I mean I feel like you just have to look at the PS4 era so see which of their practices materially hurt Xbox (not mergers but paid exclusivity). CoD DLC exclusive to Playstation for months, Destiny dungeons that were exclusive to PS until after Destiny 2 launched, paying to make Square Enix games largely exclusive to…

How did we all not see this before now?! Hillary was sending emails from her private server in Benghazi setting up 9/11 THE WHOLE TIME. 

“NASCAR Event Management”

You don’t have to love them, but “Influencer” - capital I - is a viable job title in the 2020s.

Got furloughed from my work. Couple years later, my company refused an opportunity that would’ve had me back to work so the union stepped in and got me a job with the other company. My company then anticipated bringing me (and others) back to work and didn’t send us to the new place without telling us why. Once they…

I used be a hostess at a restaurant in Malibu and Pamela was a regular. She was the most gracious, quiet, and low-maintenance customer ever. As any host/hostess knows, people are crazy about asking for booths—she never did, and as far as I know, she never kicked up a fuss about anything. She was honestly so sweet. 

*looks at Scalebound*

The irony of an Xbox exec bragging about releasing games.

“Pamela Anderson said her relationship with Tommy Lee might be the only time she was ever really in love.”

I did Nazi that coming!

I feel like the Venn diagram of “people that dislike JK Rowling” and “people that love this guy” is just two very distinct and well separated circles.

You really gave those imaginary people in your head hell today. Go ahead and take the rest of the day off. You must be exhausted. I know I am!

Tom Cruise, a noted friend of the Miscaviges, was not present at the ceremony, given that he publicly disavowed the HFPA in 2021 for its lack of diversity. And as Carmichael noted, the Top Gun: Maverick star and Golden Globe nominee returned three of his awards in protest.

For what it’s worth, here’s a direct quote from the New Yorker story:

Coming next week to HBO!

The least popular test sound for surround-sound headphones.

Ugh..  No..  I felt a chill go down my spine!

Blugh. I just shuddered.