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Another one for the “economic concerns as a mask for cultural concerns” file. This delusion that manufacturing jobs will come roaring back if we cast the right policy spell isn’t really about that being a desirable economic goal, but about romanticizing Manly Work.

submitted 20 hours ago • 117 comments

Revealed preferences theory suggests that Wall Street executives value their ability to call their subordinates gay at approximately 8 trillion dollars

submitted 20 hours ago • 45 comments

My evening thought is that I suspect a great many Americans, in the period after 1989, grew very used to a world in which it didn't matter that much who they elected (to them). They had the rule of law, the most prosperous economy in human history, the long peace. But it always mattered.

submitted 1 day ago • 83 comments

everything is masculinity crisis

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Please God let this happen because it would be so fucking funny.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

when I get mad at “fuck your fare” style activism, it’s not like I actually think the protest hops are going to take substantial money away from the MTA — it’s more that like, you have to believe, first and foremost, that a public service is worth protecting and defending as a basic guiding light

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

yes, I’m religious. I believe in the Holy Trinity

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

you ever get the feeling that these people are just subtweeting people they find annoying in their groupchats but through major national magazines as opposed to the smaller core friend group groupchat

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

What is it with jacked guys and tr@nny chasing anyway

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Its unfair how incompatible heels are with being car free in America, if I can't walk a mile in them they're useless

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

GET JACKED

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

yall we can’t collectively screech that “no one’s doing anything!” and then say “no not like that” when someone actually does something. is Booker’s filibuster gonna save the world? of course not. but since courage begets courage it could lead to more. I’m fucking cynical as hell but come on.

submitted 3 days ago • 216 comments

My first reaction was that this was clearly a joke and all the people dunking on it look silly But honestly this is way more authentic to what "right wing" means in 2025 than like, Dostoyevsky

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Happy Trans Day of Visibility to 2% of the general population and to 65% of webcartoonists.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

How we do nachos in the Wife Cave

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Similarly I think a lot of the "small business good, big business bad" mentality that runs through American culture* traces back to no one caring about the labor abuses of Dave's Diner in Snoqualmie *including lots of very very far left people who theoretically oppose all private enterprise!

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I dislike it when people here pull the “Oh, so you insert prosocial activity here, do you want a cookie?” Yeah, bro probably does. It feels nice to be appreciated.

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

I do 😌

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Ya we're fancy How fancy? "Fresh grated Nutmeg in the protein shake" fancy

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Ya we're fancy How fancy? "Fresh grated Nutmeg in the protein shake" fancy

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Mine certainly does

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woke slaveowner be like i'm literally neurodivergent and need slaves to function

submitted 5 days ago • 8 comments

The two types of engagement with LGBT people in history online are “Lord Blorbington once called his friend Bob a ‘swell fellow,’ that must mean they were gay,” and “Just because Emperor Florbious sucked 68 dicks a day doesn’t mean he was actually into men.”

submitted 5 days ago • 11 comments

Male vs female lifters

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

The #TeslaTakedown protests are smart, because they have a clear, actionable, achievable goal—make stock price go down—accurately assessing that a lot of Musk’s power derives from his extreme wealth, and that he’s more vulnerable than Trump. And if you doubt that the protests matter, just ask Elon.

submitted 5 days ago • 115 comments

Once again the reason why birth rates are declining is that fewer people are getting married (plus a total implosion in <25 birth rates, which is good) and the reason for that is a massive gap in college attainment between men and women, plus noncollege men basically refusing to do chores

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

my friend Jo works in LGBTQ health. she told me that queer kids in New York have parties in the back of Indian grocery stores that they rent out, which will likely be in some documentary 20 years from now. the city changes, yeah, but mostly you are just getting older.

submitted 6 days ago • 27 comments