Yeah I work for The Onion*

*the glowing vidalia that floats in the back of my cupboard and commands me to commit crimes

Don't be obtuse.

Yeah, but participating in movements has also shown me that only a percentage of participants are really there for the cause. I know some Boomers were the real deal. Some just liked getting laid, or followed their friends, or were using it as an outlet for their own anger.

Brianna thinks she’s repairing her damage, that’s funny

Don't schedule posts!

The idea that something "happened" to Boomers, that they fell victim to some change that could befall the Zoomers one day, is kinda untrue. The Boomers were always like this, it's just that what they needed to do to keep the focus on themselves changed over time.

The other thing is, the "faults" of the Boomers and Xers were, by and large, baked in from the get-go. Boomers act like they started off liberal and grew conservative, but they actually started off selfish and being catered to in a historically-unusual way, and they stuck with that.

The Boomers entire ethos was selfishness.
Gen X's entire ethos was never caring about anything.

Both those things led to conservatism, but they are not inevitabilities and not every generation revolves around those things.

Among disadvantaged populations, sure. But among white Boomers, they considered their youthful dalliances to be "job done," and went on to elect Reagan in a landslide. They'd already shed all of their ideals by the time their kids came along.

The Boomers used their youth and the size of their generation as a source of power and changed things to focus on them.

When the Millennials came along, an echo of their youth and size, they used that youth to permanently infantilize Millennials and keep the focus on themselves.

Stevie Wonder: Isn't she lovely!?

Person Who Can Actually See And Therefore Knows That Is One Ugly Baby: Uh, yeah Stevie. Gorgeous.

It’s an especially bad idea to do it when people sometimes have *extremely* deeply felt reasons for not voting. Even when you think those reasons are precisely why they SHOULD vote!

“CONAN HOLDS YOUR PRIVACY SACRED Our encampment processes personal data, wielding the power as cautiously as Conan wields his sword. Should you wish to cover your footsteps and forbid us from sharing your secrets, strike at the 'I wish to cloak my presence' rune. I WISH TO CLOAK MY PRESENCE”

Completely tossed at the official conan the barbarian website’s cookie notification window.

what if i fucking kill you

"For example, cocaine works, and I've never once rejected it."

Yeah, word on the street is that he subscribed to an "anti-AI" blocklist, which I vaguely remember being added to a few weeks back when I liked a post making fun of GenAI slop. But because he maintains several feeds, he's effectively bricked those feeds by blocking a bunch of people.

*whack* Ah, there go the piano lessons!

*whack* I can't remember my dad!

No idea! I'd never heard of this person before and now that I'm blocked I have no way of finding out.

Okay, trying to catch up, here: there's someone named Why, who works at Bluesky, and he's blocking a whole bunch of us (including me, apparently) and this is breaking site functionality for a lot of people?

Aging comedy writer holding an art book from Star Trek: Lower Decks

Oh by the way: it’s real and it’s SPECTACULAR.

Starting a mid-decade redistricting war only to end up with -1 seats is the same fine strategic genius and subtle grasp of game theory that brough us the Strait of Hormuz.

Sledgehammer was released 40 years ago today!

Pepperoni, Bacon, and Pineapple

"Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your House" would be one hell of a wrestling persona.

It's a gorgeous movie on the big screen, could be worth it. And it is generally enhanced by the communal experience, I felt.

In a country with a proper opposition party, these kinds of numbers would turn the 2028 election into something like playing basketball against a fish

"Yeah, that's how it starts, all 'oooooh, aaaaah' but later there's... running... and screaming."

This is a masterpiece 💙💙

How Should We View 24th Century Law Enforcement? As we consider the social and political upheaval of 2020 in America, we're looking back at Odo's work on DS9.

I got to write a whole thing about Odo's... leanings once!

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