the hyper-cynicism of older X'ers is the product of becoming conscious during the aftershocks of the Aquarian Age, then watching adult society refute and reject every fundamental value of it as we grew into our teens the relative who used to sing along with the Free To Be You And Me record they gave you in 1977 suddenly muttering about "welfare queens" and "those people" at Thanksgiving 1987

gee, why would we despise anyone who sits on more cash than any person could need or use in a dozen lifetimes while the vast majority of the population is struggling to get by Lil Bro and I were talking about this in terms of the inheritance and disbursement while he tries to figure out what would be best of the other heirs.

That we honestly have no real idea what to do with it.

Re-reading Crisis on Infinite Earths and the conventional wisdom about it being a plotless collection of scenes is bullshit. The arguments about the multiverse only being an "occasionally reference complication" are also kinda BS, considering there were two popular ongoing series set on Earth-2 when it launched.

and for every genuinely talented creative, there are a thousand strivers willing to an acceptably "adequate" job for a fraction of the money or sometimes even *spits* exposure

https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/1091688260819173377

in fact, these platforms don't want the talent to rise above a certain profile because the brand must eclipse any individual

tying their fortunes to specific creators gives those creators too much leverage in their eyes

The "comically snide review" school of blogging may have helped lay the foundation for this nonsense, but there was more craft on display in a single Mr. Cranky or Dave Campbell sentence than in fifteen minutes of this current batch of jokers' youtube vids. The difference between working a bit and the bit working you.

of all the hindsight howlers in Watchmen, the one that really irks me these days is the Owlship freezing up over Antarctica because it had been submerged in the East River

dude, that was a 10,000 mile trip ago I do still love the line "That mask's eaten his brains" and think of it every time someone leans too hard into their affected (online) persona.

re-read Watchmen this morning and, wow, does that book exist inside a very specific moment where the crucial contexts have been mostly forgotten It reeks of 1986.

Coo Coo, the kitten that didn’t cook long enough. She was the runt of Nubby's litter and stayed tiny with some really bizarre behaviors, but she's very sweet in her weird way.

Maybe instead of running yet another profile about the Trump cult, maybe do a piece about the actual folks who decided this election and how they currently feel.

Dem leaning voters who didn't like HRC, assumed it was going to be landslide, and sat 2016 out. The DNCC and Hil-stands love to talk shit about them. Mostly because it obscures their own multitude of sins and the truth that their long-running bluff finally got called.

feeling 👻h-a-u-n-t-e-d👻 today When things were shitty, it was easy -- nay, essential -- to live in the now. To dig into the little pleasures with gusto. Now it's just a lot of dead air while I'm still assuming another shoe is going to drop.

The joke's on Jack because the platform's noxious rep is starting to spook investors. Didn't get as much press as the Facebook drop, but Twitter also failed to meet expectations this quarter.

https://twitter.com/AlexPaknadel/status/1023544635610857472

He's going to crash this place into a mountainside in order to stay pals with Juicebro and his ilk.