Brilliant, if painful @mcsweeneys.net piece on RFK Jr.’s/MAHA’s baseless attacks on the prescribing of antidepressants, on which I wrote for @msnowreports.bsky.social: www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
Um...I believe this has actually happened.
"A trolley is about to run over five people, but your dad gets distracted by a nearby sports bar playing The Shawshank Redemption on one of their outdoor TVs. He just stands there watching the movie. Everyone dies." @mcsweeneys.net
I'm not sure McSweeney's gets enough credit for how many of its articles are also excellent flash fiction.
New title of a @mcsweeneys.net piece just dropped.
Why was six afraid of seven?
Because seven ate nine!... And sweetie, it is a perfectly normal reaction to be scared when your friends cannibalize each other. Six doesn’t have to talk to seven anymore if it doesn’t want to.
Miranda Yaver
"Fixed it. That gurgling is normal."
Amanda Hoving
The list grows ever longer.
Dr. Fade
Christopher Monks
"How old is your boy now? Wow. He’s getting big. Promise me something, son. Never forget to tell your son how much you care about the fourteenth highest-grossing film of 1989."
What did one dad say to the other dad?
Not much. Forging a new friendship as an adult male is exceptionally difficult.
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What did one dad say to the other dad? Not much. Forging a new friendship as an adult male is exceptionally difficult.
“Young James and Edward have now too been claimed, and I am starting to feel a dreaded throat tickle. Mrs. Cooper, bless her, dropped by with jellied eels an...
“I’m sorry, I’m getting all teared up. I just get worried that there’s only so many more times I’ll get to see ‘Field of Dreams,’ and it’s important for you ...
Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven ate nine! And sweetie, it is a perfectly normal reaction to be scared when your friends cannibalize each other. Si...
No parking. Jump in. There’s cops. - - -Fixed it. That gurgling is normal. - - -We’re fine. There’s ice cream here. June 21 2021 June 19 2022 6/14/24 6/15/25...
In May 2026, Trump and his administration committed 84 atrocities. #LestWeForgetTheHorror
"Now that your depression is back and your new chin has settled, we will begin to correct your more annoying shortcomings with exposure therapy. Exposure therapy can be a helpful tool in making you less of a little bitch."
Denny Carter
"We’ll just be here a minute because all things in life are temporary and hummingbird babies grow up and take off quickly. Gone, bitties, gone. No 'Can I come home for holidays?'—no nothing. Everybody just leaves for good, and then we crawl into a quiet bush and die, OKAY?"
“A runaway trolley is speeding towards a railway switch. No people are on the track, but if your dad doesn’t pull the lever, he will be mildly disappointed b...
“As a compassionate group of health hobbyists and one doctor of law, we cannot, in good conscience, recommend people stop taking their SSRIs cold turkey, eve...
“Listen, I’m just gonna be here on your doorknob for a little while longer, two weeks tops. Don’t be a jerk about it, okay? Two weeks is one-sixth of my litt...
