Bessent looks like Jim Carrey playing a cartoonishly over-the-top villain.

“They won’t let me do whatever I want so waaah! WAAAH!!! I’m not going to do anything I’m supposed to do until I get my way! WAAAH!!!”

-A diaper-wearing child

They look funny doing that, but I wouldn’t fxxk with a single one of those dudes. Probably have thighs as solid as rock and could kick you straight into a coma.

A digital panopticon.

Winblows.

Complaining pick-up truck drivers need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and maybe consider getting a big boy job and a big boy car. See me when you can hold down a position as a line cook at Wendy’s with a combination of public transit and a 2002 Toyota Corolla that functions reliably about four total weeks out of the year! That’s how a real man handles business!

Yeah dude. The death threats and racism were a serious problem. I got assigned to a small volunteer battle.net mod team for a collection of StarCraft clan chatrooms back in the early 2000’s and… Jesus Christ, it was AWFUL. There was a time when every other message in the chats was a slur or a threat. That’s not an exaggeration. That used to be the norm.

“The only true wisdom is in knowing that you know nothing.” (Or something like that)

-Socrates (probably)

Wow… What a history. All these times I’ve been to DC and stood at the reflecting pool and I never knew it carried such a tale.

Oh, right. AI users…

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Yeah, and I mean Starbucks used to be a staple for me; I’m not gonna deny that. Back when the original customer loyalty/gold card program existed, the entire chain was setup to be a daily experience, not a premium experience, and I was there daily. Plus, I swear I remember the coffee tasting better back then. But the movies aren’t dead because of candy sales and Starbucks won’t die for adapting their business model to the times. I suppose I’ve just been around long enough to mourn how things used to be.

Hm… Well, I for one did go to Starbucks. A LOT. For 20 years of my life. And I’m done with them.

Now I’m not going to pretend that the CEO cares at all about me. I’m also not going to pretend that their coffee was bad or that things are going to change because I don’t buy their product or that I’m some great moralist for quitting Starbucks. I just don’t like Brian Niccol and I don’t want him to have any fraction of my money. Dude’s a piece of work and the market of other options for coffee is more saturated than the caffeine content of my bloodstream.

Hopefully, in 8 years we’ll be looking back at all of them the way we look back at the Confederates now; as traitors.

I was really hyped to see Teenage Wrist last year, but the “headliner” of their tour - a far less notable act, in my opinion - got sick or something and the whole tour got cancelled. Shame. I’d have paid double to just see a longer set of Teenage Wrist without the headliner.

Can’t disagree.

I mean… Have you read the Dune prequels?

Or armaxxgeddon

It’s a big club…