It’s Dave Steve.

I’ve long suspected that MAGA will quickly fall apart following Trump’s death, or at least splinter violently into dozens of factions. Trump is too much of a cult of personality for that power to be neatly handed down to any one successor; even if the GOP brass bend the knee to Vance, I still think the people themselves are going to cannibalize him and each other over not being “Trump” enough.

Maybe that’s wishful thinking though. I can only hope.

I hate that I actually can’t tell if this is a joke

This is an incredibly myopic view of what’s considered “culture.” If you’re only looking for culture on TV and mass media, then you’re going to find products, because that’s exactly what those things were designed and optimized to sell. But culture definitely still exists, and it’s exactly where we left it: In the genuine interactions between the people around you.

You gotta tell me what that’s like sometime

Even for hyperbole, this is a crazy thing to say about someone just because you don’t like their drink of choice.

I worked as a pizza delivery man at the same restaurant for 6 years. My severance was my old car topper.

Haven’t had to pay for parking since. Thing is worth its weight in gold.

Pretty sure that’s Turkey

Looks delicious! I like the pops of color the mayo and avocado lend to the dish. I started making a similar dish recently, except I marinated the salmon for ~3 hours in 1 part sake, 1 part soy sauce, and 3 parts mirin. Drizzling the remaining marinade from the pan over the salmon/rice makes it divine, but it does look a little plain by itself. Might follow your example and add some colorful sides!

I read somewhere once that one theory behind deja vu is that it’s the result of a temporary de-sync between your left and right brain hemispheres. Usually signals reach each hemisphere at about the same time, but sometimes the signals can be de-synced by a few milliseconds and (theoretically) cause you to process the same thing twice in quick succession, giving you the vague impression of familiarity on the second signal process.

Edit: Messed up a bit. Each hemisphere sends a signal to the temporal lobe for processing, and that’s where the de-sync can happen.

Standards so low they’re burrowing into the earth’s mantle

Yeah, of course they do. They literally form the cornerstone of your worldview. If you change someone’s beliefs, you change how they see the world. That sounds pretty damn big and important.

My girlfriend has the same issue. Her doctor told her she was allergic specifically to cat saliva, and since they groom themselves with their tongues their fur has little bits of saliva on them, which triggers a less intense reaction than direct cat licks.

Wow, fuck Robin Hood’s wife, I guess

Actually I believe I saw recently that Romania agreed to extradite them to the UK. I don’t remember the source though, so take that with a grain of salt.

“If you have a deeply emotional reaction to your entire worldview being shattered in your middle age and having everything that once brought you a sense of comfort, however manufactured, suddenly ripped away from you, then you need psychological help.”

At least your brain-dead snark somehow still brought you to the correct conclusion, unintentional as it may have been.

Gonna add The Last Kingdom to this list. Super cool show about the Viking invasion of England in the 11th 9th century, it’s got like 5 seasons and a movie to cap it off. Highly recommended.

Edit: I’m a dummy 🤪

After Dark still goes hard as hell, but Ichirin no Hana and Rolling Star are close runners-up

I recognize this art! And this comic! It was drawn by Red, one of the two main hosts on the Overly Sarcastic Productions youtube channel. For those who don’t know, she and her cohost Blue make funny videos detailing myths and mythological figures (this is mostly Red’s content) as well as history (this is Blue’s area), along with plenty of other edutainment content. One of my favorites is her video on Loki and how his role as a mythological character morphed and twisted wildly throughout the centuries.

Anyway, it’s super cool to see her art here!

This is great until someone takes this and runs with it in the opposite direction, claiming this is “proof” women are made for doing laundry and other household chores