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We don't need a "Joe Rogan of the left," we need multiple Joes Rogan out there doing what Workwear Guy does: modeling informed, thoughtful decency. Modeling how to be a grown-up, how not to be an asshole. Modeling what it means to know what the F you're talking about.
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I leave it for Fallout 4 and Jason Statham.
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You see? I did not see that coming. You learn something new everyday around here.
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Sometimes I just want to watch a few explosions and listen to stilted dialogue, you know?
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You're not a shitty parent if you're worried about being a shitty parent.
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"Strawberry Letter 23" by Shuggie Otis. The Brothers Johnson did a very good cover. But I love the original. That psychedelic outro could go on forever.
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Think how Weird Al Yankovic feels. 😕
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You take that back! *bursts into a fit of furious sobbing*
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They're having a tiff, as if it wasn't expected and overdue. It doesn't really matter that much as they will both be fine while the damage they do between them won't be less grievous. But the internet loves a good dramatic scene between main characters, so here we are.
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We are a subtle folk ...
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I think it depends on context. But I think "bud" is slightly safer (although that can also be dismissive: "sure thing there, bud ...")
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Only when the government *isn't them*. That's always been the rule.
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I've just finished reading the book BTW. The discography notes in the end are a hidden treasure.
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I'm not an ECE expert, but my feeling is that it's that last one.
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Two things can be true.
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*adjusts glasses* technically, it's still Spring.
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Being tried for crimes against humanity sure has changed.
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Well, that was a quarter century ago and I still remember it. Which is kind of gross.
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Years ago(2000? 2001?), I was riding a bus and a guy was talking (loudly and angrily) with his lawyer about child support payments he objected to paying. It was *very ugly* as well as being a messy display of whatever the opposite of self-awareness is.
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One of my favourite actors. It's hard to choose. I will choose *Out of Time* (2003), which is a great Southern film noir flick with a great cast.
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Unless it is one's lawyer, it's not problematic necessarily (although it can be). I just don't understand the impulse to have drawn out conversations on the phone in public *that early*. If someone calls me at 7a.m., something better be on fire.
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Cat conference.
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That is some raw contempt alright. And deeply, deeply cynical.
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An impossible question. I will avoid answering by saying that this song is the best opening song on one of their albums and many other people's albums, too. It comes in with an almost punkish roar!
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It shifts and changes. But it may be "Live With Me", which to me is quintessential Stones.
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At least he said please.
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I think it might be "Cocaine Blues" from the *Live at Folsom Prison* album; a snowblind Western tale of mayhem and murder.
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Max Power. What a guy.
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"I like to waste my own time. But if I can also waste *other* people's time too, I always try and do that."
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This makes a lot of sense. For a chunk of my life, I moved around a lot, too. I've not had the experience of a single, steadfast parental home. But I have a vivid memory of every place I lived as a kid. I can walk around the rooms whenever I want to. I feel really grateful for that.
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"You don't know the half of it, mate ..."
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It gets pretty grim in places, which is expected. But it also contains some wonderful dark humour and arch wryness that I appreciate greatly.
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Thanks to Jon Jennings - who thought the same thing and gave me a copy.
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That's the one I'm reading! 😄
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Yes - robust public infrastructure, please. It's an investment not a cost.
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I'm reading a book about 1980s Britain right now. A big part of Thatcher's game plan was to distract everyone with new washing machines (for those who could afford them, natch) while syphoning public money toward privatization. It was an 'everyone for themselves' model that I guess is still popular.