crystal

most drunk texts: blahhhhhhhh me: the world is full of beauty and wonder and it is a joy to share it with those close to me

direct flight between two of America's three busiest airports: exactly $250 from every real airline direct flight to a relatively tiny airport 3 hours away: $140 + a $40 amtrak ticket to make the connection. effectively it's $70 off for a layover

I think subconsciously people register that this is the move of a juiceless replacement level mook and people saying they won't vote for them touches that raw fear nerve

If it's the sound political strategy you claim to believe it is, what are you worried about, you'll more than make those lost votes up in disgusting centrists, right? Right? But you know deep down it doesn't work like that

I think people intuitively understand that democratic candidates tossing trans kids to the wolves is not only morally repugnant but also politically ineffective, otherwise they wouldn't freak out every time someone said they weren't voting for a democrat who did this

people who live in Chicago and are like virulently against the development of trains are so funny to me. like, they are the reason you are here! the downtown is named after a rail interchange! the entire region is an 1800s speculative bubble that was bailed out by being The Railroad Place!

if you don't wash your glasses with a touch of hand soap every day I just don't understand you, it's goated

The most horrifying part about this to me is that there's ways to do paperwork to prevent this, but poor people are not taught about it, we are not informed that we need to do this, rich people know all the paperwork secrets and they intentionally keep poor people from them

"Abolish MBAs" is an unironic belief of mine

Not a spoiler but absolutely see You Can See Everything in a crowded theater, this is one of the "the crowd's reactions are part of the experience" movies of all times. The yelps when something cursed happens or is revealed enhance it so, so much.

all I will say on You Can See Everything (other than that it is one of the most remarkable movies ever made) is that it is absolutely best viewed in a theater full of people, in one uninterrupted sitting. Don't wait, run don't walk

gender traitor joes

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

whimsycoded

by continually convincing yourself that "no, no, listen, THIS TIME i swear the bigotry is just clever electoral calculus" youll end up with We Need More Woman Ice Agents And A 2% Tax Rebate For Struggling Families Who Make Over 200k A Year guys every single time

its really funny how willingness to throw trans people under the bus is a 100% accuracy indicator for exactly the kind of guy a politician is and yet every single time we have to go through the "noooo hes not a spineless opportunist who'll say whatever is convenient its different this time" cycle

midwest emo is just songs about how your sad that you forgot to say "ope sorry" when you accidentally walked in front of someone

you know if the cubs winning the World Series in 2016 unlocked the fascist hell timeline we live in now, we should probably let the Guardians win the World Series this year to try and undo all that, right

finally bothered to get a haircut and I look so much less gross that I just sobbed ugly joy tears the entire drive home

In a complicated relationship with taking it easy

There's been a fair amount of commentary on how social media has become less fun, less interesting, etc. And there's a ton on how it's become more passive—"everything is TV". But I haven't seen much on these things tie together? And I think they clearly do. reason.com/2026/10/05/t...

Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of

the entire conservative movement in the US is structurally dependent on taking income taxes out of paychecks instead of headcount taxes from businesses. a basic change in the *presentation* of where revenue comes from and suddenly millions aren't mad from seeing a higher number become a lower number

I love how some VC bros bought a beloved gay club in Boystown and then renamed it "the (name of street it's on)", broadcasting their complete lack of awareness of the culture of the area. Shamelessly covering the club with "open until 4/5 am" signs hoping that the desperate settle for them

RAV4 is the most Subaru coded of Toyotas

Is Ludlow the perfect local bar? Signs point to yes

is TikTok any good anymore, I do not wish to browse a reels app but I do kind of wanna post random takes sometimes and TikTok used to be for that, just haven't logged on since The Event

Imagine looking at the media landscape—music, books, movies—and concluding that it would be better if it were all simply infinite reflections of yourself, if you never had to be exposed to another personality, another experience, another life. Just you, you, you. Sounds fucking horrifying.

what keeps me up at night is these guys have basically never received real pushback and they still lost their minds and shredded the federal government's regulatory capacity when employees started griping too much in the company slack. What if you actually arrested one of them for their crimes

we as a society have to stop having those freakishly weird reels or clips where someone's head is physically pinned in one place while everything else moves. it's deeply unnatural and gives this horrid vertigo

is Chicago capable of opening and operating a lesbian bar that is not hosting a special event every single night. like a bar where I can just show up and not have to like Have Something Happening at all times