Kurt Vonnegut Lives in our Future
“Didn’t I read in the paper the other day where they’d finally found out what [the basic secret of life] was?” “I missed that,” I murmured. “I saw that,” said…
The Running Man was right about everything, in the dumbest way possible
“It’s amazing how prescient The Running Man is.” “Seems like, if they were really prescient, they would have known not to waste a Colman Domingo performance.” “Not the remake. The…
Inevitability is no match for indolence
“I don’t like today’s sci-fi. It’s all too dystopian.” “We’ve always had some dystopia in our sci-fi. It’s wired into us.” “To be hopeless?” “No. To be selfish. I mean,…
AI Doesn’t Need a Window
Kafka had a clear idea on what the American dream would become, even if he didn’t want it published: “If necessary, he would gladly become a messenger boy, but it…
Why are you so angry?
“That guy wants to cut me off!” “I think he’s confused by your incessant and unprovoked honking.” “Look at him! Now he’s slowing down to let in that foreign car!!”…
Once you hear it, you can’t unhear it
“I am reading The Girl with All the Gifts, and one line stuck with me. ‘[H]er survival is a side effect of [her] mediocrity.’ [pg. 264] Different context but it…
Never in a Million Years… (are we the Shithouse?)
In trying to understand why Big Special’s “Shithouse” has been running in a loop in my head for the past few days, I realized I was hearing my own variations…
What does Brady Tkachuk think about current disruptions in the geopolitical order?
“Thank the Trump the US men’s hockey team did not succumb to politics.” “That’s an odd take. Most of the players showed up as props for the president at the…
Does Sarah Huckabee Sanders secretly hate the president?
“How did we get here? Trump’s tariffs are ruled illegal, but we Americans now have to pay 15%? How does that make sense?” “That’s how Trump operates. The best way…
Where would he be without his hat?
“A MAGA man in Texas was so incensed by the unAmerican anti-ICE protests that he left his car to reeducate a girl.” “It’s good to try, I guess, but I’ll…