deodorant:

letting my christian friend know i’m about to get to their house:

In almost all genocides, there comes a point when the line of defence for the supportive population becomes “we didn’t know, we couldn’t know”. That is very difficult in the literal Age of Information. We remember the viral sketches of “you have no water and I do”

*sarcastic voice*

performed an improv set in such a way that got us one step closer to being replaced by ai

again, i get that it’s usually well-intentioned, but it’d be great to stop saying “hardworking immigrants” as it implies that immigrants should only be valued for labor, & specifically for citizens + the state, when immigrants should be treated well because we are, well, people

[omar little if he was a middle school student talking to his teacher] you come at the king, you best not, miss!

grok can you explain this?

TIME cover from 2003 about ‘remaking’ the Middle East. We’re not exaggerating when we say it’s the same playbook.

Spot the difference.

welcome back to 2001, gen z

[my eastern european proctologist]

cause i’m too messy, and then i’m too mr. bean

So many gems in this excellent piece but I appreciated this section and how it reminded me of this clarifying Kwame Ture quote

[oprah sending a mass email] i hope this email finds YOU safe and well and YOU safe and well and YOU safe and well and-

Once the slaughter is over, and it has to be over, there is an expectation that Palestinians should move on regardless of the lives lost, of the limbs lost, of the loved ones lost.   There is an expectation that parents will walk the earth with the shadow of their killed children

[creed in a job interview] can you take me? hire?