Hampton

Then I'll have to fill a kiddie pool for the wedding.

Why are you stealing my wedding ideas?

I get this. Gardens matter. Virtually walking around your garden during the darker days of the pandemic was a bit of a lifeline. It's something I always associate with you now — almost as much as any part you've played.

This is my greatest triumph

Possum Kingdom by The Toadies is a Gen X version of Don't Fear The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult.

Fight me.

Okay, but in fairness they're also racists, so it comes pretty naturally to them.

Oh, no! Not a human being expressing their individuality! Anything but that!!!

These are the people who think billionaires don't want more money

Hey, remember when we were going to take over Greenland? That was weird, huh?

When have people ever played nice in the comments?

Wait until you hear about the Catholic church.

No, voice-to-text. No matter how many times you write it out, I will never have an Auntie Semitism.

So I guess that AI-generated literature is a way for us to enter into the experience of a machine.

Which is something that I would very much like to avoid.

I have this weird idea that literature is way for us to enter the experience of other human beings — the most powerful, subtle and sophisticated method ever devised, in fact, for allowing one human being to communicate to another.

I think the idea is that "homeless" sounds like permanent condition describing a human being while "unhoused" is a temporary condition that can be addressed. Sort of like the difference between a slave and enslaved person. One sounds like a type. The other is rectifiable.

Performative morality

I'm bad at names. But, in my defense, I am also bad at faces.

He quotes Arendt in the piece.

I'm Ashkenazi Jewish. To the far right, I'm a polluter of the white race. To the far left, I'm a white European colonizer.

The good news is that I'm a villain either way!

I'm Ashkenazi Jewish. To the far right, I'm a polluter of the white race. To the far left, I'm a white European colonizer.

The good news is that I'm a villain either way!

What's it like to be a genius?

This is my favorite take. If you call them antisemitic, they will tell you that Israel does not represent all Jews and "you're the real antisemite." But when synagogues get shot up in Canada, suddenly that's Israel's fault. Because apparently Israel represents all Jews.

What could possibly go wrong?

It's not regime change. We're just changing the regime.

It's not regime change. We're just changing the regime.

This. The entire premise is flawed. "White" is not a nationality and nobody has the right to create a racially discriminatory society.

Wait. You think he's not going to play with Patrick for his last year?

I always thought "polycule" was kind of a fancy way to say "a group of friends who all want to fuck each other." Also known as the ordinary state of human affairs since time immemorial.

No, I mean I hear you. It's funny. But there is a kind of "medium is the message" thing at work here. Just to name the most obvious, someone who mouths off on a bar stool might get punched in the face. Doesn't happen on the internet.

This man is bad at sex