Your mother is problematic. Your father is problematic. Your son is problematic. Your aunt is problematic. The cashier at the local Tesco is problematic. You've probably bought a cookie from a bakery made by hands that have done unspeakable things. Every chocolate bar you've ever eaten has probably killed a 7 year old child slave in Cameroon. The gas that drives your car is fueled by engines of death. Every person who has ever smiled at you in the streets has committed some act that if you knew about it, would make you profoundly dislike them.
We have all been bad, small, petty, unlikeable, cruel, downright mean. Authors are not special "problematic" beings, they're just more public. Part of being an adult is recognizing that without mercy for our fellow human beings, and ourselves, we'd all be condemned to death. Reading fiction should help us understand that we're all irreparably tainted with evil, every system is corrupted, every line is broken.
And like, that's okay. That's what it means to be alive.
a way too common phenomenon here is people getting addicted to the dopamine hit of being cruel towards bad people so they eventually stretch the definition of "bad people" to include random posters on here who had like one bad tweet
With the news so fraught and in the midst of war, it's important to make sure you're getting your information and analysis from the most reliable channel: infographics from reactionary influencers that you've never disagreed with telling you exactly how to feel and who to blame
He never wanted to leave.
August 31, 2017
The Tigers are 58-74 and drowning, a long rebuild already underway.
The Astros are 80-53 and World Series favorites.
1 hour before the trade deadline, Justin Verlander is at dinner with his fiancée Kate Upton in Birmingham.
He receives a call saying he's been traded to Houston...pending his approval.
Verlander blocks the trade, telling GM Al Avila and his agent that he doesn't want to leave Detroit.
Dallas Keuchel, still in his Cy Young prime, calls and begs Verlander to reconsider.
Verlander finally relents at 11:59 PM.
MLB receives the fax at 11:59:58...
...2 seconds before the deadline.
Justin Verlander is a rare superstar who genuinely loved his city and its fans.
Welcome home.
Some have asked our thoughts on the term "Epstein class." Here is what we think about it. ⬇️
Jeffrey Epstein and his friends' abuse of young women and girls is disgusting, and we should be calling it out. We should continue to call out corruption and greed. But the term “Epstein class" risks morphing into a term, and trope, used to refer to a cabal of wealthy elites who control politics, money, and global influence.
There are ways to call out Epstein's abhorrent behavior, as well as corruption and greed, without engaging in antisemitic tropes, even if such engagement was unintentional. We discourage the use of the term “Epstein class” while encouraging more of our leaders to call out Epstein and others, Jewish and not, and work for justice for the victims of his abuse.
I find it interesting so much of the debate about the Jewishness of “Marty Supreme” is focusing exclusively on the Holocaust instead of placing that anecdote in the context of stealing a block of the Pyramids because “we built that.”
And Milton Rockwell’s exploitation of Marty.
Is there already a name for a Marty Supreme/If I Had Legs/All That Jazz/Uncut Gems type genre of movie that’s basically meant to be an immersive stress dream