I’m sitting in a backyard in Konya, Turkey, a city I haven’t visited in 42 years, with several relatives I’ve never met before. They ask me what I do for a living. I tell them I’m a film critic. “Tell me,” one says. “Do you like the film HEAT?” I’m home.
Jaden Ivey
Jaden IV
IV in Roman numerals is 4
Ancient Rome couldn't capture what's now Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's holiest city is Mecca
"The Mecca" is a nickname for MSG
"Nickname" spoken aloud sounds like "Knick name"
By transitive property, Jaden Ivey is a Knick
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i talked myself into enjoying the bubble, but this is like having a sip of fountain coke from mcdonalds after being forced to drink diet pepsi for a year
There is a reason Mitch McConnell is talking about Juneteenth now...
My name is Charles Booker. I am running for United States Senate, and I am committed to uprooting structural racism.
Happy Juneteenth.