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How to Virtue Signal

How to Virtue Signal

I know what you're thinking right now: "What shopping bags should I use?" And I know why you're thinking it: because you just read that exact question in The New York Times: And I know why you're reading The New York Times: because you're an up-and-coming would-be...

Japan is Committing Harakiri (But So Is Everybody Else)

Japan is Committing Harakiri (But So Is Everybody Else)

I'm sure you've heard the news by now, but, in case not, let me give it to you straight: Japan is dying. Specifically, Japan's ongoing demographic collapse is not only continuing but accelerating. It's so bad that even the articles documenting this collapse tend to...

The Strange Story of Peter Thiel

The Strange Story of Peter Thiel

What do you call someone who identifies as a "vegetarian" but who consistently chows down on veal, mutton and ribeye steaks? Whatever you call that person, it's not "vegetarian." And what do you call someone who identifies as a "libertarian" but who has spent his...

I, Sandwich

I, Sandwich

Have you ever asked someone to make you a sandwich? What?? You have??! You heartless monster! Do you have any idea how unbelievably difficult it is to make a sandwich? Do you have the slightest clue how much backbreaking labour goes into the construction of that...

October Open Thread

October Open Thread

It's October again already, so you know what that means: James Evan Pilato is beginning his Shocktober streaming activities over in the Media Monarchy subscriber community! (And I'll be a special guest for a stream later this month, doing a watch-along of a Danny...

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