Doug Messel
@dougmessel.com
Current: writer, dad, and content marketer
Past: carhartt coverall and goose call enthusiast
Past: carhartt coverall and goose call enthusiast
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I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
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The Internet was never perfect but it used to be usable, functional. I know how we got here and I want the old Internet back. I want forums back. I want personal sites. I want stuff not written by a machine. I just want shit to work again.
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Internet was never perfect but it used to be usable, functional. I know how we got here and I want the old Internet back. I want forums back. I want personal sites. I want stuff not written by a machine. I just want shit to work again.
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i like that the bluesky experience is just universal enough that people still hit like on a "shut the fuck up" post well after the thing it's replying to is blocked off
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
i like that the bluesky experience is just universal enough that people still hit like on a "shut the fuck up" post well after the thing it's replying to is blocked off
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The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
These people need to lose their licenses.
tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
These people need to lose their licenses.
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
Nope. Absolutely not.
People are losing their minds on Twitter and becoming more trick lazy, sloppy and radicalised because the libs are not there to argue against and challenge. Come back.
December 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Nope. Absolutely not.
Caught myself before I could say “it’s colder than a witch’s titty out there” please give me my good parenting medal
December 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Caught myself before I could say “it’s colder than a witch’s titty out there” please give me my good parenting medal
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THEY DID THE MEME
THEY DID THE FUCKIN MEME
THEY DID THE FUCKIN MEME
December 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
THEY DID THE MEME
THEY DID THE FUCKIN MEME
THEY DID THE FUCKIN MEME
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Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
Hogwarts Legacy is now at the right price: $0
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
www.polygon.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.
It’s the best time of the year: We get to talk about how hot Mary Steenburgen is in Elf. 🤷♂️
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It’s the best time of the year: We get to talk about how hot Mary Steenburgen is in Elf. 🤷♂️
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Propaganda. We thought that it was gauche and problematic to have government propaganda about public accomplishments and so people forgot about them. People consistently like the military more than ‘the government’ and you know what a large part of that is? They have an advertising budget.
I think about this, also in terms of vaccines, and really struggle with how you have a free society that doesn’t fall into this trap in one way or another. solved problems become invisible and the solutions become the source of conspiracy theories.
This seems logical but Dems solved* the whole problem of old-age health care costs in the mid-1960s and then they lost five of the next six presidential elections because by 1968 it was a solved problem and no one cared about it.
*Yes oversimplifying here and the rest of course.
*Yes oversimplifying here and the rest of course.
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Propaganda. We thought that it was gauche and problematic to have government propaganda about public accomplishments and so people forgot about them. People consistently like the military more than ‘the government’ and you know what a large part of that is? They have an advertising budget.
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The end of Section 230 would mean the end of all but the largest websites that allow user-generated content at all - and even the largest would be radically changed and locked down
It would probably mean the end of your fav streamers' careers
Call your senators and your representatives about this
It would probably mean the end of your fav streamers' careers
Call your senators and your representatives about this
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The end of Section 230 would mean the end of all but the largest websites that allow user-generated content at all - and even the largest would be radically changed and locked down
It would probably mean the end of your fav streamers' careers
Call your senators and your representatives about this
It would probably mean the end of your fav streamers' careers
Call your senators and your representatives about this
The animal farm trailer makes me angry and I want everyone involved to fall into a hole until they repent
December 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The animal farm trailer makes me angry and I want everyone involved to fall into a hole until they repent
Freddy vs Jason opening night and the theater GROSSLY underestimated the interest when they decided which theater to use.
Seeing Talladega Nights by myself because all my friends were too late and it was sold out.
Return of the King from the third row of the theater because WE were late.
Seeing Talladega Nights by myself because all my friends were too late and it was sold out.
Return of the King from the third row of the theater because WE were late.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Freddy vs Jason opening night and the theater GROSSLY underestimated the interest when they decided which theater to use.
Seeing Talladega Nights by myself because all my friends were too late and it was sold out.
Return of the King from the third row of the theater because WE were late.
Seeing Talladega Nights by myself because all my friends were too late and it was sold out.
Return of the King from the third row of the theater because WE were late.
Today is the anniversary of the UE plane crash which means it’s time to read the @harrylylesjr.bsky.social story again.
www.sbnation.com/college-bask...
www.sbnation.com/college-bask...
Remembering the Evansville plane crash that shook college basketball
‘Oh my God, it’s the Aces.’
www.sbnation.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Today is the anniversary of the UE plane crash which means it’s time to read the @harrylylesjr.bsky.social story again.
www.sbnation.com/college-bask...
www.sbnation.com/college-bask...
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
I didn’t understand the significance at the time but we could have avoided so much disaster if this had gone the other way.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I didn’t understand the significance at the time but we could have avoided so much disaster if this had gone the other way.
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Reminder that the author has said that any positive interaction with anything related to that IP shows support for their mission to strip away the rights, dignity, and happiness of your transgender siblings.
And before you say "she's getting the money anyways" the support means she's getting MORE $$
And before you say "she's getting the money anyways" the support means she's getting MORE $$
Fuck Fortnite, Fuck Epic, Fuck The Game Awards.
Posting this to their X but NOT their Bluesky just SHOWS they know they're doing some bigoted shit & just don't wanna get called out for it.
Imagine hurting your Transgender playerbase like this? And your Transgender viewers {In the case of TGA}?
Posting this to their X but NOT their Bluesky just SHOWS they know they're doing some bigoted shit & just don't wanna get called out for it.
Imagine hurting your Transgender playerbase like this? And your Transgender viewers {In the case of TGA}?
December 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Reminder that the author has said that any positive interaction with anything related to that IP shows support for their mission to strip away the rights, dignity, and happiness of your transgender siblings.
And before you say "she's getting the money anyways" the support means she's getting MORE $$
And before you say "she's getting the money anyways" the support means she's getting MORE $$
It’s been 20 fucking years and we still call Kyle Gallner “Beaver” no matter what he’s in lol
Just started watching Veronica Mars for the first time, and it’s a lot better than I imagined, but every single white teenage boy in the show looks the same to me and I can’t tell which character is which
December 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
It’s been 20 fucking years and we still call Kyle Gallner “Beaver” no matter what he’s in lol
All these games with the anime aesthetic would have been my jam 20 years ago but because of the gacha shit I will never touch them
December 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
All these games with the anime aesthetic would have been my jam 20 years ago but because of the gacha shit I will never touch them
Oh shit go check on @docseuss.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Oh shit go check on @docseuss.bsky.social
Lmao having David Harbour on the show tonight was a choice.
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Lmao having David Harbour on the show tonight was a choice.
This evanescence performance is not good
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This evanescence performance is not good
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Hey everyone going WELL TIME TO PLAY MORE FORTNITE TO HUNT DOWN PEOPLE WEARING HARRY POTTER STUFF
No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.
No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Hey everyone going WELL TIME TO PLAY MORE FORTNITE TO HUNT DOWN PEOPLE WEARING HARRY POTTER STUFF
No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.
No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.