I've actually been in search of a song about the season (now fast approaching) when the boys have gone. Still waiting

Checking my promotions tab to learn it's been a rough day on the free crochet pattern email list. A number of people would like to DELETE their accounts, SERIOUSLY, this random spam is not what they signed up for when they signed up for free internet crochet patterns, STOP, STOP REPLYING ALL STOP

Year of Szabo!

I'd like to encourage anyone in my orbit to call their local cowards, er, representatives today. Just saying the words back to them feels worth doing, so they can hear the apocalyptic promise he's made as many times as possible.

To your point, Gamergate was 2014-2015 and had all the ingredients, and those conversations reached further than the gaming community (which itself was just becoming mainstream culture)

"Oh yeah, this is like, one of them... prisoner's dilemmas!"

(Sits silent, motionless under a single spotlight)

I think it's weird that Annie was allowed to even participate. She *just* got there! Also it *is* a terrible subplot

Ah, the Ron Paul stickers in the bathrooms at college

How are you doing now, in the future

As you say, it's also an impression that's like 15+ years out of date. I will say there are some famous counterexamples (50 Shades, notably), but again, even that's 15 years old

They are my great little guys

Fucking hell

I'm terrified of it, having known someone who had it

What?? That's bonkers

But I've also had readers talk to me about their experiences with, say GoT or LotR in a way that suggests they do have a little 1:1 memory database for those details that I simply have never had

I think of it sort of like a Jeopardy clue sometimes--if you can provide two associative avenues from which to reaccess the information, so much the better. Like in your example, maybe a recurring setting plus a notable manner of speaking, as opposed to just name-dropping "Mr. Boss."

Yikes!!

🙅

So many additional choices for my newsletter!

Did you know this is the place we've gone to see indie wrestling

Just thinking about various crowd sizes

How am I supposed to explain to my children why the entire city reviles their daddy

Fuck em imo

I am very excited to see how this develops

This is a funny way to learn Scott Adams has died, I assume. I won't be looking into it further

I'm also thrilled--I thought they were directly next to or behind you and was worried you were cursed

Yes--and I think they have given no thought to it beyond that

Obtain...Gigachad

I have to wonder how much of a tribute it is to Rob Reiner to broadcast The Princess Bride at 1.25 speed, Sundance TV

Oh no