Brian
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I remember having to sing it in grade school a bunch and there's something dismal about a song where each verse is a little longer than the one before, especially after verse five where they really drag it out with the dang golden rings.
December 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I remember having to sing it in grade school a bunch and there's something dismal about a song where each verse is a little longer than the one before, especially after verse five where they really drag it out with the dang golden rings.
Having overheard a few of my dumber relatives discussing it the conservative lore has apparently expanded to it basically being a cure-all for most any ailment you can imagine.
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Having overheard a few of my dumber relatives discussing it the conservative lore has apparently expanded to it basically being a cure-all for most any ailment you can imagine.
Before the news about the tattoo broke I thought "surely if there was a time in history where voters were prepared to turn down a Schumer-backed oldster candidate it would be now" and turns out yeah. I did think the tat would overshadow all that but apparently not.
December 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Before the news about the tattoo broke I thought "surely if there was a time in history where voters were prepared to turn down a Schumer-backed oldster candidate it would be now" and turns out yeah. I did think the tat would overshadow all that but apparently not.
It's simply not tenable to continue telling the public this system can easily be unleashed to cause mass harm but is extremely resistant to being wielded for mass benefit, but that they should also care for and defend it. The next admin HAS to do something to show it's worth saving.
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's simply not tenable to continue telling the public this system can easily be unleashed to cause mass harm but is extremely resistant to being wielded for mass benefit, but that they should also care for and defend it. The next admin HAS to do something to show it's worth saving.
These guys can't resist throwing in their own outrageous brags which makes their attempts to brag about Trump even harder to swallow.
"Trump works harder than I do!"
Yeah sure I can buy that...
"And I work 110hrs a week."
Bullshit! Double bullshit!
"Trump works harder than I do!"
Yeah sure I can buy that...
"And I work 110hrs a week."
Bullshit! Double bullshit!
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
These guys can't resist throwing in their own outrageous brags which makes their attempts to brag about Trump even harder to swallow.
"Trump works harder than I do!"
Yeah sure I can buy that...
"And I work 110hrs a week."
Bullshit! Double bullshit!
"Trump works harder than I do!"
Yeah sure I can buy that...
"And I work 110hrs a week."
Bullshit! Double bullshit!
I would simply not purchase an item called "toilet camera."
December 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I would simply not purchase an item called "toilet camera."
At this point the only conclusion people can draw when they see people like you trying so hard to slander young protesters who were absolutely on the correct side of the issue is guilt at your having been on the other side and wanting to save face.
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
At this point the only conclusion people can draw when they see people like you trying so hard to slander young protesters who were absolutely on the correct side of the issue is guilt at your having been on the other side and wanting to save face.
Holy shit this is a vile thing to say about a group of people who in many cases were thrown out of school and had their whole lives derailed, some of whom wound up deported and disappeared by the current regime. What the hell is wrong with you?
December 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Holy shit this is a vile thing to say about a group of people who in many cases were thrown out of school and had their whole lives derailed, some of whom wound up deported and disappeared by the current regime. What the hell is wrong with you?
Your entire framing that kids "quit" protesting is phony and bad faith from the start. If they're not showing up to your events there might be other reasons.
December 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Your entire framing that kids "quit" protesting is phony and bad faith from the start. If they're not showing up to your events there might be other reasons.
Nobody buys this "the kids just wanna be cool not cringe" garbage.
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Nobody buys this "the kids just wanna be cool not cringe" garbage.
You can't even feel sorry for these idiots getting chucked under the bus because they 110% deserve it.
December 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
You can't even feel sorry for these idiots getting chucked under the bus because they 110% deserve it.
The tiny silver lining is that there's no way acting extremely psychotic over the sweet little kids' sing-along lady is winning them any friends, but I still can't help but just be disgusted by this level of vileness toward someone for showing normal human compassion. It's sickening stuff.
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The tiny silver lining is that there's no way acting extremely psychotic over the sweet little kids' sing-along lady is winning them any friends, but I still can't help but just be disgusted by this level of vileness toward someone for showing normal human compassion. It's sickening stuff.
Really not a fan of "okay yeah this is bad but it might not ruin us this time." My guy these same guys are going to keep proposing this crap until the end of time if you let them and it will matter eventually.
