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bleeding heart liberal cartoons on facebook

CAR­TOONS MAKE THE WORLD GO AROUND. At least, it seems like they make the po­lit­ical world go around and have been doing so for­ever. The po­lit­ical or ed­i­to­rial car­toon has been a part of Western cul­ture for cen­turies. Some his­to­rians cite Egyptian hi­ero­glyphics as their fore­runner, al­though its prac­tical be­gin­ning is a bit more recent. [Read more] “bleeding heart liberal cartoons on facebook”

who’s trying to replace a familiar word with a foreign accent mark?

MORE BOOLSCHIDT “NEW USAGE” in writing! In sev­eral ar­ti­cles in what ap­pears to be Amer­ican Eng­lish, I found writers had added a tilde (~) be­fore an amount of money. For ex­ample, a sen­tence might read, “The cost of buying orig­inal copies of all six psy­che­delic al­bums by the Straw­berry Watch Pipers in near-mint con­di­tion is ~$4,000.” [Read more] “who’s trying to replace a familiar word with a foreign accent mark?”

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when the food is gone, I’m eating you first

I AS­SUME THAT FACE­BOOK’S ED­I­TORS are, in fact, com­puter al­go­rithms. Or, per­haps, ap­pli­cants for the po­si­tion have to score some­where on the autism spec­trum to be hired. Hell, maybe they just ain’t got no sense of humor! These guesses are based on the few run-ins that I have had with them and their warning messages. [Read more] “when the food is gone, I’m eating you first”

how to politely interact with lame attempts at “owning the libs” on social media

EACH MORNING, I SIP MY CAFE BUSTELO and read my email. There is usu­ally at least one email from Quora per­taining to topics that in­terest me—primarily cur­rent events and pol­i­tics. Pe­rusing the ques­tions, an­swers, and memes, I hope to learn some­thing new. Oc­ca­sion­ally, I even at­tempt to in­teract with those I dis­agree with. [Read more] “how to politely interact with lame attempts at “owning the libs” on social media”