june 25 in idea barrages

The only difference between Trump and Musk is the generation. In the 80s, the dullard fail-son of a rich guy craving attention would get into real estate scams. In the 2010s, the same guy gets into technology scam. Same entitlement, same frauds, different days.

If you tell an idiot he’s a genius, he WILL believe you.

The two most important lessons of adulthood are that nothing is ever all about you and that everything is a little bit about you. When you can hold to both these truths in equal measure, you’ll usually be doing okay. Not that I’ve ever found that balance myself, of course.

I wonder if there was ever a movie about soccer groupies called “Goal Diggers”. Or hockey. That’d work too.

The optimal name for a metal band is CHAINSWORD.

If Morbius finally convinces Hollywood to stop trying to cash in on “irony watches” then it accomplished something worthwhile. Yes, there’s profit in irony when it’s, oh, Sharknado made on a budget of a pair of boots & a sandwich but you can’t recoup a blockbuster’s budget on it.

The most hilarious thing lately is how the people who accuse everyone of being socialists or communists are also the ones acting like President Biden should be setting the gas prices lower. Like, dog, that can only happen in actual communist countries.

You know how it be, tautologies gonna tautology.