“I get why people don’t like Voldemort but if you actually listen to his podcast he has some good ideas”
Good people: “doing this worked for me, it might work for you!”
Bad people: “doing this worked for me, if it doesn’t work for you, you’re the problem”
Shitheads: “doing this worked for me, buy my $500 course to find out it more”
if you ever judge me for wearing pajamas to the store, just know: i have already judged you 10 times harder, for being a Fed who puts on pants before 12
As the leader of the Rohan First party I say let Gondor make a deal with Mordor on their own. Sauron has given me his word that his forces will stop at the Anduin and I have no reason to doubt him. Stop sending our horses into foreign wars. Make Rohan Great Again
the nerds at the new york times: “in this ohio diner, we found 5 trump supporters and 5 biden supporters” (they’re all the same guy)
If your centrism moves with the Overton window instead of anchoring in an actual belief system you’re not actually a centrist you’re just pissing your pants in the middle and pretending it’s a point of view
I have a lot of trauma from my childhood that I still don’t talk about much. But here goes.
When I was a kid we had a Beta Max instead of a VCR.
Is anyone else genuinely concerned about what cross-platform browser they’re going to be using if Mozilla carks it post-Google deal fallout? Like, what are the options here for a good iPad/iPhone/Android/Mac/Windows browser?
If the West cedes Ukraine to Russia, they might as well put a bow on Taiwan for China.
There are two kinds of bigots: people who are ignorant and people who profit from ignorance
the nerds at the new york times unveiling their new political coverage: “he said, she said, we shrugged”
bedtime ritual complete: teeth brushed, warm milk consumed, restraints secured. goodnight to all who pray for daylight
at this point, we’re not actually fighting climate change. We’re negotiating a surrender and pretending we’re winning.
every time someone on hacker news says ‘well, actually’, an angel loses its wings and gains a CS degree
URGENT: need 1000 people to join my “EXCLUSIVE WEALTH NETWORK” (pyramid scheme) before my mom kicks me out of the basement. this is not a grift (it is a grift)
Me: Why are we panicking?
Brain: No idea!!
12 hours later Brain: jk, we forgot the meds. Me: …Ah.
Donald Trump doesn’t “tell it like it is” he tells it like your racist, asshole grandpa wishes it was
Netflix: here’s 8 new shows. pick your favorite. great choice, we’re canceling it. that’ll be $19.99 please. see you next month for a price hike. And by the way go fuck yourself.
How a simple mortality countdown on my phone gave me more peace than chasing “eternal youth” ever could:
https://medium.com/the-realist/why-i-set-up-a-death-countdown-on-my-phone-d328d7c12c26
https://medium.com/the-realist/why-i-set-up-a-death-countdown-on-my-phone-d328d7c12c26
I left the Australian startup “ecosystem” when one of their most prominent investors publicly called me a “man pretending to be a woman” and all the folks who loved pretending to be progressive acted like nothing happened because they’re shit scared of losing access to money.
