So, several months ago my partner and I were at a book store and I found a book by one of my favorite authors from when I was in elementary school. With a title Like Millenium: A Novel About People and Politics in the Year 1999, I was all too happy to grab it. (1/3)
It wasn't til later, at home, when I cracked it up and saw that it was copyrighted in 1976. That's 23 years before 1999. I'm reading it in 2022. That's 23 years AFTER 1999. How curious to be as far removed from 1999 as the author was in their imagining! (2/3)
When I went to read it, I saw that chapters are done by dates and times as entries spanning December of 1999. As a treat, I decided I should wait and read it like an advent calendar of science fiction to the new year. Just barely started, but quite excited.
Thanks, @BenBova
Boy howdy, have I gotten tired of people cosplaying as paramilitary organizations to whine about their haircuts, defending the police as they murder citizens, and generally just being real hateful in their… instagram.com/p/CBvtnYipZkK/… – at Houston, TX
Look, I'm as leftist as the next person, but if we get rid of all the managers then who will Karen demand to speak to, hmm?
#ThinkOfTheKarens
Women: And the document that prints will be 'facsimilous' to the original. You see, the word "fax" is actually short for--
Men: Faximillian, yes, I know. 🙄
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What they say:
"You're too (insert any positive adjective)"
What they mean:
"Be less, because you make me feel inadequate."
Don't be less. Tell them to gtfo.
12/18/19 Billie Eilish: *turns 18* now I can smoke!
12/20/19 Congress: *changes smoking age to 21*
12/20/19 Billie Eilish: aww 😞
12/21/19 Fans: I hope she gets and writes more music. Or angry.
There are infinitely more people who will never exist than those that ever will have done so. – at Houston, TX
