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Noah Brand@noahbrand.bsky.social |
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Pronouns: male. Persona: genially pedantic. Misses: the internet circa 2005.
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Noah Brand
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As a big cis guy, I try to maintain a polite distance from kids at all times. If someone decides to accuse me of being a child molester, there is nothing I can do or say that is a defense, and god knows I look like the stereotype. It's not great.
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Noah Brand
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I refuse to believe this isn't a Tijuana Bible.
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Noah Brand
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The doomerism is part of the GOP plan, I suspect. Every person saying "Oh, Biden has no chance" is buying them plausibility for their election-rigging claims. Don't buy them plausibility. Just don't.
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Noah Brand
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Real heads know that that show BADLY misrepresents what an Edwardian-era English public school taught about gay sex. Show: "Gay sex is never spoken of!" 1916 British school: "Gay sex is mandatory, consent is what's banned."
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Noah Brand
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"Hunnish practices" is from SANDMAN #25, if I recall. Introduced those boys who currently have that Netflix show.
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Noah Brand
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The "Biden is doomed" narrative that plays into GOP plans to seize power is part of this. The media loves that narrative, pundits love that narrative, and you better believe that Russian bots love that narrative. The only signs that Biden isn't doomed are in reality, which no one checks.
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Noah Brand
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Every "Biden is doomed" headline plays into the GOP plan, which is to ignore the vote count, call the election rigged, and seize power permanently. Democrats are going to get more votes in November. Whether that matters or not remains to be seen.
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Noah Brand
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Only men have sexual kinks, you see. Kinky sex is something men inflict upon women, who would otherwise prefer vanilla handholding. All women agree on this. --Gail Dines (paraphrased)
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Noah Brand
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It isn't even minor league. It's amateur college ball. That's why it's good; no money.
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Noah Brand
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Just against the chance that some folks haven't heard it: youtu.be/7dy5zuvge3U?...
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Noah Brand
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Like the TWILIGHT ZONE where Columbo is Castro, or the OUTER LIMITS where Kolchak the Night Stalker is involved with Morticia Addams.
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Erika Moen
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Wow. This nine page comic by Kevin Conroy (voice of Batman) and J. Bone really hit me in the gut. It's about Kevin's dysfunctional family, his early acting career, his closeted homosexuality in the 70s-80s, and coming to his audition for Batman in the early 90s. Full: www.tumblr.com/why-i-love-c...
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Noah Brand
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...I've heard about it so much, I guess I pictured it differently.
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luke the myoclonic jerk
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I know it's a controversial take, especially because so much effort went into stealing him, but if world events keep escalating I think we should return Timothee Chalamet to the Fae. They're obviously still super angry
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Noah Brand
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I had a hard time enjoying HOWARD'S END because I kept thinking "Why is everyone making this more difficult than it needs to be? Murder Anthony Hopkins and everyone splits up his stuff. Twenty-minute movie with a happy ending."
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Noah Brand
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This remake of CHARIOTS OF FIRE fucking sucks.
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Noah Brand
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Jesus Christ, everyone here referencing DS9 and BLACK MIRROR, like they had the idea. Doc Savage was doing this bit approximately a hundred years ago. This isn't even about recycling sci-fi tropes, it's about literal pulp morality.
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Noah Brand
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Try Liam Hemsworth.
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Noah Brand
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I mean, there's a million sketchy-ass items sold "for entertainment purposes only". I'm surprised I didn't see ads for these back in the 90s.
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Noah Brand
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ElfQuest was INCREDIBLY horny in ways that weren't always obvious to 80s comics fandom.
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Noah Brand
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Not well designed. The whole thing falls apart if you shrug.
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Noah Brand
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I sometimes think that >50% of Trump's appeal to his voters is that they finally have a candidate who's not always droning on about boring grownup stuff that nobody understands.
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He's already been whacked with a rolled-up magazine, and convicted on 34 counts of fraud for trying to cover it up.
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e.w. niedermeyer
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oh my god there's a chinese knockoff of the cybertruck and somehow the cybertruck looks like a cheap knockoff of it
www.carscoops.com/2024/05/dong...
