At this point my friends with cave syndrome who refuse to leave the house even though they are vaccinated “because of the variants” (despite the fact that we live in a highly vaccinated area and they do not have health conditions that make them especially at risk) is starting to seem like that is doing more harm than…

The UK study noted

I love the zelda franchinse, cannot get into BOTW. The cooking is super tedious, and the fact that you will break every fucking weapon after like four hits is just....what? Why? How is that fun?

I was 20 when this came out, so it was theoretically for me, and I found it to be gross (although I was very straight kid so casual sex and rampant drug use were not part of my experience at all) and I thought Larry Clark seemed like a creep. Even by 1995 standards he seemed like a creep, and his obsession with…

Here’s what I’ll say - when representation comes at literally replacing an existing decades-old character, it can kind of sting. It can feel less like inclusivity and more like white is passe, and in order to be more inclusive we need to literally palette swap a long-existing IP.  By the same token, when 50-year old…

I’m so over the social justice marketing. I’d rather have corporations not donate to any politicians and not support social justice causes than have them rainbow up and donate to anti-trans politicians. It was AAPI month last month and the whole “hey, here are asian-led products we carry!” marketing just felt...gross…

How many people offended by the use of a homophobic slur (which, to be clear, is something that should offend you) are Kid Rock fans?

How come no one is talking about how Kamela Harris is Vice President of the United States, a government that allowed racial segregation into the 1960s, and where certain racial groups have significantly worse outcomes in terms of health, education, wealth, etc. compared to whites?

I’ll give that to her. Ska may have started in Jamaica in the 50s, but it was the two-tone revival in the UK with the kids of Jamaican immigrants and white british kids forming bands that combined ska with punk energy that has driven ska in this country.

I’m pro progress, and I am glad that a lot of shit that was a-ok 20, 30 years ago would not fly today. The fact that our media is becoming more heterogeneous and less focused solely on straight white men is a good thing. The fact that people have more of a voice to push back on things, or tell their own stories is a…

I will be so happy in 20 years when these young woke motherfuckers are on the other side of the generational divide and whatever woke thing they are championing now is deemed horrifically offensive and people are posting their 2021 tweets saying, “I can’t believe you used the work BIPOC to refer to people of color…

I’m a recent cannabis user, and what turned me off for decades, on top of the whole illegality thing, was how dumb it all was. The strain names all need a lot of work. Alaska thunderfuck? Green Crack? sheesh.

Yes, but also if you are making edibles that literally look like skittles, that is something to be addressed. But for sure parents have to do a little extra work and possibly consume different types of edibles to ensure their kids aren’t accidentally (or not so accidentally) dosing themselves. There are a wide range…

I think the edibles market needs to be more tightly regulated to ensure that no one accidentally ingests cannabis. Most edibles I’ve purchased had packaging that a, made it clear it was weed and b, was childproofish. I bought a locking box for it anyways. I get concerned by the whole market for cannabis food and the…

I love some of her music, but I struggle a little with artists like her who talk like they grew up in latino neighborhood in new york or L.A., and they are white. But maybe, culturally, most of the folks she hangs out with are POC so she’s organically adopted linguistic characteristics. Or maybe she’s trying to seem…

Within social justice circles there are conversations about how call out culture can be vindictive and toxic. Because it totally can. Jon Ronson’s “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed” addressed internet mob culture in pre metoo/trump days. People being held accountable for being harassers/rapists/racists/generally awful…

Ska fashion was definitely a step up from punk or goth fashion, and there was a lot of overlap with mod/northern soul culture.

That is an unflattering picture of Melinda.

Is it that low? If so, it gives me hope for humanity. She’s a constant reminder than holding a marginalized identity doesn’t make you either a good person nor a effective spokesperson for said identity.

I didn’t know anything about Vance until I looked at his twitter feed just now. I think we have diverging opinions about most things.