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Not a fan of free speech. linktr.ee/briangaar Austin, TX
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"is this your first time holding a trophy?" uhh no definitely not check this shit out..

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

"We know your 401k dropped by half BUT would you be interested in seeing an oligarch's spouse pretend to fly a spaceship?"

submitted 18 hours ago • 3 comments

lol yes all of that could have happened very easily. I’m a professor.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Part of me really admires those guys who die in PC cafes

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Only God can judge me [for wearing my most comfortable shoes to the function]

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

why do they look like each other like milhouse’s parents

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

The pink moon: lighter flow than the blood moon (No but this article is interesting and you should give it a read)

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Went from not getting the appeal of OSRS to “physically unable to stop clicking on hill giants.” Might get a membership. See you all in hell.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Tomorrow is the "pink moon" aka the first full moon of the spring. Is it a big deal? No, but I try to make the case for why you should enjoy it: thebarbedwire.com/2025/04/11/p...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Derek Carr about to break Brett Favre’s “millions stolen from a poor southern state” record

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

I was a projectionist at the Riverside 8 in Austin when Titanic came out, and if I had spoiled that movie you'd be talking about me in the past tense

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Tomorrow is the "pink moon" aka the first full moon of the spring. Is it a big deal? No, but I try to make the case for why you should enjoy it: thebarbedwire.com/2025/04/11/p...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Another Japanese meme about the trade war with the United States, reacting to someone who posted: "Japan’s tariffs are already pretty much zero percent, so I wonder what more could possibly be lowered to make Trump satisfied."

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

A second kid just died of measles.

submitted 4 days ago • 136 comments

I wrote about Elon Musk getting trolled in a livestream, losing to a tutorial boss (lol) in Path of Exile 2, and rage quitting as he was flooded with msgs like: “YOU RUINED THE COUNTRY JUST LIKE YOU RUINED ALL YOUR MARRIAGES.” thebarbedwire.com/2025/04/08/e...

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce" www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...

submitted 5 days ago • 524 comments

💅

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

I wrote about the upcoming Ken Paxton v John Cornyn Senate primary. "Cornyn is an establishment Republican who’s been in office since you were playing Snake on your Nokia. Paxton is the MAGA insurgent who laughs off ethics violations like they were parking tickets" thebarbedwire.com/2025/04/03/c...

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

My man BG nails it again, read and enjoy a moment of catharsis.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Oh well they’re all rugged self-sufficient country folk, I’m sure they’ll figure it out!

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

That's so weird, especially from the #20 PoE2 player in the world or whatever!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Even if we all wind up in a camp somewhere, more people there will like us than like Elon Musk right now.

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

we could do this to all billionaires if we want

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Brian Gaar: “I wrote about—” Me: immediately opens link This piece gave me the laugh-out-loud moment I sorely needed this morning. 10/10. Highly recommend.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

I wrote about Elon Musk getting trolled in a livestream, losing to a tutorial boss (lol) in Path of Exile 2, and rage quitting as he was flooded with msgs like: “YOU RUINED THE COUNTRY JUST LIKE YOU RUINED ALL YOUR MARRIAGES.” thebarbedwire.com/2025/04/08/e...

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

here’s proof that we live in a simulation: [provides proof that our education system has completely failed]

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

The basketball shot clock was invented in 1954 after a player hid the ball under his shirt for 48 minutes and told everyone he was pregnant

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog

submitted 17 days ago • 149 comments

when it's Oates birthday

submitted 7 days ago • 8 comments

Dude you gotta check out the short story that chatGPT wrote. yeah it sucks ass but I actually really liked it, due to my low IQ

submitted 32 days ago • 16 comments

If someone’s happy on social media I assume they’re in active addiction

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

I wrote about a veteran Austin comic (believe it or not, comedy existed here before Joe Rogan and it was good) who is starting an anti-Kill Tony show. Because standup can be funny AND non-shitty! thebarbedwire.com/2025/04/04/t...

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments