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Jason Weiser
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Writer & podcaster @mythsandlegends.com. I used to fold towels at the professional level.
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Relevant xkcd:
xkcd.com/1348/
Two stick-figure characters talk. The younger one asks if the older remembers life before the internet. The older replies that it was “so boring,” just sitting there all the time, “the worst.” When the younger suggests it might have been more fulfilling, the older shuts it down—“wasn’t worth it”—and insists that while people still get bored now, “not like we did.”
August 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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In 1957 Batman donned a rainbow suit to distract criminals because Robin was injured and he didn’t want people drawing connections to an injured Dick Grayson.

Right-wing commentators are freaking out about Batman going woke, proving the rainbow suit still distracts the bad guys 68 years later.
Lego Batman with a rainbow suit
August 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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When you go into the barber and say “give me the Dr. Zaius”
A tv show(?) called gold rush where one of the hosts looks alarmingly like the Planet of the Apes character Doctor Zaius the Planet of the Apes character Doctor Zaius
August 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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A corgi riding a skateboard. If this is fake I DONT NEED TO KNOW.
May 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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They followed it up by interviewing these Americans who all agreed that Trump and Vance did an amazing job and weren't disgraceful at all
A normal American man with a mustache and not a Soviet spy or actor Matthew Rhys A normal American man in a tie and not a Soviet spy or actor Matthew Rhys A normal American man and not a Soviet spy or actor Matthew Rhys A normal American man in sunglasses and not a Soviet spy or actor Matthew Rhys
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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If you see this, post a fictional band you would love to see live
Billy & Billy singing the hit song "The Day Robert Palins Murdered Me" in the show "I think you should leave"
January 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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"Roaring Twenties 2.0" Remind me, how did the Roaring Twenties 1.0 end, again?

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/m...
screenshot from the NYT that reads: Robert Shinkle Ohio Department of Development administrative staff Sugarcreek Township, Ohio We expect that Trump will usher in a new golden era for America. That's why we're dressed the way we are. This is the beginning of the Roaring Twenties 2.0. You're going to see so much economic prosperity, the cost of energy going down, while American hegemony increases dramatically. It's very hopeful right now - way more than his first term. There's been a lot of lessons learned.
January 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Screenshot from Mad Men where Don asks Stan “Does that make you think of suicide?” And he replies, “of course. That’s what’s so great about it.”
December 29, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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Original St Nick: *living a life of generosity and resurrecting murdered, pickled children so that no one remembers you were actually a Klingon.*
St Nick looking like a Klingon
December 25, 2024 at 12:57 PM
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I noticed that medieval depictions of the original St. Nicholas show him with what appears to be a butt in the middle of his forehead and now I can’t unsee it
Medieval depiction of st Nick. He looks like he has a butt on his forehead. Medieval depiction of st Nick. He looks like he has a butt on his forehead. Medieval depiction of st Nick. He looks like he has a butt on his forehead. Medieval depiction of st Nick. He looks like he has a butt on his forehead.
December 25, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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“You will be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits:
Frylock, Meatwad, and Master Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force
December 24, 2024 at 7:55 PM
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Socrates, the original Reply Guy
When I began to talk with him, I could not help thinking that he was not really wise, although he was thought wise by many, and still wiser by himself; and (begin highlighted text) thereupon I tried to explain to him that he thought himself wise, but was not really wise; and the consequence was that he hated me, (end highlighted text) and his enmity was shared by several who were present and heard me. So I left him, saying to myself, as I went away: Well, although I do not suppose that either of us knows anything really beautiful and good, I am better off than he is,
November 20, 2024 at 10:22 PM
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Me in two years, 4.1 million followers, reviled by all, sharing public apologies via screenshots of my notes app
TJ from the cartoon "Recess" wearing a three-piece suit and holding a wad of cash (stickers?). He has his trademark backwards cap and a smug look on his face
November 14, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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For real, though, are we living in a simulation? Is this a test of how much absurdity we can take before we start to question if any of this is real?
In a statement, Trump said that Musk and Ramaswamy would be leading the “Department of Government Efficiency,” an idea championed by Musk. Trump said the department would operate outside of government, while partnering with the White House and its budget office to provide recommendations for overhauling federal operations. Musk has adopted the nickname “DOGE” for the commission, a reference to a meme-based cryptocurrency he also touted.
November 13, 2024 at 2:56 AM
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Rick Sanchez (Bluesky logo) from Rick and Morty Telling Summer (Threads logo), Jerry (Mastodon), and Beth (Nostr) Telling them "I don't want to rub it in or anything, but you guys clearly backed the wrong conceptual horse"
November 13, 2024 at 2:08 AM
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yeah what a mystery
Headline from MensHealth that reads: young people’s bodies are aging faster. Doctors are racing to figure out why.
November 10, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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First iPhones everywhere in Ted Lasso and now the Vision Pro in Killers of the Flower Moon. Apple product placement is getting ridiculous.
Robert De Niro wearing old-timey driving goggles in the movie "Killers of the Flower Moon"
January 19, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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Good morning to everyone but especially this Wikipedia editor who wanted us all to know that Slavic huts don't *actually* walk on giant chicken legs. Wasn't sure personally but this really cleared it up.
screenshot from Wikipedia that reads: The stumps with roots may be uprooted and laid in a new place as in the example exhibited in Skansen, or in ground where it was felled. Like Baba Yaga's hut, these are normally cramped for a person, though unlike Baba Yaga's house they do not actively walk and also do not contain a stove, being intended as storehouses and not for living.
October 23, 2023 at 2:11 PM
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“come, shopper, let us feast on the flesh of lesser kiwi. Do not balk. It is not repulsive. It is not profane. Look upon my hands, my eyes, my feet. He is no more kin to me than Neanderthals were to you, and they shall both meet the same fate.”
A smiling kiwi fruit on a package. It holds a spoon in a hand with three digits. It stands atop a kiwi cut in half.
May 29, 2023 at 10:28 PM
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The meme where knights are gathered around a table, laying their swords down in unison. "Food waiting to be served", "lava lamps, "easy bake oven", "reptiles", and "indoor plants" are all unifying around "lightbulbs are warm"
May 26, 2023 at 8:07 PM