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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 3h

The Frog Economist thinks he's very smart but all of his commentators have a very clear understanding of what it and they mean.

Joe Biden had a very clear path after the "The President is a King Sent by God" ruling and it was to toss six justices in prison for crimes against the Republic.

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 15h

Democrats hate leftists so much that they would rather submarine their own negotiation position than temporarily hold a similar lefty position they know they'll compromise out of

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 15h

A close cousin of another Democratic favorite: compromising in advance.

Rather than "we think everyone in America should have healthcare" it tactically becomes "everyone in America should get healthcare subsidies except immigrants and rich people and and and..." and now you're just punching ghosts

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 15h

Not true. There were millions of them that voted for Donald Trump because of Biden's stance on Israel.

How do I know? Because the internet blaming them has said so!

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 16h

They needed more YouTube cooking videos in the early 80's

wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 16h

"What if you boiled broccoli for less time?" An incredible innovation in parental cooking techniques that our parents could never suss out.

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 21h

I honestly think the bigger thing is, "COVID showed that all the people in power were on your side when it comes to you being a piece of shit"

Don't want to get a shot? Want to cough on people? Most of the elites agree and support you! And that extrapolated to *waves hands* all this

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 22h

I would come home from school to an empty apartment and play video games for four hours. That's pretty easy for parents, but nowadays that's screen time that will kill your children.

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 22h

One of the funny places that parenting kind of sucks more is that society is offering more for kids.

It's very cool my kids are in six activities each. It sucks that I have to chaperone every single one!

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 23h

What if we added a bunch of cost to podcasting, so we can really center and show off our unlikeable failures!

wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 1d

I would prefer zero shutdowns and zero authoritarians, but that is not the hand we have been dealt.

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 1d

It's good actually to make everyone in America angry when the government is trying to go full authoritarian. You do not want people fat and happy when El Presidente declares the Great Khan a criminal, with no evidence; you want them ready to walk into the streets.

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 1d

Really? What's the difference that causes that vs ICE cars?

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 1d

I thought the same thing. You just cannot dump as many albums as she has, and have them be good, if you're actually doing the writing. What experiences are you having as a super rich person in that short span of time to fuel an album worth hearing?

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 1d

Shut up, nitwit

wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 1d

My one thing is "it's good to expand usage of busses" (I'm still on team 'fuck your private school' but someone could convince me it's efficient) but yeah, prioritizing it? Absolutely nuts.

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 1d

The premier destination to be yelled at by 38 year old Taylor Swift fans telling other 38 year old Taylor Swift fans that they're not the right audience for her new album

wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to all the people who bitched about "reflexive hysterical Newsom haters on Bluesky" to... double down on transphobia because admitting they were wrong is impossible

wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 1d

"If only we had a machine that could churn out mediocre, soulless cozy farming games."

Sir, we have humanity churning them out with all their heart and soul, we don't need more! The Stardew Valley guy is still updating the death star!

wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 1d

We can't get people to stop trying to make video games. It's like the one sector you can't cost out with (a functional, real, thing that doesn't exist) AI, because these fucking people won't stop doing it for free on a whim and a dream!

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss at CBS News is gonna be one of those giant flashing sirens on top of everything else Columbia University has done to cover itself in glory these last two years.

"Ah, so your journalism school produced... this?"

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 2d

"Damn I saw a man yelling at his wife in the parking lot of an IHOP"

"UGH did you even stop and TALK to them? For all you know they were just practicing a play!"

"No? I was biking to get a coffee?"

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 2d

We're in the era where every news article becomes a billboard, and nobody would say "Ugh, you didn't even TRY their hair growth system!" if I were to complain about seeing them on my commute every morning.

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 2d

So, I know that's the fun dunk on users, but I didn't log on to Bluesky to read news articles right now, I didn't go looking for this, and I've now seen the headline and picture multiple times. I've developed an opinion about this article and idea that I had no intention about wanting to read

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wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social @wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social · 2d

"We must force feed our readership bad opinions in the name of 'neutrality'"

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