Danielle Kurtzleben

Now what’s really funny is my phone autocorrects “vom” to “come” and anyway I almost did a “please come talk to HR”-worthy post last night. Not today Satan.

[looks out window]

It's an awful screamy day today. Looks like a day to just scream and scream.

I am now looking at this Linz essay and...well, thank you for introducing it to me/us.

One again Strip Law has made me nearly vom laughing. Best show in years.

Ok but I have railed against the overuse of the word "nerd" before, so you didn't entirely make that up.

I'm sorry the internet has already broken me today

I believe it was Betty Friedan, or maybe Andrea Dworkin, who said "we will have won when we perfect our roundhouse kicks."

Now if it's LADY UFC fighters then feminism wins for good.

I THINK ABOUT PAJAMA BOY SO MUCH

What……

Er….

What’s beekeeping age?

I'm not saying that but boy oh boy am I watching his whole "lol people around Trump need kneepads" twitter message is.

Tbh my brain also went “…frat?” at first

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Oh that's interesting. It sounds similar to the cool-girl/pick-me phenomenon among women...is that roughly right or no?

RIGHT!?!?!?

Also, here's my Q: What if you show up in a clearly fancier, more-expensive shoe? I NEED SOMEONE TO TRY THIS.

It happens in both parties, though much more quietly among Dems. (But the DC political class fawning over the dudely dudes running in the midterms is...notable.)

And if you are not that type of man, or God forbid if you're a non-man...well, you are inherently non-normal, substandard, not-the-best.

That idea has always been central to American electoral politics but has become so loud. The subtext is not just text; it's a 72-point headline.

And if I may get on my soapbox for a sec. This always gets shorthanded to a jokey "ooooo people do this macho politics thing to compensate for having small peepees lol" but cmon let's be adults because...

the idea is, truly, that a certain type of man is the default, the normal, the standard. 2/

EVERYTHING is gender, part 9,000

Look jury duty is one of your sacred duties as an American, up there with voting, and I get it, it's important, and i've done it etc etc etc but also move to DC people and you will be called every 5 seconds for real

I imagine heroin feels great but have you ever gotten your 9,000th DC jury summons of your life and told them that NO YOU LIVE IN MARYLAND NOW BABABOOEY guys that's the dragon I'm chasing from here on out

Well, huh.

Very curious if/when the NYT responds to the many criticisms of this piece.

I cannot wait to unveil the bonkers, mind-numbing news project I've been working on.

Long-time buddies Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were out for a pleasant van drive in Oklahoma when, all of a sudden, their lives would change.

Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available

This is your finest work

There’s gonna be some portions on Fox about this nope nope that doesn’t work

Now we have a mission accomplished grade moment every five minutes

If you think about it “mission accomplished” was a supremely Trumpy move ahead of its time.