they’ve been sucked into the vortex like every other outlet.

I can’t even watch the news anymore because it hogs up all the airtime.

There really does need to be a catchy counter-”woke” insult trending out there, though I’m hard-pressed to figure out what it might be. “Asleep” would be the natural fit, but it isn’t quite as punchy as “woke”*.

Hey, Mr. Rock! News flash - I hear that many trans and gay people buy your music, and every time you perform live, your audience contains gay and trans people, too! Maybe you should retire and live in quiet contemplation so as not to give them that satisfaction.

Kid Rock and Ted Nugent make music for people that know the precise recipe for bathtub meth.

Kid of the 80s here. I had to turn to the library to find out why my voice was cracking, why I was growing more hair, why my skin became greasy, why my crotch now had a weird smell, why I would get random erections, etc. because my parents were terrified of any discussions that involved even the lightest hint of…

In the 80's it was either religious or came from the idea that if you never talked about sex, kids would never have sex. Now you have those as a cover for politics, so it is worse.

It’s funny (re: depressing) that the same party that complains how campuses are full of liberal snowflakes always in need of protection from offensive language and thought are the same ones afraid that their children might learn about racism (instituitional of otherwise), sex, orientation, gender presentation, etc.

Upon reading the headline, I was going to comment “No, book bannings were worse in the 80s”, but upon further thought, I think I agree with her. Back then, they were (mostly) not *explicitly* political; rather, they were usually kicked off by some concerned citizen’s group (although I suppose some of them might have…

I just hope the unedited/unexpurgated versions are still available somewhere, somehow, and they don’t go down the memory hole.

Yep! The GOP and the sensitivity readers are all ghouls who hate when books are challenging or good.

It’s like how trump behaves in the way poor people think rich people act. musk behaves the way weak people think powerful people act.

Take it for what it’s worth, but the Doge thing also might be a “I’m being sued over DogeCoin! How I can bury this story? Ah, I know!” move.

He’s the patron saint of neckbeards. He gives them hope.

Here he is, a weird, unpleasant dweeb who, when he wheels out an awkward reference that doesn’t land properly or says some weird unworkable nerd shit like “We’re all gonna live on Mars!” or calls someone a “pedo” he gets praised, instead of having people go “Ew,…

Look man, back then, it was OUR dumpster fire. We didn’t need CORPORATE to light those oily rags ablaze. We damn well did it ourselves.

Thank you for the reply - I agree with your characterization. My daughter wanted to join and I told her not to - “It’s like the YouTube comments section but without videos.”

Government organizations are also shrugging at the idea of paying for the checkmark. This would probably increase the likelihood of scammers impersonating organizations, but it’s ridiculous for Twitter to expect people to pay them to solve a problem that Twitter created (and was subscription-free for a very long time,…

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: Yes, but it always was a trash fire. It’s just now due more to imbecilic mismanagement than to the organic heaping of endless burning refuse by its user base.

It’s sad how people like him think this looks like the behavior of an adult.

It’s sad how people like him think this looks like the behaviour of a strong person.