For some reason, this provoked one of the funniest threads ever on Kinja.

Laughing inappropriately loudly in a tiny hotel in somewhat alarming Eastern European city.

When my eyes stop bleeding.

Best Kinja Koan 2017.

I read PNW at first as PNG and was like “Whoa, Jezzies in Papua New Guinea.”

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We’re all still waiting for the shake.

I am totally indifferent to Taylor Swift, but I think it’s fair to want to go to a friend’s wedding and not have to deal with fans.

Can I interrupt this with a short commercial message for Hilary Mantel’s A Place of Greater Safety? It is a really terrific novel whose characters are the Dantonist group, and if you are interested in the French Revolution it is really worth reading.

I double-dog dare you.

DUNE! One of the best books, regardless of genre.

I liked Ancillary Justice a lot, but the sequels were a little disappointing, beyond the central conceit.

Burn.

I must have taken a double dose of my dumbass pills this morning because I don’t know what that’s supposed to imply.

That’s a bad idea, because tater tots are irresistible.

I like your principles.

I don’t know enough to weigh in on the historical side of things, but I definitely admire your cool.

Hey it’s that guy from that show.

Same, except you have to replace “a nacho” with “this here bowl of nachos.”

I know nothing about real housewives on tv (other than what I glean from Jezebel), but I do want to point out that The Real Ramona is the name of one of the most kick-ass albums out there, by the Throwing Muses.