Yes! Like, just do the thing instead of complaining about other people not doing the thing. If you're competent and somewhat charismatic, maybe it'll even catch on.

Yea I'm not specifically against any of the language per se, but with some of them they're Streisand effecting them into existence.

"If we want to appeal to regular people, we have to stop calling cantaloupes melon spheres." Dude, what are you talking about?

Every time I see one of these quotes, I've never heard of the specific example they're citing.

bring back the territories, but ethically

Bush 9/11 meme

"Sir, Obamdani has formed."

I could be wrong, of course. I have no particular love for my cohort or desire to see us as better than we are. But, I sure am curious how many of those 65 and over who hate Trump now, according to the polls, voted for Bush II twice. Especially the white ones.

I actually don't think Gen X is uniquely bad (full disclosure: I'm one). When we entered the work force 30 years ago, the worst reactionaries keeping us down were 45-64. 30 years before that, when some of those people weren't reactionary yet, the worst reactionaries keeping them down were....45-64.

But yeah this seems to be less about conflicted Catholics in general and more about the cross pressures between white racial solidarity and religious commitments with many of them choosing white racial solidarity but making a pained face while doing so

Every "dilemma" Trump voters find themselves in re: their support of Trump is the equivalent of, "One guy is covered in shit and one guy has a mop. Which do you let into your house?" And every time, they're like, "Oh, um...geez...sorry, like...er...what do I do???"

What if I told you it was actually the easiest situation anybody has ever been in?

All together now...COVERED IN BEES!

Feral Friday? No matter. That's my secret. I'm always thirsty.

THE OLD MAN'S SPEWING FORTUNE COOKIE FORTUNES AGAIN

"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Hopefully you'll never have a miscarriage in this state and have to find out."

My kid just said "I'm done with history," and I think that's the first time I was able to break out a "You may be done with history, but it's not done with you" in the wild.

[extremely Harry Dean Stanton voice]

Counter-programming "the everything app" by becoming the nothing app.

Screenshot of bluesky showing severe technical difficulties

Love to be on BlueSky

Peak Texas, with all disrespect

[aroma of frankincense proliferates, an organ intones]

BY GAWD IT'S THE BISHOPS' MUSIC

You can tell ideas are thin among the MAGA set because when one pops off in their little group chats, they all run to find cameras as fast as they can and start repeating it. "Just war theory! Just war theory! Just war theory!"

something the merging of Celtic folk and Blues traditions as the rosetta stone of American music culture something

I'm revisiting Led Zeppelin in light of Sinners? It makes sense, but I can't quite explain it yet. It's not because I'm high. I mean, I am, but that's not why.

Pet dogs are held to a higher standard than male presidents

Female sports reporters are held to a higher standard than male presidents.

Unless you've ever shaken off a crawfish boil hangover to make it to 9:00 am service or kept partying to stay awake for midnight mass on Christmas eve or sat through a full mass wedding in a church with no air conditioning on a Saturday in July, I don't care what you think about Catholic theology.

Sometimes there are people who are interesting characters, fascinating even. And if there were in a book or a movie you would be like, "What a well-written, fascinating, quirky, unique and original character." But, if you have to, like, work with them, every day you don't commit murder is a miracle.

I don't think touching grass is enough for this guy. He needs to plant grass or something.

She should probably get the bee sting on her lips checked out.