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Really not a fan of "okay yeah this is bad but it might not ruin us this time." My guy these same guys are going to keep proposing this crap until the end of time if you let them and it will matter eventually.
This is such a pointless lie because their primary audience is too selfish to care that someone who isn't them might be getting a good deal even if they believed it. They're looking at the pumps near them and going "so when's it my turn?"
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is such a pointless lie because their primary audience is too selfish to care that someone who isn't them might be getting a good deal even if they believed it. They're looking at the pumps near them and going "so when's it my turn?"
It's hard to think of a single "canceled" celeb whose post-cancellation work wasn't some of the lowest-effort slop of their whole career. Why would anyone ever expect the opposite?
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It's hard to think of a single "canceled" celeb whose post-cancellation work wasn't some of the lowest-effort slop of their whole career. Why would anyone ever expect the opposite?
Also to people who have had like a normal job before so much of the stuff they do to look busy reads very obviously as "stuff you do to look busy." Not actual work.
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Also to people who have had like a normal job before so much of the stuff they do to look busy reads very obviously as "stuff you do to look busy." Not actual work.
My pet theory about mobile phones is that being able to contact someone at any time makes people more paranoid on the rare occasions when they can't reach the other person vs the past standard of "oh I guess they're not home and there's nothing I can do about it, oh well."
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
My pet theory about mobile phones is that being able to contact someone at any time makes people more paranoid on the rare occasions when they can't reach the other person vs the past standard of "oh I guess they're not home and there's nothing I can do about it, oh well."
This might seem harsh but I don't think anyone who has to Google "how cook mashed potato?" should be allowed in the kitchen on Thanksgiving.
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This might seem harsh but I don't think anyone who has to Google "how cook mashed potato?" should be allowed in the kitchen on Thanksgiving.
Maybe we'd be marginally less worse off today if we'd let these guys go under 2.5 years ago.
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Maybe we'd be marginally less worse off today if we'd let these guys go under 2.5 years ago.
Even if we do assume they're uncharacteristically thinking ahead or even considering that they won't be in power forever, I think such a plan underestimates the public appetite for real consequences to finally make an appearance.
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Even if we do assume they're uncharacteristically thinking ahead or even considering that they won't be in power forever, I think such a plan underestimates the public appetite for real consequences to finally make an appearance.
I admit it's purely a hunch but I think there's a possibility that kids' attitudes toward school might be affected by living in a world where increasingly the most powerful and "successful" people are venal dunderheads who demonstrate none of the virtues traditional schooling attempts to instill.
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I admit it's purely a hunch but I think there's a possibility that kids' attitudes toward school might be affected by living in a world where increasingly the most powerful and "successful" people are venal dunderheads who demonstrate none of the virtues traditional schooling attempts to instill.
For a guy who's desperate to be cool every time it looks like he might have almost done a cool thing he immediately signals that it was unintentional and walks it back. So no, I don't think he saw this coming.
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
For a guy who's desperate to be cool every time it looks like he might have almost done a cool thing he immediately signals that it was unintentional and walks it back. So no, I don't think he saw this coming.
The only group of people I can imagine saying their grocery costs have "decreased a lot" in the past year are people who recently took up shoplifting.
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The only group of people I can imagine saying their grocery costs have "decreased a lot" in the past year are people who recently took up shoplifting.
You know these guys haven't spent even two seconds pondering WHY the company they bought pays people a little extra to work those days. They probably thought "Wait, we're just giving out free extra cash on holidays? What in the name of humbug would we do that for? Nix it!"
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
You know these guys haven't spent even two seconds pondering WHY the company they bought pays people a little extra to work those days. They probably thought "Wait, we're just giving out free extra cash on holidays? What in the name of humbug would we do that for? Nix it!"
They spent over ten years blowing smoke about hypothetical plans they never thought they'd have to actually come up with and haven't made any real progress. Now they're permanently stuck in the "spitballing ideas" phase when the homework was due two weeks ago.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
They spent over ten years blowing smoke about hypothetical plans they never thought they'd have to actually come up with and haven't made any real progress. Now they're permanently stuck in the "spitballing ideas" phase when the homework was due two weeks ago.