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Occasional writer for Mashable, Bust, Ordinary Times, and others; author of "The Paris Bureau" 2020 DIO Press Inc, pathological reader, returned expat from Canada, New Yorker at the moment.

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Needing To Get His Ass Kicked is a terrible affliction that strikes millions of Americans every year. Here we see a victim of this syndrome in the late stages of Needing to Get His Ass Kicked. There is no known cure, save one.

07.03.2026 02:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's a WASPy state, that's all I'm saying. Also, that guy sucks.

06.03.2026 23:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've heard that Maine's Jewish community is talking about leaving the state if Platner wins, although they are at loggerheads about whose car to take.

06.03.2026 22:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay, look... Longtime followers will remember me making this joke, at least, three times now about James Woods, and I'm sorry. I genuinely doubt anyone's paying that close attention.

06.03.2026 22:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did anyone remember to take the Videodrome cassette *out* of James Woods?

06.03.2026 22:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a cartoon dog is covering his mouth with his hand while smiling . Alt: a cartoon dog is covering his mouth with his hand while smiling .

"Let's tell Rufus that 'no one' remembers 'Pickup on South Street' and see how he responds."

06.03.2026 22:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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10 Near-Perfect Noir Movies That No One Remembers Today Noir movie masterpieces like Odd Man Out and Leave Her to Heaven have sadly been forgotten by modern audiences and are long overdue for rediscovery.

I kinda think Collider is fucking with me in specific.

06.03.2026 22:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"The latest employment report just came out... and this is my worried face."

06.03.2026 15:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1297 ๐Ÿ” 471 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71 ๐Ÿ“Œ 34

Either a recession already, or going into a recession unavoidably.

06.03.2026 21:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All of the articles I've read about the US economy today seem to be describing a car that has driven into a lake and has either sunk or is irretrievably sinking, economists are not sure.

06.03.2026 21:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I keep saying the public avatars of capitalism embracing fascist government is going to make life confusing for young people, but I'd imagine that would boost anarchism more than socialism.

06.03.2026 21:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I guess it's hard to tell here because New York is a city besotted with capitalism, and yet we elected a socialism-curious mayor. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

06.03.2026 21:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If gas prices are the thing that finally turns the remaining fence-sitting Americans against their gulag archipelago, I'm going to lose my mind.

06.03.2026 21:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's the other thing- the most significant injection of actual socialism in America was meant to save capitalism, and did!

06.03.2026 20:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Liberals like to cast themselves as the moderate path between the far right, which is now simply "the right"; and the socialist left, which has no real power anyway. It's like they want to relitigate Cold War debates that many of us find simply irrelevant.

06.03.2026 20:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'll say it again- American liberalism really doesn't know where to go in a post-Cold War world where fascism is ascendant and socialism has no real chance of coming to pass.

06.03.2026 20:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How much money do you think he's getting?

06.03.2026 19:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Having watched yet another very cliched movie, we do know that the trope of heterosexual divorce being a special humiliation & failure for the male is *also* patriarchal as hell, right? It's the old assumption that his prime objective in life is to "make" a woman love him "forever."

06.03.2026 19:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just pick movies at random, as long as they're not obvious children's movies. Glad I stayed awake anyway. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

06.03.2026 17:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The poster for a very generic crime thriller called "Crime 101"

The poster for a very generic crime thriller called "Crime 101"

It was what the critics would politely call "serviceable."

06.03.2026 17:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A hot chunk of manhood in blue glasses and shirt sitting in a empty movie theatre.

A hot chunk of manhood in blue glasses and shirt sitting in a empty movie theatre.

Sometimes, on days off, I like to get up at 9 a.m. and go see a movie in an empty multiplex.

06.03.2026 14:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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With the World in Transition, Paris Again Emerges as a Mecca for the Arts

As well it should.

06.03.2026 05:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This goes beyond politics, and is not even a statement about politics.

Something is wrong with us. This nation is broken on a cultural level. I can't define it, and I don't know how to fix it. But we are tearing ourselves apart. If we don't diagnose and treat that, the rest of it won't matter

05.03.2026 23:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 3025 ๐Ÿ” 623 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 383 ๐Ÿ“Œ 89

MAGA parents telling their kids that Kristi Noem is going to live on a farm upstate where she can run and play.

05.03.2026 22:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Americans: You can't trust Americans.
Canadians: Agreed.

05.03.2026 20:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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kermit the frog holds a glass of lipton tea ALT: kermit the frog holds a glass of lipton tea
05.03.2026 20:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm a recent grad who studied history and can't find a job. The AI-driven job market has no place for humanities majors like me. As a history major, I never thought finding a job would be easy, but it's nearly impossible. My skills don't transfer to today's AI job market.

Well, at least, you'll be able to put your problems in perspective, kid.

05.03.2026 19:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
"Kids in shitty small towns call thr internet a 'lifeline,' an 'escape hatch' from their environment; so, why do they move to the Big City and walk around glued to their cell phones? I feel like the internet is a repressive, crumbling Eastern European country that one struggles to escape. What will be the 'door that lets me out' from the Spectacle/Nightmare  and commentary on the Spectacle/Nightmare? Will Art finally help us make contact with the alien species to which we belong?"
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"Kids in shitty small towns call thr internet a 'lifeline,' an 'escape hatch' from their environment; so, why do they move to the Big City and walk around glued to their cell phones? I feel like the internet is a repressive, crumbling Eastern European country that one struggles to escape. What will be the 'door that lets me out' from the Spectacle/Nightmare and commentary on the Spectacle/Nightmare? Will Art finally help us make contact with the alien species to which we belong?" -Outernet posting.

Trying out a different posting format

05.03.2026 19:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Morning Emergency Kitten- tiny protests

05.03.2026 16:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 401 ๐Ÿ” 99 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Well, luckily, they'll never get the chance to live out their ideals.

05.03.2026 17:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0