Extra Evil - Dim.01
Be Evil.
Omens
The FBI's password was "CIASucks420."
Suicide became Cornell's second biggest problem.
The US banned Canadian dairy, oxygen, and sanity.
The Giver's author released a new book for the Taking Era.
Burnham announced an announcement.
Meta launched a personal skill eraser.
Mirage
Announcements
Hopefully racism is behind my airline check record. If this is my luck, I might have to leave the mirror breaking society.
The Palisades Mall (the fortress of Nyack, New York) offered large, multi-age, suspened obstacle course. The Palisades Mall is also one of the last malls to succeed/exist in America, in any form. The economic lesson's clear: only Ninja Warrior can get us through the greater depression. Let's build an obstacle course to tomorrow.
Perhaps other comedies were subtler, or more empathic. But few tapped the logic behind nativist panic attacks like South Park's anti-future orgy. I hope to reach a joke that resonant one day. Or profitable. In fact, what was I saying about resonance?
In the past, I've called this Eternal Summer, for Everything. Too wordy. The Dim Ages is fine.
I heard "About Damn Time," in the wild. The upbeat spirit inspired a spin on an old classic.
Feeling down, a woman visits the doctor.
"My boss is insane, my career is dead, and I feel awful about life."
"I have just the thing," says the doctor. "There's a positivity popstar in town. Lizzo. You should go see her."
"But doctor, my insane boss is Lizzo."
Entertainment
Beef Season 2, First Quarter: Dense with fun near-crashes. (3.5/5)
Vulvamancy: Ew. (0/5)
Gurren Lagaan Rewatch (4-7): Episode IV teaches you to never hire anyone that can't run the shop for a day. (4/5)
Resistance Band Training: Effective, portable, healing-friendly, and a royal pain in my ass. (3/5)
Casino
It's time to practice your serpentine manuevers.
My birthday dawns.
Learn nothing from literature.
Nonsponsor
Time for seasonal pandering.
Remember last week's question, about good ads for trash? This may reveal some of my pretenses, but I like half of a recurring Starbucks campaign. And think that Starbucks is better at union busting than coffee. And property manipulation than coffee. And sugar poisoning than coffee. For our purposes, all that's at least trash-adjacent.
First, the stupid half.
Stupid. Below the threshold of meaning. The sound of a brain bouncing off a deadline.
Then there's the bit I like.
A cup above every shop with a Starbucks within the range of the American attention span. That's amusing. Applicable, if you're having trouble kicking your brain into motion that morning.
It's not the first time they've done this. I think I even wrote about it the last time I saw it. But I still like the idea. It's a fun deployment of the fact Starbucks infests your city like termites.
Creativity: B | Persuasion: B- | Sanity: C-
Gasleak
Contents may vary.
The Great Retread: A Bucket List of Things to Try Again
Tokyo, Sober
Tandem Writing
Tokyo, Blackout
Podcasting (Narrative)
A Book Launch Party That Actually Happens
Getting Arrested
Podcasting (Japery)
A City Hall Wedding (Attendee)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Directly Antagonizing One Politician
Pitching Modern Love
Hexing a Head of State
Postcard
Be Evil.
