RIGHT: we're poisoning society to death so it can be replaced with one that exists only to enable our violent fantasies LEFT: we must strengthen society by expanding social services and expelling those who seek to kill it CENTER: so... the right gets what? nothing?? come on. let em kill it a little
For a lot of people the purpose of politics is to inflict cruelty. I think those people are horrified by Mamdani because there’s no obvious cruelty, so they assume it must be secret and they must be the targets. They can’t imagine a world where someone doesn’t dream about hurting others.
Himesh Patel killing it in "The Odyssey" as Eurylochus is making me want to rewatch the sublime "Station Eleven" miniseries
I don't understand why we are humoring these guys who are complaining about wanting "historical accuracy" in the casting of a mythological story by taking the complaint at face value. They don't want "historical accuracy", they want all black and brown people to no longer exist. Say that.
I found out today that my therapist watched a television show I recommended he watch and he really liked it, which means I have now asserted dominance over therapy
The Odyssey coming out reminds me of the time I went to see Troy and halfway through a man excitedly shouted out: “Oh I know this, there’s a horse in this right?”
Nothing to me is funnier than the Europeans saying that despite the suspension being lifted Balogun shouldn't play against Belgium "out of principle" - as if they would ever accept their national teams doing something like that. Silly kids.
Annoyed that we'll have to keep watching this meh Argentina team instead of our heroic sons from Cape Verde
FIFA terrified at the possibility of Messi exiting the tournament and is now on the phone hiring someone to drive a golf cart into Vozinha #ARGCPV
It’s my birthday. Because I am no longer on Facebook but I am on various dating websites and apps, I usually just get birthday wishes from close friends and family, but also from random dudes in Belgium who quickly pivot to asking for pics of my ass.
IT IS TIME. WORLD CUP. USA VS. AUSTRALIA
MintzBuck@mintzbuck.bsky.social · 2mo agoIT IS TIME. WORLD CUP. USA VS. AUSTRALIA
If you didn't regularly stay up into the wee hours of the night reading under the covers with a flashlight when you were a child, then please don't tell me that you understand what it's like to resist authority.
The disappointment I see when I tell gay men I enjoy watching soccer is intense; for some of them the nerd/jock war never ended and I'm mocking their service by even acknowledging a "sportsball"
Can't wait for the English to wake up to tell American fans that the US team's win doesn't mean anything and they shouldn't feel good about it, or anything #fifaworldcup
Jozy Altidore looking like the Bachelor on Telemundo 🥵
I used to think soccer was boring until I started watching in Spanish. Now I'm watching the world cup on Telemundo and it's great.
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 2mo agoI know the rights to broadcast the World Cup in Spanish have been separate from the English rights forever but this is the first time I can remember NBC actually running ads hinting at an English-language audience that we’ll have more fun watching the World Cup in Spanish
When you think about it, it’s kind of weird that every country has a theme song
I read this with the same cadence of "Adele is at Pieces"
Tom Wrongbottom@wrongbottom.bsky.social · 2mo agoOwen Wilson is on Telemundo.
What does he have on all of them? He can't have secrets on all of them, so it's gotta be something that he's giving them or assuring them. Is there a spaceship we don't know about only for those who ally themselves in complete absence of logic? A bunker to survive a coming nuclear volley? WHAT?
CNN@cnn.com · 2mo agoUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio extolled the virtues of the Ultimate Fighting Championship as being intrinsically American, likening its creation to putting the first man on the moon.
Having unfortunately fallen down a rabbit hole of social media posts from English people complaining about the World Cup and America's lack of reverence or decorum for it, I've come to the realization that the English by and large don't find soccer/football any fun
Show somebody who absolutely rocks a hat and isn’t Indiana Jones
Kevidently@kevidently.bsky.social · 5mo agoShow somebody who absolutely rocks a hat and isn’t Indiana Jones
It’s not that hard, I want to be strong enough to crush a man’s head with my bicep, but I want that to be packaged in a pleasingly approachable round shape
Total revulsion cannot be the emotion that these ads were meant to engender, so at least for me someone dropped the ball
With our combined strength we could end this destructive conflict and rule the galaxy as bottom and top
