Billy Brooksher

Will I grade papers? Will I do a month's worth of NYT crosswords from 8 years ago?

1920s, too, I guess?
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Yes, but they're not the exact type of communist I am, so it doesn't count.

When the decades historians are drawing parallels to are the 1850s and 1930s...

Yeah, maybe. But my point is that politics is kind of like sex. If you repeatedly tell someone they have no chance of getting you, they're going to stop trying to win you over, and they're going to start courting someone else.

I am not saying he definitely would have done anything differently, but the loudest voices attacking him for Gaza were attacking him all along, so *maybe*he was more inclined to discount criticism on the issue?

The number of Very Online Leftists™️who *immediately* turned on Biden after the $2000 stimulus crap...On most issues he was the most progressive president of most of our lifetimes, but it was a constant barrage of malicious bullshit for three years.

Also, candidates KNOW it's their responsibility to get votes. They will try to win votes they feel are winnable. Constantly telling someone you'll never vote for them will ensure they completely ignore you when building their platform.

What happens to the horse that doesn't drink, though?

Important to remember that transcendent campaigner Obama was not the Obama that governed, nor was the Biden that governed the same as the "centrist vibes" Biden of the campaign.

I liked him ok when he was yelling at Skip Bayless, but then yelling at Skip Bayless is an inherently likable activity.

dril tweet: the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron"

Actually, I changed my mind. It's both a chair and a taco.

While I of course do not advocate arson, this definitely seems way more effective both as messaging and as active resistance than setting fire to a random dumpster.

Yes

Honestly. I mean, point taken, sure, but that sounds delicious.

That's like 100 articles per trans athlete in high school and college.

Mr. Jeremy "Hot" Carl

Maybe it's the lighting, but Johnson's suit in this picture looks lighter than Navy to me. The brown just *feels* better to my eyes. But I am very much NOT a big fashion guy.

I *do* have the good sense to recognize those boots are awful.

Serious question: are brown shoes NOT what's supposed to go with a blue suit? Black shoes with a blue suit look weird to me.

Shit like this is why I canceled my subscription.

Messy Sephy

Yeah, I HATE that line. Did someone trick you into saying it?

It wasn't in my vocabulary until 2nd grade, when I heard a friend use it and then asked my dad about it. You bet your ass it's in my vocabulary now, filed away with a bunch of other stuff that I don't say.

I mean, WE call it a Sloppy Joe, but I'm pretty sure Brits call it a "Goop Burger."

Warms my heart to think of them being forced to live on microwaveable soup.

Yeah, most legacy media do a lot of sanewashing for Republicans. Then they do the horse race bullshit. It's a complete abdication of their duty.

There's also a fair number of "Help, my family is dying" accounts. And while part of me feels bad blocking or muting them, it's suspicious when they share the same profile pic.

Reynolds doesn't just have fame working for him. His public persona is generally likeable. And the fact that he worked so hard to get Deadpool made -- well, for the comic book crowd, it's like Dave Chappelle's "He made Thriller" bit, and those are the ones I'd worry about the most.

It would be the EASIEST way to raise money.