exocrinous

Hey, we still have plenty of ridiculous clowns. I hear Ricky Gervais' career is still going strong

Money can buy happiness, but happiness doesn't have a delivery service. You have to go pick it up yourself.

I hate it. It should be melted down for scrap

Flat earthers are easily radicalised into right wing belief like "The world is controlled by Jewish lizards" and "the election was stolen from Trump" and "the vaccine contains a bill gates microchip that makes you gay". And right wing conspiracy theorists will willingly spend their life savings on Alex Jones dick engorgement supplements while generating culture war controversy to draw political attention away from actual issues like climate change and worker's rights that may harm big business interests.

Think of it this way: in the mediaeval age, you armed your peasants with shields and spears and had them protect your keep. In the information age, you arm your peasants with conspiracy theories and twitter accounts and have them protect your untaxed billions.

Gavin Dunne.

Whoever first said explaining a joke makes it less funny was a big liar

Today's sarcastic mimicry brought to you by someone who underestimated Poe's law

Today's opinion on voting is brought to you by somebody who doesn't understand how voting works

Risking someone's life in the event you don't have perfect attention aside, no matter what happens in the car you will PM10 dust pollution that gives little kids asthma, and if it's an ICE car you will release CO2 that brings all life on earth closer to extinction. It's one of the single most massively violent acts an average human is capable of.

Humans are really really good at separating themselves from their own violent actions. For example, many humans drive a car and eat meat.

The news used to be printed on paper, and back in those days every extra character would increase costs. These days it's partly tradition, and partly so the headline doesn't get cut off in embeds

I think it's best to do both.