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Brackish Waters, Barren Soil

Wading through the brackish waters and barren soil of society

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Strangling your kids to death is actually not that different from a five hundred person gangbang from an epistemic point of view

Or: ain’t nuthin to it, patriarchy made me do it

I've done this extremely objective analysis on this issue, and as it turns out, we can solve all of the world's problems by making me high status

Listen I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’m just saying it’s *mighty* convenient

Twenty two fun and halal facts about Rohan Ghostwind

ana maraDun ana ad-da'u, wa minee ta'ti awja'oo, wa laysa limudminee abadan, minal akhyari atba'oo

The data means whatever you want it to mean, stay at home boyfriend edition

men need to, like, level up 😤 😤 😤 😤 😤

"If you’re going to kill yourself, at least do it on camera"

On the selfish nature of killing yourself without letting pundits monetize it first

I have a question for everyone who reads this

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"Is your writing natty, bro?" - some thoughts about AI

OR: Steroids, staircases and Schadenfreude

Dating a queer autistic epileptic wheelchair bound woman with tourette’s is *extremely* aristocratic

On a completely unrelated note, how come there’s no female losers?

Everybody’s got a plan until they get sucked off by a harem of women

Or, being a king is *good*, actually

You know what *real* masculinity is? *Real* masculinity is catering to women

Or, the people who would never invite you to their parties now need you at their protests.

The K-Shaped Everything; or, the lamentable loss of the local luchador

Or or, the inevitability of ASS

Liberalism is wasted on liberals

Thoughts on the omni pro-choice movement

Freddie deBoer as Lena Dunham; or, resentful turtles all the way down

Also there's a Korean guy who wants to play the flute somewhere in here.

All of my haters are digitally SA-ing me, actually

Or, the long term consequences of the #MeToo Movement

The Lamentable Deterioration of Christopher Nolan

Or, how Oppenheimer is not a story about Oppenheimer

Russell conjugation is a girl’s best friend

Or, if you don't allow me to cheat on you then you're literally a slave owner

Is romance dead? An extremely scintillating conversation with Rohan Ghostwind and Kailani B.

A meeting of the minds in which two extremely high-profile Substack celebrities discuss the nature of romance, and whether it's even possible in this cruel cruel world

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The data means whatever you want it to mean — redux

Or, I spoke to all the people who think and act like me and it turns out my beliefs are universal

Feminists are actually just shitty offshore Indian software developers if you think about it

Or, how my problems are systemic, and yours are individual

1619 and the Height of Woke

Now that America is 250 years old, I thought it would be a good time to go back and revisit certain cultural moments from the perspective of the future

Broken Overton Windows Theory - Redux

Or, how the LinkedIn Left is trying to get it's mojo back

Would Ezra Klein attend Bonnie Blue’s baby shower?

Or, how the LinkedIn Left didn't care about virtue until five minutes ago.

Ezra Klein, Sam Harris, and the bitter fruits of forbidden knowledge

Be careful what you wish for, Bucko

"Normal" people are fucking pathetic

So fuck normal