involuntaryorange
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reluctant citrus with a lot of wasted potential
If British people don't also pronounce platinum "pla-TIN-ee-um" then they're a bunch of hypocrites
January 26, 2026 at 5:37 AM
If British people don't also pronounce platinum "pla-TIN-ee-um" then they're a bunch of hypocrites
TBH Menard's is pretty awesome. Stop in for lumber and a bottle of Sprecher root beer, leave with an off-brand phone charger and the weirdest junk food you've ever seen
Have never been to Minnesota in my life but I grew up with MST3K playing on a loop on my computer and that does a weird thing to your brain where you’re like “why do I know what Menards is?”
January 25, 2026 at 4:53 AM
TBH Menard's is pretty awesome. Stop in for lumber and a bottle of Sprecher root beer, leave with an off-brand phone charger and the weirdest junk food you've ever seen
That is an... interesting scrunchie
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 AM
That is an... interesting scrunchie
I cannot fathom the trauma being inflicted here, both to children and to parents. This is the absolute worst that humankind is capable of.
January 23, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I cannot fathom the trauma being inflicted here, both to children and to parents. This is the absolute worst that humankind is capable of.
Yes, and: many white people are unable to see the people who fought against past evil as Americans. The Civil Rights movement was a group of Americans fighting for what's right! Teaching about Jim Crow only teaches children to "hate America" if one doesn't consider Black people part of America.
my Blackest opinion is that the presumption of conflict between "America has a long and deeply rooted history of violence" and "we can and should fight against today's version of that, as did those who came before us" is less a philosophical debate about how to treat the past and more a skill issue
January 23, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Yes, and: many white people are unable to see the people who fought against past evil as Americans. The Civil Rights movement was a group of Americans fighting for what's right! Teaching about Jim Crow only teaches children to "hate America" if one doesn't consider Black people part of America.
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the president wont see your posts making fun of how he's looking these days but your friends whose skin seems to be sloughing off in wet discolored chunks as the psychic weight of their craven wretchedness becomes manifest will
January 22, 2026 at 4:27 PM
the president wont see your posts making fun of how he's looking these days but your friends whose skin seems to be sloughing off in wet discolored chunks as the psychic weight of their craven wretchedness becomes manifest will
I see my "I'll just check Bluesky one last time before I go to sleep" plan may have been hasty
January 21, 2026 at 5:54 AM
I see my "I'll just check Bluesky one last time before I go to sleep" plan may have been hasty
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Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.
January 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.
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MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.
"Super Freak" is an extremely funny song if you read it as the most vanilla guy in the world thinking a woman is a sexual deviant for, like, occasionally wanting to be on top
January 19, 2026 at 5:37 PM
"Super Freak" is an extremely funny song if you read it as the most vanilla guy in the world thinking a woman is a sexual deviant for, like, occasionally wanting to be on top
The guy who invented the Harlem Globetrotters:
It doesn't seem fair that you can do the coolest thing in a game and lose. The winners should be the ones who were cool
January 19, 2026 at 5:38 AM
The guy who invented the Harlem Globetrotters:
In Chicago, the clear answer is HOT DOUG'S. Boutique sausages with creative topping combinations. Doug himself always manned the register. I'd always bring out-of-towners and we'd order a variety and share. Always a long line but a table would inevitably open up right when you were ready to sit.
Sunday night timeline cleanse
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 2:25 AM
In Chicago, the clear answer is HOT DOUG'S. Boutique sausages with creative topping combinations. Doug himself always manned the register. I'd always bring out-of-towners and we'd order a variety and share. Always a long line but a table would inevitably open up right when you were ready to sit.
Some people get to be -philes while others are condemned to be -maniacs
January 17, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Some people get to be -philes while others are condemned to be -maniacs
Do you think the PT Cruiser is up in car heaven looking down on the Cybertruck like "and you motherfuckers said I was ugly"
January 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Do you think the PT Cruiser is up in car heaven looking down on the Cybertruck like "and you motherfuckers said I was ugly"
I saw a woman wearing a sweater I liked so I took a creepshot (of the sweater) and Google Lensed it and unfortunately it's from Madewell and costs $130
January 16, 2026 at 5:08 AM
I saw a woman wearing a sweater I liked so I took a creepshot (of the sweater) and Google Lensed it and unfortunately it's from Madewell and costs $130
We truly are living in the dumbest timeline
María Corina Machado on her meeting with Trump: “I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM
We truly are living in the dumbest timeline
I think I'm good at a judiciously-placed long, rambly sentence
Artists, I think we're all too comfortable sharing our imposter syndrome.
I would love to see you step out of your comfort zone and confidently state what you think you're actually really good at.
No self deprecation, just what you think you're the strongest at
Is anyone brave eniough? 👀
I would love to see you step out of your comfort zone and confidently state what you think you're actually really good at.
No self deprecation, just what you think you're the strongest at
Is anyone brave eniough? 👀
January 15, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I think I'm good at a judiciously-placed long, rambly sentence
When Costco added Coke Zero to their soda fountains, my quality of life improved measurably
January 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
When Costco added Coke Zero to their soda fountains, my quality of life improved measurably
Condescension is the primary weapon white women have against white men, so yeah, you bet your ass I'm rolling my eyes at an ICE agent cosplaying like he's in Fallujah
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 13, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Condescension is the primary weapon white women have against white men, so yeah, you bet your ass I'm rolling my eyes at an ICE agent cosplaying like he's in Fallujah
As a lifetime creamy PB user, I just had some "extra crunchy" and I think I might be a convert
January 12, 2026 at 6:34 PM
As a lifetime creamy PB user, I just had some "extra crunchy" and I think I might be a convert
Woman to her young child in the bathroom: "You have to use soap."
Child: "But I'm just gonna touch stuff and get my hands dirty again!"
Child: "But I'm just gonna touch stuff and get my hands dirty again!"
January 12, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Woman to her young child in the bathroom: "You have to use soap."
Child: "But I'm just gonna touch stuff and get my hands dirty again!"
Child: "But I'm just gonna touch stuff and get my hands dirty again!"
Truly, what the fuck happened to Naomi Wolf. She used to be basically normal, right? Did she get brain worms too?
January 10, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Truly, what the fuck happened to Naomi Wolf. She used to be basically normal, right? Did she get brain worms too?
Forget "how far into the holiday season can you go without hearing 'Last Christmas,'" now we're doing "how far into the year can you make it before you feel the need to listen to The Mountain Goats' 'This Year'"
January 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Forget "how far into the holiday season can you go without hearing 'Last Christmas,'" now we're doing "how far into the year can you make it before you feel the need to listen to The Mountain Goats' 'This Year'"
The problem with all of these frame-by-frame parsings of the various videos of Renee Good's murder is that it implies that there is some set of circumstances in which it would be OKAY to shoot the driver of a car in the face three times.
January 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The problem with all of these frame-by-frame parsings of the various videos of Renee Good's murder is that it implies that there is some set of circumstances in which it would be OKAY to shoot the driver of a car in the face three times.
This is the only vegetarian dish that my parents actively ASK me to make for them
These tacos have been a stealth archive favorite for over 15 years now -- they seem so simple but they hit all the perfect weeknight dinner notes with a quick black bean filling, easy slaw, and pan-crisped taco shell we should never be deprived of. Dinner? Sorted.
smittenkitchen.com/2009/02/cris...
smittenkitchen.com/2009/02/cris...
January 8, 2026 at 11:36 PM
This is the only vegetarian dish that my parents actively ASK me to make for them