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Month: April 2026
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- Pete Hegseth may be the only person I’ve ever seen that may have peaked in the 7th or 8th grade. I may be exaggerating a little, but not by much. I just think he is indicative of this toxic masculine culture that indoctrinates young men and makes them all sociopathic, misogynistic incels. The warrior ethos is just his kink. That’s honestly the thing that I think will cause the most long-term damage: When you have trash humans in positions of power who have their horrible behavior on daily public display, it gives some people permission to be horrible to the people in their worlds. That’s a cancer that spreads, and it’s going to take a long time to fix that.
I’m not sure we can.
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- If I could be said to have any religion at all, it would most likely be Catholicism, as that’s the one I grew up in. My grandparents were so Catholic that meat was forbidden on Fridays even though that was never a thing outside of Lent since 1966. However, in the words of George Carlin, “I used to be Catholic, now I’m an American. You know, you grow…”
Even when I was at the worst part of my “God is dead and no one cares”, phase in my teens and twenties, I never–NEVER–had a bad word to say about John Paul II, especially early young Commie Killer Karol, JP2. Maybe I should have, looking back at it. We gave Sinead no end of shit, but it turns out we really did her dirty. That said, I never would have tried to Popesplain the man. That leads me to a question that’s been on my mind all day: What in the liturgical fuck was Couch McEyeliner thinking? What the fuck was the Preacher of the House thinking? My brothers in Christ, are you insane? I mean, I understand if Ratzinger was more your speed, but C’mon.
It’s the arrogance for me, dude. Here’s a story from 20-ish years ago: I was working for a contractor for Verizon, selling and servicing DSL for the home. I was a workforce guy back then, and I worked with this guy named Rich. Rich was a born again Christian, assistant pastor at one of the many strip malls of the Lord we have around here. This is fall of 2004, my grandmother is not long for the world, and I’m really broken up about it. I ended up talking about this with Rich one morning, and he asked what religion she was. I said Catholic, he said I’m sorry, I repeated myself, and he said “I heard you, I said I was sorry.” He meant he was sorry my grandmother was Catholic. I flew over the cubicle wall at this motherfucker, and they literally had to drag me away. The fucking balls on this guy. They moved me to another building in the complex to keep me from strangling this asshole, thankfully there were other people who heard this exchange and stood up for me. If you ever needed any justification on why some people think Evangelicals are trash human beings, let that be Exhibit A. This story ends exactly how you think it ends. Rich disappeared. He didn’t quit. He was arrested. He was incarcerated. Would you like to guess why? I bet you can get it in one.
The Pope doesn’t need anyone’s advice, especially those two jackballs. Why don’t you have a Coke, a smile, and a fucking seat.
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- LINK: Apple is making AI glasses
There was a time when I would jump at this. I would not get these today if they came out as described here. Cameras on glasses are a dealbreaker for me. Ideally, these should be for inward use. Information that shows up in the lens, connection to your phone, headphones. I really think the so-called market should speak loudly on this. You might make the argument that you have no right to privacy in a public place, and while that may be true, I think there might be an ethical question here. I think there’s a difference between holding up a phone and recording someone and using a camera embedded in a pair of glasses, especially if someone covers the light that has usually been included on those glasses to indicate the camera is on.
- El Naranja: The only people who believe that the photo you posted and deleted was supposed to be you as a doctor have no idea what context is. When you post an insane diatribe about the Pope, and then post that picture, there is no other conclusion a person could make.
Unless, of course, that person is stupid.
- I’m continuing to redecorate the studio. It’s going slow, but it’s going. I have concepts of a plan.
I mean: At 5pm Eastern on 4/13/2026, there are concepts of a plan. Card subject to change, your mileage may vary, thank you come again.
