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 dear influencers the correct way to hold every mic is any way that makes it look like you’re clutching a dick
 
 “important update! To better serve our users and continue providing the best experience we can we’re taking away your favourite features and raising our prices and adding limits to how you can use our product look how much better served you are”
 
 ben shapiro frantically measuring his own height at 2am in the walmart parking lot, screaming ‘the tape measure is a tool of cultural marxism.’ someone come get their boy
 
 your atomic habits: drinking water when you wake up
my tactical nuclear habits: flooding my entire house with deuterium oxide. becoming clinically hydrated. local water table permanently altered
 
 I need to write up a blog post on the only physical note taking system that has ever worked for me
 
 if I’ve learned one thing from trying to engage in good faith with right wing fopdoodles it’s that there is no fucking point trying to engage in good faith with right wing fopdoodles
 
 anyone who says they wouldnt have voted to execute socrates is a coward. this man would follow you around the marketplace asking if you can define what a sandal is
 
 “so much for the tolerant left” i weep, as the cashier refuses to accept my payment of 50,000 loose uncooked beans for this monster energy drink
 
 If you’re the CEO of a company that has laid off more than 5% of its workforce in the last 12 months, there should be a freeze on your compensation for the next 12 months.
 
 dear liberals,you claim to hate my posts and yet you keep reading them. curious. i am very intelligent
 
 The problem with the “bring your whole self to work” concept is that some folks’ whole self is anti-vaxx, bible thumping, COVID denying fuckery. I don’t know about you but I’d rather not see Crosses and anti-vaxx stickers on my coworkers desks or popping up in Slack channels.
 
 wild how “some people” fight against gay and trans rights but get offended if you call them transphobic or homophobic. You don’t get to deny our rights and then demand a nice label. If you’re uncomfortable being called out, maybe question the views making you fit that label.

Ya pricks.
 
 I’m curious. If you’re running your own business / publication, etc, do you have a to-do app for your personal life and a separate app for your work? How do you draw a line between which tasks go where? What do you use?
 
 my roommate michael moore has been trying to get an interview with ronald mcdonald for 30 years. keeps sneaking into head office disguising himself as the hamburgler. they know it’s you michael
 
 Your regular reminder that I curate a daily feed with a hand picked selection of Gift / Friend links to premium publication articles on The Index link blog:

theindex.media/categorie…
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 this is the funniest bio I have ever read. literally just “a list of times I got owned”

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 I think Harris is going to win.

But if Harris loses, the establishment democrats are gonna throw trans people under a bus driven by Donald Trump with a bumper sticker that says “I don’t brake for pronouns”
 
 I can’t believe I’m having an actual conversation with someone who thinks it’s dismissive to call people who have a fear of trans people “transphobic” wait no i can believe that
 
 I spent 3 years writing GARBAGE on every photo of biden i could find. he has stolen my bit. i am contacting the plagiarism police
 
 its called a presidential “race” but they wont let me drive my 1998 honda civic into the voting booth. system is rigged
 
 matt walsh is what happens when you feed an AI 10,000 hours of someone saying ‘actually,’ and then give it a beard
 
 breaking news: local man who spent 6 hours sending death threats is deeply wounded that someone told him to shut up. more at 11
 
 the cowards guide to posting: 1. harass someone 2. get mad when they respond 3. write a 12 part thread about Civility In Discourse"
 
 It’s bloody refreshing to see a tech company ask their hard-core users what they want and then…build it. I’d love to see more of this.

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 by 2025 joan will be a payments platform by 2026 joan will be a self driving car by 2027 joan will be bankrupt & my posts about joan will be evidence in federal court
 
 why the fuck would you spend 4 years getting ‘educated’ at some commie Marxist hippie lentil university when you could be spending that time becoming a self made millionaire by inheriting money
 
 PLEASE DONT ADVERTISE A RESTAURANT THAT ISNT FREE YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT

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 Cat Stevens: I’m looking for a hard headed woman one who will make me do my bed

DOCTOR Jordan Peterson : :
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 thank you Mr Bezos my family can “eat” now

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 Biden nailed it. Trump voters are garbage. Every last one of them. No exceptions.
 
 “I promised Full Self Driving. I never promised the driving style wouldn’t be ‘unhinged Florida man at 3am’“​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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 Okay I feel like we gave “reaching across the aisle” the old college try, regardless of who wins, next year we are socially isolating and shunning every Trump voter and every racist fucking family member so they die alone and lonely. Like, we’re just never speaking to them again.
 
 my roommate michael moore keeps trying to get me to join his “anti-establishment book club” but it’s just him reading the back covers of chomsky books out loud
 
 nothing says ‘daddy never loved me’ quite like being a billionaire still chasing Trump’s approval with your checkbook
 
 my new response to right wing dipshits on social media is “shut the fuck up dork” honestly it’s about all they’re worth
 
 just found out about death. not a fan. giving it 1 star on yelp. the grim reaper can kiss my ass in hell, which is also bad
 
