I was living outside the US for most of 2000-2010, and though I don’t remember how I first came across Coates, I know he was one of my top go-tos whenever a non-American had a question about a current event or the Obama arc. Non-Americans came in with preconceived notions grown from years of exposure to crappy US…

Genuinely thought this was one of the Hanson brothers on a throwback magazine cover. Interesting styling.

I’ve never really understood the nation’s obsession with her. Could someone please help explain?

I think the key is not to fuck with your face in youth, but to do judicious initial work in middle age. And when you do, never look to “rejuvinate” and try to recapture a look you had 5 years before - just identify any little sags or wrinkles that could accelerate in later years and nip them early. That way you’re…

I screamed!

Just watch it in Korean. 20 hours, Joo Won is pretty good, Moon Chae Won can be ignored if you don’t like her.

It’s British and not even humor - just a generalized ‘I think you have a lot of things you could say if I give you an opening, which is good since I have paid absolutely no attention to you before this moment and otherwise we’re going to talk about weather’.

You’re right but by not voting you kind of dim your voice a little bit.

Nah, not this story. It’s irrelevant for this story - Trump’s using Kaep as a vehicle to whip up racist sentiment. Kaep’s not even involved in this actively, he’s a totem being touted by Trump. Footnoting Kaepernick’s voting is a weird sidenote to a story that’s really all about Trump’s racist foghorning (his version…

According to second-gen Korean friends, the “old beast lunatic” translation is awesome but probably gives the phrase more edge than intended. It’s closer to the American phrase “crazy old coot”, the way you would refer to the guy down the road who’s past his prime and kind of senile.

I LOVED that. Having the three of them means that the Venn diagram constantly shifts based on the filter - and that one was “oh yeah, white people making out with women in the 90s, that one applies to BOTH Seth and Jenny, but not Amber”.

At the very least Kim Jong Un’s communications department is way more awesome than Trump’s. All Trump’s team can do is say “Read the tweets, I don’t know, I’ll ask him.” And here KJU’s team is pulling out the awesome vocab words like “dotard” IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE.

Like you said, some people aren’t good in emergencies. Like, astonishingly bad. I’ve seen panicking people do things that will not only kill them, but take others down with them.

I know someone who has US, Canada, UK and NZ citizenship, so it’s doable though I’m not sure it would hold up under scrutiny (or indictment). Usually as soon as there’s trouble you have to pick a side.

There’s probably some stupid loophole that Thiel’s exploiting (you know, like the hire-your-sons-and-daughters bullshit) but yes, as far as I know you can’t join a country’s intelligence service if you are in fact a dual citizen.

YES ACTUALLY WE DO ASK MEN THAT IF WE ASK THEM ANYTHING AT ALL WHICH WE MOSTLY DON’T.

Why should a mother be represented as if she was mistreated for not being given the opportunity to express her side of beating a tiny 2 year old with a belt?

Meanwhile, my midatlantic accent has somehow snarled into a place where I say “bugger” naturally in conversation, but with a hard “r”. The accent centers of my brain override my vocabulary center, by about a millisecond, and so this ends up happening:

You know how hundreds of years ago girls from diminished backgrounds had to take up posts as companions to wealthier, usually eccentric older women? They were the ones who basically had to act as intermediary between the real world and their employer, like a shadow crossed with a home healthcare aid. It feels like…