Yeah he makes some solid points, it’s worth a read. The bomb stuff was just a ploy to get it published, it’s not like reading it is going to turn you into a bomber.

Yay, another opportunity to share one my my favorite illustrations ever

The explanation I heard from a hockey fan is that it’s better to let the guys with knives strapped to their feet have a “legitimate” framework for fights with basic rules, than for them to just get violent with zero framework.

Wrong, it is an amazing film. Nothing bad about it

Everyone is different buddy. Different people respond to different situations differently.

They still got to spend time with other kids. You could argue that the labour was a normal childhood.

The difference is that Jackson was uniquely isolated. He wasn’t spending his days with other child performers his age, he was spending it with his older brothers and adults.

It’s a lot easier to fight the president when he has fewer sycophants in Congress.

Jackson was really young when his childhood effectively ended. Five years old. I had a difficult childhood, but I at least got to go to school and have friends and have some modicum of a social life. And even then, I spent most of my college years making up for stages I missed out on in high school.

It’s not that far-fetched to me that he would want to reclaim parts of childhood that he missed out on, and it seems like he also tried to provide that kind of opportunity for other child stars (notably Macaulay Culkin). I’m not saying I’m sold one way or the other, but the notion is definitely understandable.

Barely legal, some would say

I do a two part variation:

What do you call a deer with no eyes?

!No eye deer (“No idea” with an accent)!<

What do you call a fish with no eyes?

!Fsshh!<

Woah black Betty

The reservation truck always fucks me up. The way he hops on the conveyor on his own, as if to say “If it’s my time, I’m going to go of my own volition” just punches me with this grave sense of nobility in the face of oblivion.

I mean sure, but my point is that he’s a sellout, not MAGA. He didn’t defend Trump, he defended his bag. It’s still bad but it’s not the same thing.

Then again, fuck, how many songs/skits do they have centered around breaking up? I wouldn’t be totally surprised if they spin this into a reunion thing after the heat dies. I can visualize the conversation like the show never ended:

“Dude, Kage, you know I love you. But that was some provocative shit you just said, and I don’t disagree. But I am on the line for tens of millions, with an M, contractually obligated US dollars. Dinero, Rage. Let’s just take a little breaky-poo, circle back after pay day, and use all that cash to double down on the righteousness. I’m gonna need you to take the heat, but it’s all gonna pay off in the end. We can’t lose! Two Kings?”

Maybe it’s just cope, but the recurring theme of betrayal indicates to me that either it was always an abusive relationship, or that the treachery is at least potentially performative.

Yeah, “next time don’t miss”, I’m familiar with the event. My point is it seems way more likely that the motivation there was “Publicly calling for the assassination of the president of the United States will probably make the major studios who pay me millions of dollars less likely to continue doing that.” and not “I support trump and didn’t think he should be assassinated”.

I also tend to look for a thicker cut, since you can cook it more gradually to develop a good texture throughout without overcooking, and still develop a good crust.

Is he? I figured he just sold out and didn’t want to jeopardize any of his contracts due to calls for political violence. Still disappointing, but I haven’t seen any evidence that he’s actually a Trumper.

The square has grown on me. Works just fine for reading documents, photos and videos aren’t terrible with the bars, and if I really want to I can zoom in to fit the vertical since most of the action is in the middle anyway. One pleasant surprise is that old media in 4:3 actually looks better than on a rectangle.

Somewhere between B and C. If I know more about a subject, I can usually tell pretty quickly. I’ll try to engage early on with a “yes and” kind of response that completes their latest point and demonstrates knowledge of what they were going to go on to say. I’ll try not to be condescending, and present my thoughts as enthusiastic dialogue.

Jesus loves her more than she will know

one is not more true than the other because both are just philosophical ideas.

I think I disagree. One is a basically untestable hypothesis, the other is pretty much the closest we can come to objective truth.