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The Patron Saints of Patronization

on February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 By Joseph D. Newcomer 2 Comments

It always strikes me how people can put a bunch of innocuous, perfectly fine words together and make them mean something so ugly.

The Happily Unconverted

on June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 By Joseph D. Newcomer 10 Comments

Unless you're causing pain and anguish, I support your preferences... FOR YOU.

Dante’s Infernal Paradise Lost and Found

on December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 By Joseph D. Newcomer 10 Comments

This is either the greatest lie of which we’ve ever convinced ourselves, or it is simply the hardest truth we’ve come to understand.

Unfathomable Versions: Version 2

on October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 By Joseph D. Newcomer 6 Comments

Of all of the possible versions of you, just try not to be the one who's the asshole.

Vonnegut and the Mistake Machines

on August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 By Joseph D. Newcomer 1 Comment

This is one of my most popular posts, so I recorded it for The Thought & Other Absurdities Podcast. I just started doing this and I'm giving you bonus material in every episode. In the Vonnegut and the Mistake Machines Episode, I added a bit of a rant about our society's poor treatment of Simone [...]