Notices by Woke Anaander Mianaai (cryptovexillologist@mastodon.social)

I bet that, within a century, the End-Of-Year Government Shutdown will get codified as a folk holiday, probably taking on some of the anti-establishment debauchery that Christmas used to represent

Parhelion update!

Some lovely guest art from @minitiate of the Business Lesbians!

https://parhelioncomic.com/comic/intermission-guest-art-basil/

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Parhelion update! So *that's* where that incongruously-fancy uniform came from.

https://parhelioncomic.com/comic/interlude-11-page-13-collective-fiction/

Support on Patreon for early pages and exclusive content! https://www.patreon.com/parhelion

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https://mastodon.social/media/YoRcZKJew__hboOgNUY

Speaking of things ahead of their time, this is almost thirty years old but it has more or less the exact cadence of a modern shitpost, and that's beautiful

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4sZuN0xXWLc

I love how this translation of Gorgias is from 1987 but it has the structure and rhythm of every pointless internet argument ever

SOCRATES: What's this, Polus? You're laughing? Is this now some further style of refutation, to laugh when somebody makes a point, rather than refuting him?

POLUS: Don't you think you've been refuted already, Socrates, when you're saying things the likes of which no human being would maintain? Just ask any one of these people.

How many times can you mutter "come on, [hallowed institution], you're better than this" before facing the fact that empirically, they clearly aren't

I really appreciate how an "explosively popular" post here is, like, ten boosts rather than fifty thousand

I only learned recently that "dealing with crazy messianic cult leaders" was a very regular part of Pontius Pilate's job

I grew up with some general awareness of Christ being among the destitute rabble and weirdos, but this angle on it really adds a lot

YOU: Yeah, I guess I see some bad takes on social media now and then

ME, AN INTELLECTUAL: Step into my wine cellar of the finest bad reactionary takes, sorted by age, topic, verbosity, and degree of historical cluelessness