack McClintock
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The way snakes move is probably the most beautiful, elegant form of locomotion ever evolved in nature. We should all be so lucky, to traverse the world with such grace
August 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The way snakes move is probably the most beautiful, elegant form of locomotion ever evolved in nature. We should all be so lucky, to traverse the world with such grace
Flying from Seattle to Los Angeles in order to eventually make it to Florida...making progress
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Flying from Seattle to Los Angeles in order to eventually make it to Florida...making progress
Watching NBC during Notre Dame football games is like watching North Korean state television
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Watching NBC during Notre Dame football games is like watching North Korean state television
Overlaying maps of every city with a trader Joe's and every city with a winco to find places I'd consider living
September 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Overlaying maps of every city with a trader Joe's and every city with a winco to find places I'd consider living
Things change, players rise and decline, but right now it sure feels like Sinner and Alcatraz will just play each other in every grand slam final for the next 10 years
September 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Things change, players rise and decline, but right now it sure feels like Sinner and Alcatraz will just play each other in every grand slam final for the next 10 years
I'm certain I've looked it up before but I thought Ataturk was some kind of honorific. Turns out he was just named that. Another one for the file, along with Hedo Turkoglu, Arsene Wenger, and Italo Calvino
September 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I'm certain I've looked it up before but I thought Ataturk was some kind of honorific. Turns out he was just named that. Another one for the file, along with Hedo Turkoglu, Arsene Wenger, and Italo Calvino
Poem talk on the timeline today so posting one of my faves that isn't extremely famous. I don't know if a 20 line poem can have a twist but the ending here hits like a freight train
(The Funeral, Norman Dubie)
(The Funeral, Norman Dubie)
August 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Poem talk on the timeline today so posting one of my faves that isn't extremely famous. I don't know if a 20 line poem can have a twist but the ending here hits like a freight train
(The Funeral, Norman Dubie)
(The Funeral, Norman Dubie)
I've never noticed this one (and I'm not convinced it's exactly true) but two precise opposite Brit/NA idioms I know from sports are "just about" and "unplayable"
They just about won:
UK - won but barely
US - lost but barely
He was unplayable:
UK - he was very good
US - he was very bad
They just about won:
UK - won but barely
US - lost but barely
He was unplayable:
UK - he was very good
US - he was very bad
Spent literal years and several arguments with my wife and various other Americans before I realised that "quite" in the US means the exact opposite of what it means everywhere else
In British English quite= somewhat/slightly
In the US, quite= very
Understanding this was a total gamechanger
In British English quite= somewhat/slightly
In the US, quite= very
Understanding this was a total gamechanger
August 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I've never noticed this one (and I'm not convinced it's exactly true) but two precise opposite Brit/NA idioms I know from sports are "just about" and "unplayable"
They just about won:
UK - won but barely
US - lost but barely
He was unplayable:
UK - he was very good
US - he was very bad
They just about won:
UK - won but barely
US - lost but barely
He was unplayable:
UK - he was very good
US - he was very bad
It's crazy that there's a tiny strait with a big mountain right at the mouth of a huge inland sea that connected almost all of the ancient world's civilizations. Seems fake
August 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It's crazy that there's a tiny strait with a big mountain right at the mouth of a huge inland sea that connected almost all of the ancient world's civilizations. Seems fake
Imagine taking the train across the rail bridge at the only North Korea-Russia border crossing that is immediately downstream of the North Korea-Russia-China tripoint.
No punchline here, just imagine it
No punchline here, just imagine it
August 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Imagine taking the train across the rail bridge at the only North Korea-Russia border crossing that is immediately downstream of the North Korea-Russia-China tripoint.
