I’m partial to Chumbawumba’s “Tubthumping”, since most of it is literally just somewhat-rhythmic talking... and it’s about booze, as well, so it seems like a nice safe choice for that sort of thing...

I hypothesize that it stems from their childhoods; the ‘cool’ kids were ‘into’ sports or ‘war’ or anything EXCEPT complex literature based on something other than relatively recent historical events. There are other ‘nerd-signals’ techbros could use, but Tolkien remains something of a ‘common language’ and also seems…

I’d like to mention a relevant, parallel observation from another English writer:

I could offer a couple of theories, mostly built around different components of trauma.

They’re _trying_. Unfortunately, there are significant swathes of the American populace, whose voting record tends toward R-for-regressive and who’ve managed to get a lot of similarly-squawking idiots into positions of actual power, who are threatening violence... again... should laws be applied the same way to the…

Sadly, there are people out there who have somehow internalized the notion that drinking ‘just water’ is beneath them, or that it ‘tastes terrible’.

Oh, I dunno, there’s a fine and rich tradition of “underground newspapers” springing up in the wake of authoritarian idiocy like this. I look forward to seeing THAT saga play out...

Re: “Are we having fun yet?”

Blame Bill Griffith. To be fair, it used to be hilarious:

Is she “Christian” and/or “rich”, or any of the other descriptors normally associated with this level of entitlement?

That, and whether or not the owners/operators have made personal enemies out of law enforcement. That’s where PROsecution comes loaded with PERsecution.

Sir, you forgot the critically-important “step zero”:
Have enough “liquidity” so that investing so much as a single dollar will not put the stability of your food-supply, utility-connections, and permanent residence at risk.
Which, I feel obliged to point out, INSTANTLY ‘disqualifies’ between 7.10 - 19.79 per cent of…

“Implant”, hell; that’s shaped foam-rubber with broom-bristles glued to the front.

This guy is just one steamroller-massage away from being forced into revealing himself as an actual cartoon character...

*Laughing fit to burst*
Okay, now I need to start saving my couch-change to commission a political cartoon of ‘the chestburster’ waving Gaetz off dismissively and captioned: “Even the xenomorphs have minimum standards.”

Must admit that I held that opinion of this... “Congress-thing” is the closest to ‘respect’ he deserves... had led me to this particular bit of mental shorthand when he came up in conversation even before this reminder of the animated character showed up to cement the designation...

He’s not talking to people who can’t afford to care for the kids they have now. In his mind, “those kinds” of people are too busy to vote. He’s primarily playing a “Medley On Dogwhistles” for the folk who want to keep ‘the poors’ poor and too tired to organize.

I’m such a culinary barbarian that I eat dry, rolled-up (flour) tortillas... BEFORE I put beans on them.

When Sessions said, “We’re all entitled to make mistakes...” he clearly meant to say, “No one can get away with this crap their whole lives without getting caught at some point.”

But that’s the POINT: “Anti-America” means “anti-hierarchical”, with very specific reference to the GOP’s doctrine that “Rich Old Straight White Christian Men Who Own Lots Of Stuff should be able to behave like spoiled 12-year old boys without consequence because no one outside those descriptors is real”.

Just to flip the switch a bit, what are some responses to a coffee shop set up to accommodate folks using it as a second office, but with policies in place to make it worth the shop’s while?

Would’ve emphasized “... correct...” in the previous sentence. “Blowing a dogwhistle” for his ‘base’, “jamming both feet into his mouth up to the knee” for the non-racists...?