Patrick Damp
@synonymforwet.bsky.social
Writer in Pittsburgh. Co-host of Locked On Penguins. Purveyor of nonsense who speaks only for himself. I yell about sports and WWE too much.
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Online comedians with the most followers are the most nihilistic people I’ve ever heard in my life
They sound like walking SI symptoms, and people love it — because they understand a similar misery
They sound like walking SI symptoms, and people love it — because they understand a similar misery
Genuinely don’t like the fact that one of the most sure fire ways to go viral or get validation in this modern era is to be cynical.
You give up the game before it even starts, you lose.
You don’t have to irrationally optimistic but “lol nothing matters” isn’t better.
You give up the game before it even starts, you lose.
You don’t have to irrationally optimistic but “lol nothing matters” isn’t better.
I’m totally on board with protecting QBs, they’re the moneymakers in league, but it’s still football. It’s still a contact sport.
November 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I’m totally on board with protecting QBs, they’re the moneymakers in league, but it’s still football. It’s still a contact sport.
I bet @rickcity.bsky.social would love the score of the Steelers game right now
November 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I bet @rickcity.bsky.social would love the score of the Steelers game right now
He (occasionally) Gainswell!
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
He (occasionally) Gainswell!
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with all due respect
November 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
with all due respect
No blessure, amirite
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
No blessure, amirite
Bringing back a classic to try to shake the Pens out of their slump.
Light the lamp. Sound the horn. Party Hard. S’go, Pens.
Light the lamp. Sound the horn. Party Hard. S’go, Pens.
a hockey player wearing a yellow jersey with the name malkin on it
ALT: a hockey player wearing a yellow jersey with the name malkin on it
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Bringing back a classic to try to shake the Pens out of their slump.
Light the lamp. Sound the horn. Party Hard. S’go, Pens.
Light the lamp. Sound the horn. Party Hard. S’go, Pens.
TODAY’S SCHEDULE:
9:00 a.m.: Penguins
1:00 p.m.: Steelers
~4:00 p.m.: Mental breakdown
9:00 a.m.: Penguins
1:00 p.m.: Steelers
~4:00 p.m.: Mental breakdown
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
TODAY’S SCHEDULE:
9:00 a.m.: Penguins
1:00 p.m.: Steelers
~4:00 p.m.: Mental breakdown
9:00 a.m.: Penguins
1:00 p.m.: Steelers
~4:00 p.m.: Mental breakdown
Operation “I Was In The Pool and This Happens Sometimes, And You’re Just So Pretty, I Promise, This Never Happens, Just Give Me A Hug Dad”
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Operation “I Was In The Pool and This Happens Sometimes, And You’re Just So Pretty, I Promise, This Never Happens, Just Give Me A Hug Dad”
Robert.
South Carolina is gone.
South Carolina is gone.
November 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Robert.
South Carolina is gone.
South Carolina is gone.
Man, Pitt got screwed on that one. Should’ve been a Pitt ball with 2 seconds
November 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Man, Pitt got screwed on that one. Should’ve been a Pitt ball with 2 seconds
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If the pope keeps doing nice stuff and treating people with dignity the Catholic Church is going to alienate all of the weird adult converts and the evangelicals who joined on accident
The Vatican has returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada.
Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past
The Vatican has returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada. This move is part of the Catholic Church’s effort to address its role in suppressing Indigenous culture in the Americas.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If the pope keeps doing nice stuff and treating people with dignity the Catholic Church is going to alienate all of the weird adult converts and the evangelicals who joined on accident
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None of the outrage that bubbles up on the right (or has ever surfaced) has any grounding in things they actually believe. It is only generated as a cudgel to be used against their opponents in the moment and discarded as soon as it is no longer useful.
I remember when Republicans were beside themselves that the Clinton Foundation took donations for non-profit purposes from the Saudis and other countries AFTER he left office, noting it posed a conflict of interest because Hillary could still run for office in the future.
Emolumental: The Trump Organization is in talks that could bring a Trump-branded property to one of Saudi Arabia’s largest government-owned real estate developments.
Trump is set to host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, next week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
Trump is set to host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, next week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
None of the outrage that bubbles up on the right (or has ever surfaced) has any grounding in things they actually believe. It is only generated as a cudgel to be used against their opponents in the moment and discarded as soon as it is no longer useful.
Has anyone made a missed kick joke about McAfee? I feel like there’s a big opportunity there
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Has anyone made a missed kick joke about McAfee? I feel like there’s a big opportunity there
We began season 4 last night, and man…I forgot how that one wastes absolutely no time and gets right to it in the first episode.
Starting Stranger Things from the beginning in preparation of the final season, and man…thinking back to that summer of 16.
What a time.
What a time.
November 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We began season 4 last night, and man…I forgot how that one wastes absolutely no time and gets right to it in the first episode.
Aside from my usual railing against cynicism, a lot of people on this very website also have to understand: politics isn’t sports. You aren’t just a spectator. You’re an active participant. It matters when you make it matter.
I think the people who's brains are so broke on nothing matters considering the last 3 weeks or so really need to take some deep breaths and maybe just stop being online for like a year.
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Aside from my usual railing against cynicism, a lot of people on this very website also have to understand: politics isn’t sports. You aren’t just a spectator. You’re an active participant. It matters when you make it matter.
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I think the people who's brains are so broke on nothing matters considering the last 3 weeks or so really need to take some deep breaths and maybe just stop being online for like a year.
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I think the people who's brains are so broke on nothing matters considering the last 3 weeks or so really need to take some deep breaths and maybe just stop being online for like a year.
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Everybody who insists Biden/Harris never did anything for ordinary/working-class people should be forced to read endless lists of all these Biden/Harris policies Trump and his minions have been rolling back.
Flight delayed or cancelled?
You're SOL, thanks to Trump. Suck it up, buttercup.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/t...
You're SOL, thanks to Trump. Suck it up, buttercup.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/t...
White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Everybody who insists Biden/Harris never did anything for ordinary/working-class people should be forced to read endless lists of all these Biden/Harris policies Trump and his minions have been rolling back.
So, that Penguins game stunk, didn't it? Join me and @hunterhodies.bsky.social on a new Locked On Penguins and let's talk about it.
Tap in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDU5...
Tap in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDU5...
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
So, that Penguins game stunk, didn't it? Join me and @hunterhodies.bsky.social on a new Locked On Penguins and let's talk about it.
Tap in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDU5...
Tap in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDU5...
Pens got the fate they deserved in this one. Completely no-showed for two periods. Awful, awful effort.
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Pens got the fate they deserved in this one. Completely no-showed for two periods. Awful, awful effort.
…why are we tossing it to the studio before OT?
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
…why are we tossing it to the studio before OT?
Penguins and Preds going to
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Penguins and Preds going to