No punchline here, just imagine it
No punchline here, just imagine it
I despise those things where you have an endless quote tweet of a prompt but I do love talking about places I've been so hope it's not in bad taste to do it fresh
Furthest I've been (only independent, adult travel):
N: Barnaul, Russia
E: Busan, South Korea
S: Rinca, Indonesia
W: La Push, WA
Furthest I've been (only independent, adult travel):
N: Barnaul, Russia
E: Busan, South Korea
S: Rinca, Indonesia
W: La Push, WA
August 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I despise those things where you have an endless quote tweet of a prompt but I do love talking about places I've been so hope it's not in bad taste to do it fresh
Furthest I've been (only independent, adult travel):
N: Barnaul, Russia
E: Busan, South Korea
S: Rinca, Indonesia
W: La Push, WA
Furthest I've been (only independent, adult travel):
N: Barnaul, Russia
E: Busan, South Korea
S: Rinca, Indonesia
W: La Push, WA
The way snakes move is probably the most beautiful, elegant form of locomotion ever evolved in nature. We should all be so lucky, to traverse the world with such grace
August 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The way snakes move is probably the most beautiful, elegant form of locomotion ever evolved in nature. We should all be so lucky, to traverse the world with such grace
Tylenol should have mild psychoactive properties
August 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Tylenol should have mild psychoactive properties
It's pretty funny where we ended up on Representation (especially in animation) is that an actor has to be vaguely the same ethnicity as a character but not all that close. A white guy can't play Khan in King of the Hill, but Chinese Malaysian playing Laotian is fine
July 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It's pretty funny where we ended up on Representation (especially in animation) is that an actor has to be vaguely the same ethnicity as a character but not all that close. A white guy can't play Khan in King of the Hill, but Chinese Malaysian playing Laotian is fine
It's so cool that the "bread" part of an ice cream sandwich is a food material that never occurs in any other dish on earth
July 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It's so cool that the "bread" part of an ice cream sandwich is a food material that never occurs in any other dish on earth
Passively rewatching 30 Rock from the top due to current Twitter discourse and in addition to the famous Lemon Party joke in a later season ("you can't have a lemon party without old dick!") there's also one in episode 2
July 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Passively rewatching 30 Rock from the top due to current Twitter discourse and in addition to the famous Lemon Party joke in a later season ("you can't have a lemon party without old dick!") there's also one in episode 2
As a white person not involved in high level college admissions, I honestly thought you were supposed to check African American if you were born in Africa. Does it literally just mean black? You don't get credit if you're like a first generation American born to many generation Malagasy parents?
July 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
As a white person not involved in high level college admissions, I honestly thought you were supposed to check African American if you were born in Africa. Does it literally just mean black? You don't get credit if you're like a first generation American born to many generation Malagasy parents?
When someone I generally like and respect tells me they're homeschooling their kid it's such a shock. Not sure there's anything else you can do to lower my opinion on you more dramatically.
July 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
When someone I generally like and respect tells me they're homeschooling their kid it's such a shock. Not sure there's anything else you can do to lower my opinion on you more dramatically.
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I think this might be the most perfect poem ever written. Six lines and a title to explain what life is all about
November 9, 2024 at 8:48 PM
I think this might be the most perfect poem ever written. Six lines and a title to explain what life is all about
I'm the world's last Tsitsipas believer but I still feel in my soul he snags one weirdo late career slam like Dominic Thiem
July 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I'm the world's last Tsitsipas believer but I still feel in my soul he snags one weirdo late career slam like Dominic Thiem
100 goddamn degrees out and I'm eating chicken noodle soup like an invalid in the dead of winter
July 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
100 goddamn degrees out and I'm eating chicken noodle soup like an invalid in the dead of winter
I'm willing to admit that I think it's extremely confusing that there is a Mauritius and a Mauritania. And that other than that both are in it near Africa they couldn't be more different
June 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I'm willing to admit that I think it's extremely confusing that there is a Mauritius and a Mauritania. And that other than that both are in it near Africa they couldn't be more different
To this end I would be interested in seeing a poll for something like "do you support President Trump's current actions in Iran?" Guarantee it's way different results
People seem to be reading this like "even trump fans are turning on him about this!". But I think what's actually happening is they will just iteratively redefine war as we go so that trump's actions never constitute war
"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
June 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
To this end I would be interested in seeing a poll for something like "do you support President Trump's current actions in Iran?" Guarantee it's way different results
People seem to be reading this like "even trump fans are turning on him about this!". But I think what's actually happening is they will just iteratively redefine war as we go so that trump's actions never constitute war
"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
June 23, 2025 at 5:08 AM
People seem to be reading this like "even trump fans are turning on him about this!". But I think what's actually happening is they will just iteratively redefine war as we go so that trump's actions never constitute war
I'm not gonna watch your one person TikTok comedy skit
June 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm not gonna watch your one person TikTok comedy skit