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I think it's time we finally started talking about Universal Basic DoorDash.

I fully support student protesters about all issues -- be heard, young folks! Even if I think you're wrong! Or right! But, also, part of being a revolutionary is sometimes getting arrested and being organized enough to know how you are going to eat, drink, and pee when you occupy a building...

counterpoint: he sounded quite amazing at The Beacon. the fullness of his youth is gone, but could he have sung Torna a Surriento like that at 27? poor jon bon. it is rough.

evil MAGA puppy murderer and incompetent dog owner Gov. Noem posted a follow-up on Twitter to try and shift the narrative about murdering the puppy and watching her get dragged (hopefully into a gravel pit herself) is giving me life today.

i mean, this is the party of trophy hunters and yet also being terrified of setting foot in cities, so i guess she felt her audience would revel in shooting a 14 month old puppy who wasn't of any use to her because it means she's like tough or something.

and Trump has been farting through the whole thing. really.

it does look like a 2004-era screen saver. maybe there's a big, clear rolling ball?

so Bono cringe, but that version is a Top 5 21st century U2 moment. it may not be the best song on ATYCLB (although it might be) but it is the most important song to that record, it's the central idea being put forward: through life, comes death; through death, comes life. there's a shadow...

the early 90s was about rock and heaviness and being depressed and on heroin. by the mid/late-1990s, with the economy roaring and general peace and prosperity, kids just wanted to have fun again. hence, MMMBop (which is actually a flawless pop masterpiece). and to sound like the old man i've...

i don't even understand what she's saying. "you failed to fully protect me from these people, so i'm going to stop you from preventing them from actually killing me."

i think, for U2, it's less that they don't like the songs and music and more that that period opened them up to a lot of embarrassment -- the poorly rated TV special, the half-empty stadiums, the Vegas show, the fact that they probably realized that they really do need to put in the work to pull...

at the time I thought this should have been the single right after SATS since it has that sad U2 ache thing that only they can do and they got exactly right with "one." it isn't "one," but I think it's emotional and sometimes captivating with genuinely bonkers lyrics and the single version is...

MLK is more like Gandhi or Jesus as a lyrical reference, not OJ or Michael Jackson but for me, it's the actual music i don't like very much on Playboy and sounds the most dated

i think the election is going to be mostly about abortion

my earlier post is more about why the album didn't work in the way that they wanted it to, and everyone's individual takes are all valid, especially as non-casual U2 fans. i think Discotheque is a mess on the album and got better live, but for me, it's more "boots" than "vertigo" in terms of a...

also, there are no Jews in Myanmar or Sudan and they were all kicked out of Syria decades ago. i dislike Bibi and the Israeli right as much as anyone and i feel acute despair over Gaza and objections to Israeli policies is not anti-semitism. but one doom scroll through what has become Twitter...

i think if you are a U2 fan and have been one through different eras, Pop is a very, very interesting listen. but if you want to be a world beating rock band with universal acclaim (they did this at least twice, most bands don't even do it once), you need to connect more than you need to be...

i remember a lot of good initial album reviews? i think? and then the review tide shifted after the Vegas disaster and especially reports of low ticket sales.

the US fanbase showed a willingness to follow them from JT to AB, and if anything they become much cooler and a band for the ages with the transformation -- so it's really not about Americans being too "conservative" or "traditionalist" or whatever. i realize this is a convenient scapegoat for...

SOI is still on my mother-in-law's phone. it's quite funny to me.

how could it be? top or bottom surgery for anyone under 18 is vanishingly rare, far more rare than other gender-affirming surgeries like breast implants or nose jobs. certainly puberty blockers are an issue, but talking about something complex doesn't allow you to frame an issue as "mutilating...

wait, wait, wait. i will respond to this. who is mutilating children? where? please tell me more. i haven't heard about this.

this was going to be the only part that i have any energy to respond to. how anyone can look at the state of the US and say it's worse than it was in 2020 is delusional. you may not like certain things, and of course there are problems, but to think that Joe Biden has suddenly turned the US into...

I did understand the objection to how Biden made Christians personally hand out puberty blockers to trans kids and pay for them. oh, wait. he didn't? sure sounded like it.

too much to unpack and this is not the place to do it, but what I see worldwide is the recent rise and success of right wing parties ... so I think we all have good reason to be concerned. what progressive issues should Biden be more progressive on?