This was before the University of Michigan gave us permission to wear longer shorts. I am not making that up, that’s a thing that actually happened.

GOD, Al and Tipper were just insufferable.

I just learned so much more about Al Gore

re: nicki’s career

I don’t think Dems want to do those things. I mean, they will do them when it is politically convenient to do so, but they aren’t going to stake out ground and actually put themselves on the line for it.

The outrage displayed by entertainment elites does damage because they’re considered ‘out of touch’ and supporters of causes that so many WASPy common folk are dead-set against, so when the elites have a problem with Donnie, all it does is reinforce their belief that they’re right. Which is hilarious, because…

I googled as much as I can (at work,) and couldn’t find the piece I think by the New York Times that mentioned Celebrities rallying against Trump actually ends up turning more people against those ‘Hollywood Elites.’ I did find this though, which is kind of painting the same picture but about feminism and women’s…

I guess to understand it you’d have to look at what happens with Democrats actually in power vs. their stated platform.

Because most socialist policies are deeply unpopular and would result in massive electoral losses?

Stewart Lee has a great bit about this. It’s about the Conservatives and Labour in the UK but I think it applies equally well here:

You know, this acceptance of Tomatoface as a mildly irksome but harmless feature of the landscape might finally drive him/her/them away...

First Trump is elected president, now normally sane Jez posters are sticking up for Tomatoface. We truly are living in strange times.

As someone who’s been here pre-Kinja (#omgwhystillgrey), I find Tomatoface fascinating and inspiring - like, if I can only motivate myself to put as much effort into, say, exercise, or guitar, I might really improve!

Agreed, and at least he gives us little puzzles to solve.

I don’t even care how weird his persistence is, he’s pretty great for a troll because he seems to just wanna shoot the breeze with us (granted in an abnormal way) instead of name-calling in childish ways, like most trolls.

I admire his persistence, in the sense that I’ve literally never been that dedicated to anything in my entire life. That admiration stops, of course, when I realize that his dedication is to “name himself after people tangentially related to tomatoes and pretend to be a way over-the-top liberal to see how many people…

D’oh! Even I get caught. Admittedly, he didn’t get me the normal way.

That’s Tomatoface.