Sure, if that’s what you need to believe to process disagreement.

Describing the relationship that the people in this article had to Reade as limited to “landlords” would be, were there a journalism Pope, a sin of omission. She clearly had personal relationships with most of them.

May your hypotheticals always give you comfort.

There were examples in the Politico article, unsurprisingly un-cited here, that add up to grifting.

Demand was always part of the equation, it just changed in importance since the problem was initially discussed. The bar for what is “profitably” extracted rises when demand falls. You can have open lakes of oil that would theoretically past peak if dipping a bucket in doesn’t fetch enough of a price to justify the…

That reads like it was intended to defend Jezebel, but in practice condemned them.

“ So yes, he certainly should be open. This is not controversial or unusual.”

I am Spartacus, also.

Word of advice for that person: the sensation of resenting other people for judging you is sublimating your discomfort with your own actions into the imagined sins of other people. It’s your conscience, trying to swim to the surface of your tide of bullshit.

It is very gracious of you to come and show us the error of our ways. Thank you. We will strive to do better, and I hope we eventually achieve a standard of conduct worthy of your approval.

Yeah, when you break this one down to it’s foundation, it’s just pointing out that MKO is very rich, pissily. There’s a lot of comedic/satiric possibility in resenting the rich; Joan seems to believe that her resentment is interesting in and of itself.

Pieing politicians was a thing in Canada in the late nineties/early 2000. It accomplished nothing in terms of the policies being protested and had no effect on the public perception of the targets. Pie whoever you want, but don’t fool yourself over why you’re doing it.

Your first paragraph is responding to something that wasn’t really implied by the accompanying video. The author’s focus is on music videos (like is says in the title card of the interview clip), for which a focus on the 80s is a perfectly reasonable choice. Consider taking opportunities to demonstrate your…

Fashionable *anything* is a class signifier.

How much do you think a baby goes for on the free market? It’s not like you can just buy one and be done with it - they don’t stay cute forever, so you have to keep purchasing new inventory.

“He is survived by his wife and two songs.”

Kind of a weird headline: “still mad” implies that the initiative is with her, as opposed what actually happened in that her label is inventing new ways to exploit her. “Still mad” has that trollish “u mad bro” vibe to it.

This is both the most unflattering interpretation, and the only one that makes sense.

Old white woman who isn’t Dolly Parton, so yes. Those are the rules.

To be fair, my tone was that of a thorough dickhead so I can understand the urge to jump when the opportunity seemed to present itself. I was underslept and in a shitty mood yesterday.