Now that’s just sad.
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Deanied
Ok this actually made me laugh out loud:
But what if I want to be Secretary of Boom? Maybe I can be Lord of Lasers instead? I’d also accept Wizard of Woe and Dean of Devious Delights as backups.
High on a Mountain
Canada be like: fuck all y’all!
(Though to be fair, the US has gotten a lot worse since 2020 — but still nothing even remotely close to Canada.)
Self Harm
Not the whole story, but wholly accurate.
Not Rocking On
Wow, rock really cratered. I don’t have a good sociocultural explanation for why that’s the case, though.
Bound
For a very large, developed economy, the US is fuckin’ rocking it.
Tower
Dang, weird to think (ceteris paribus) I would’ve been tall in 1900. I’m 172.7cm, 5’8″. I’m not insecure about my height in any way, but some women sure are. Well, their loss.
Anyway, strange to think I woulda been considered tall back then. The only time I’ve towered above a crowd is in China back in 2005. (And that felt odd, as I hate standing out in general.)
Kur
Well, except in Kursk.
Slip
This would indeed be an improvement.
No Skillz
Huge immigration uptick of low-skilled migrants started around 2016, reversing the trend of lowering crime.
Lecture
Yeah, that is funny when it happens. I’ve gotten that a few times. “Dude, I was literally there.” It’s mostly happened about 9/11 and the years after that. Young people often have absurdly wrong ideas about what occurred and what it was like after the event. Some of them are content to “tell” you what it was like though you lived through it.