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Josh Fruhlinger
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my most gen x coded trait is that i strongly believe that, despite all their faults, the beardy unix weirdos who built web 1.0 in the 80s and 90s were right more often than not and are responsible for everything about the internet that anyone has truly loved www.fastcompany.com/91144894/per...
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Noah Brand
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It's about finding the exact midpoint between Hayao Miyazaki and Junji Ito.
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I saw that in theaters as a horny teenager, and even at that age* I was like "Jesus, they call this transgressive? Buncha wusses over there." *Tall kid able to buy Penthouse Variations at the sketchy 7-11 that never checked ID
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Yukon
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Noah Brand
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I once saw a screenplay for this.
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Noah Brand
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This is excellent parenting.
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Noah Brand
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A lot of conservative arguments, in my experience, make perfect sense if you understand what they think words mean. Conservatives are absolutely willing to help people, but you have to understand that there's people, and then there's people*. *Not really quite people
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Noah Brand
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My favorite Gen X myth (as a younger member of the generation) is how Megan Jasper became a cultural hero by lying to Boomers. She was asked about what slang words her generation used, and she just made up some shit and they believed her.
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Noah Brand
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Anyone else ever switch back and forth from reading manga to reading Western comics, and accidentally give themselves eyeball whiplash?
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Noah Brand
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"A matter of honor" is the polite way of saying "knocked up someone he shouldn't have", right? I'm struggling to find another reading.
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Ed Burmila
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Joe Biden's Economy is so strong even the Dick Sucking Factory is out of workers
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Noah Brand
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Capitalism created a measurable high score system for real life, and since then, the usual obsessives have been trying to get the high score. Since they removed level caps and nerfed the regulatory bodies, we've got a few broken personalities using glitches and exploits to speedrun the economy.
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Noah Brand
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I spent years toiling in the gender-discourse mines, trying to pry loose men's liberation from the manosphere. I'm glad that we're finally getting there, I hope I helped, and I'm so happy to be out of the business.
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Noah Brand
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Ah, okay! I mean, I'm loath to argue with William Goldman for reasons I assume are obvious, but like a lot of storytellers, he's convincing even when he's not accurate. Though if it's a recent discovery, we can't blame him for not knowing it 30-odd years ago.
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It's the exact same haircut Conan had in the comics, and Bettie Page had in real life.
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Noah Brand
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This is a delightful look at the question "How did a band with that name even HAVE a radio hit?"
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Noah Brand
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You'd be the person to ask: do you agree with William Goldman's contention that Florence Lawrence was the first name star?
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Adam Serwer
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Today in there’s nothing new under the sun: In 1903 a white hotel worker became a right wing celebrity for being fired after refusing to make booker t washington’s bed because he was black and a bunch of people around the country raised thousands of dollars on her behalf
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Noah Brand
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"For the professional dog breeder, life ain't nothing but bitches and money." "Oh, now you're doing it on purpose!"
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Noah Brand
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Gender performance. They're trying to outdo each other being the Most Feminine according to their weird rules. If wearing makeup is feminine, wearing MORE makeup is MORE feminine, so you WIN. But they can't ever, ever admit that gender is a performance, hence their hatred for drag queens.
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Noah Brand
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I adore that film. It's practically the cipher key to Waters' other movies.
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Noah Brand
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Zorro probably counts, and I'm QUITE sure there's a good silent version of him.
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Noah Brand
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Was it me, or was the big fella to the right of Mr. Jackson almost in tears? He was looking pretty choked up by about halfway through the speech.
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Noah Brand
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...this leads into my new conspiracy theory: the real Clarence Thomas has been dead since 1998, but what started as a "temporary" measure to keep Clinton from getting another SCOTUS pick has turned into some poor bastard's entire life. It's the movie DAVE, but as a long, slow-motion tragedy.
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Noah Brand
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Best possible outcome: TFG shits himself on live TV, and passes out. When revived, he says "I'm scared. I have so many regrets. I shoulda spent more time fucking Ivanka when she was young and hot, before that Jew ruined her with his Jew dick." Passes out again and does not regain consciousness.
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Noah Brand
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I'm waiting for the excuses when he weasels out. He already used up "bone spurs".
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