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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • We keep sinking lower and lower on the bar for civilized society. It was already bad in the US. It feels like a new low every day, either in competency, in malevolence, moral depravity, or all three. We’ve gone from “it’s the season of giving” to propagandizing fascist Santa, complete with passive aggressive Merry Christmas.

    In the CECOT video, the president & warden are like, “Oh yeah, we fuck people up! Humans rights don’t matter here.” They are gloating to try and remove the shame of their lack of morality. Same thing is happening here. Shock & awe, flood the zone, & it never ends.


















  • I couldn’t find it in article, but he said “seriously retarded.”

    I hate that this word is coming back into the fold as a slur, primarily from comedy clubs in Austin but elsewhere. I’m a big comedy fan, I like writing stand up jokes, but this feels like edgelords trying to claw back something that should remain settled—it’s cheap, lazy, unfunny, and disgusting.

    I’m not particularly proud of my use of this word as a kid, and I’ve never heard our younger kids in the family use it. That feels like some meaningful progress towards love & respect for others, even if it’s small.

    Having said that, I’m pretty sure someone with Down syndrome would be a better President.