And you know, if the splinter comments were just a weird cesspool, fine. But they’re feeding off blog posts that I know are written by actual human beings. It makes me wonder what the writers are seeing out in, like, twitter that is shaping the tone of some of the more hyper critical-of-Dems posts.

We all kinja for our own reasons. Like, in years past one could let off some steam and argue with buttheads and it would be a wash. We just have to be more careful now and it sucks that it’s closing off otherwise harmless (screaming into the void of a comment section can be hella cathartic) coping mechanisms.

I was trying to remember that Alvin name! There’s a couple new names that I wouldn’t be surprised had the same source material.

Yes!! There are actual academics who study how information gets disseminated and I eat it up whenever they’re interviewed on my podcasts and stuff. They all say, the way to combat mis/dis information is to not amplify the signal! When people get into arguments with obvious trolls they’re just creating larger and…

I start a lot of my comments with these three words, but: OH MY GOD.

Ah! I thought for a second I missed an ep, but I realized I listened to the first one through On the Media.

Dude, yeah, pacing is crucial. I have to remind myself that it’s not a personal failing to turn off NPR in the morning because they’re interviewing too many bullshitting congresspeople.

Omg, are you listening to Embedded’s lastest “season”??

Hot damn, I love kinja.

My mom, just by practice and classic midwestern shopping habits, figured out that things at Target with prices that end in 4 were not going to be marked down any further. It really helps you make stupid clearance end cap impulse buy decisions. “Oh, it’s not marked down all the way, I don’t need it so maybe it’ll be…

+1 for internalized misogyny

It’s always funny to see people complain about not being approved. As if the world owes their comments being immediately visible instead of one additional click away.

Salt fear among my (otherwise TOTALLY healthy, hippie dippie) friends leads me to gritting my teeth through so many bland-ass meals while they pat themselves on the back about what great cooks they are.

If the DS guys get on the stationary bike naked I feel like we’d have to see it.

There’s actually so much science that goes into determining whether bare skin is more aero than a material. I’m cyclist, and I follow professional cycling. There are very specific rules about how high socks can be and how long shorts can be and sleeves v no sleeves. Which are obviously totally different in time…

I think this is why the snark and sarcasm cutting down everything Dems do or don’t accomplish on this suite of sites is just like a piece of sand in my eye. Like, being an aloof butthead—but, like, in a cool ironic way—doesn’t make me feel better about immigration legislation.

I have a friend that just moved out that way from here and they are just flabbergasted at how far away everything is from everywhere else.

It is pretty great! It’s a college town in Upstate NY, so it has all the pros and cons of living in a semi out of the way bubble.

le sigh. I guess sometimes I find it comforting to imagine that they’re all Macedonian teenagers. I like to take a break from knowing there are this many earnestly stupid idealists so thoroughly convinced of their own brilliance because they’ve figured out the secret to getting progressive Democratic policies through…

She should invest in some bangs. Yeesh.