McSweeney’s: Nobody Wants to Be a Serf Anymore

“How can they value their lives so much when we’ve always valued them so little?”

Behold, the German Campfire Taco

When your curbside order asks for what kind of car you are:

My in-laws said that happy golden retrievers remind them of me.

So my day is going great. How’s yours?

The comments on Igorrr music videos are about the only place on the Internet that I’d recommend that people read the comments. 🎶

I imagine them thinking “how could we make a salad more awkward than the wedge?”

Happy birthday to all my cybersecurity colleagues!

There’s a part of the Mandalorian theme song where it sounds like the Mulan song that’s like “to defeat…the huns….” so you better believe I’m singing that extra hard when Mulan is in the episode. 🎶

The start of Home Alone 3 is like a Law & Order episode or a Michael Bay film.

I forgot about this 😆

Yes, Ted Lasso is that good. ⚽️

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

How did you spend yesterday, the highest holy day of Capitalism?

Did you make an offering in worship? Multiple offerings?

How many of you were like, “well, better off Ted” when Ted Lasso’s wife appeared on the show?

Another entry in the “what if the USA was covered the way journalists cover other countries” #satire

I guess there aren’t many people using the trails this time of year?

Putting together my first IKEA has been made more challenging by a daddy-long-legs that keeps climbing on the project and tickling me 🕷

hey kid, you wanna buy some drugs?

Autumn activated:

• switched from cold brew to latte
• beard is growing
• sportcoat with elbow patches

I think about things like this every time a site asks me to prove I’m not a robot in a way that helps Google make “better” robots.

Today, our church is having an outdoor service (distanced, masked).

Good news, though, as my SIL says: (modern) Mennonites are usually dressed like we’re about to take a hike.

“I’m so sorry, but I’m avoiding shared indoor spaces unless it’s an emergency.”

• xkcd on COVID Risk Comfort Zone

Yet another good reason to wear a mask: “Homeland Security fears widespread mask-wearing will break facial recognition software”. Help your fellow humans.

Maybe I don’t need this anymore?

Angela Davis vs. The Liberal Reformers from Existential Comics

Another entry in “What if we wrote about the USA the way we write about other countries.” Unrest continues for a seventh day in former British colony