 LUNTZ: where’s the Harris campaign’s 600 page affordability white paper? WHERE
AIDE: trump just posting ‘economy = fixed by the jews’ on truth social
LUNTZ: leaping for his noise canceling headphones i can’t hear youuuuuu
 
 my roommate michael moore has been following me to starbucks every morning, demanding to know “who really profits” from my $5 latte habit. please just let me have my coffee
 
 they’ll be saying “snowflake liberals can’t even take a joke” right up until they’re stamping your passport with GENETIC DEVIANT in red ink
 
 first they burn ballots, then they burn books, then they burn us
 
 the pope just dropped an anime avatar and if i know anything about being trans that means he’s about 3-5 years away from his egg cracking

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 security escorted me out of the library for reorganizing every book by how much i personally agree with it. so much for the tolerant left
 
 The only difference between Donald and Diddy is that Donald is white.

Why else do you think he’s not locked up?
 
 Just a reminder that Woody Guthrie’s guitar said ‘this machine kills fascists’ not ‘this machine thinks fascists make some interesting points worth considering”
 
 Remember when the internet felt infinite? When every click could lead to something wild, wonderful, and new?

Those days are dying.

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 Republicans hate the troops.
 
 the problem with “Never Trump” republicans is that they were still “Frequently Bush” republicans
 
 way too many of y’all in the media are getting off on everyone’s fear, uncertainty and doubt and it shows
 
 this years Pulitzer goes to the Bezos’ op ed that he definitely wrote himself about why not picking a side is brave actually. founding fathers shed a single tear. george washington is clapping. this is what leadership looks like folks
 
 just found out some people research their opinions BEFORE posting them?? absolutely psychotic behavior
 
 Someone on reddit pointed out that he’s trying to make an X with his body and it’s the most embarrassing thing I have ever seen

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 fact checkers keep ‘debunking’ my posts but have they considered that believing things that make me mad feels really good actually
 
 The rise of data-driven campaigning didn’t just change politics—it’s undermining the very foundations of democracy. Are we ready for the consequences?

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 my roommate michael moore keeps trying to get my tinder dates to sign release forms before entering our apartment. I haven’t had a second date in 8 months
 
 have spent 10,000 hours reading every “Understanding The Trump Voter” think piece. have watched 500 documentaries. have consulted the ancient texts. turns out they’re just nazis. im so fucking mad
 
 just watched ben shapiro try to DESTROY a happy meal with FACTS and LOGIC but he couldn’t open the box. now crying in mcdonalds. this is conservative intellectualism. No pussy has ever been dryer.
 
 trump is like if you ordered a dictator off wish.com
 
 my roommate michael moore just burst into my room with a camera crew to demand why i “continue to support big tech” by charging my phone. this is the fourth time today
 
 The last decade has been the empire strikes back and I’d really like return of the Jedi soon
 
 i have evolved past shitposting. now spending 16 hours a day crafting nuanced takes about fiscal policy. my brain is deteriorating. keep seeing ben bernanke in my dreams
 
 The dark triad is just what I call my 3 nipples
 
 Nate Silver’s gut says Trump is gonna win.

Nate Silver’s gut also said Eric Adams would be the next Democrat Presidential Nominee.
 
 The mainstream Romney conservatives get outraged when progressives use GOP tactics back on them because deep down, they know what they’re supporting isn’t right. When people they secretly see as the ‘good guys’ use their playbook, it forces them to confront their own shit - and it’s uncomfortable.
 
 “im not owned!! im going back to my roots!!”, i continue to scream as the Washington post becomes a amazon product review aggregator with occasional news
 
 the thing about REAL entrepreneurs is we dont need “customers” or “revenue.” we have LINKEDIN ENGAGEMENT and PODCAST DOWNLOADS. the universe will provide, as long as you keep sharing gary vee clips​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
 
 Shout out to all the dudes who have joined the fight for abortion rights by living their lives as a case study of why it’s a good idea
 
 Stupid simple productivity hack:

If you’re struggling to wake up early, change your alarm sound / tone every night. Don’t give your brain a chance to get used to it and block it out.
 
 Look if you’re gonna roast Elon musk at least do it over an open flame
 
 if I see one more contestant say ‘we’re not here to make friends,’ I’m going to join the show just to become their best friend out of spite
 
 Every single reality show judge:

what you just did was so fucking unprofessional…

DRAMATIC PAUSE AUDIENCE GASPS

…because professionals would charge BILLIONS for talent like this. you have forced me to press my special button. the one that makes you win $50,000 (wipes tear) (violins play)
 
 they’re scanning brainwaves for “problematic thoughts” now. joke’s on them - my mind is an endless loop of the windows xp startup sound
 
 What idiot called my publication Westenberg instead of Webstenberg
 
 Can’t find the option for “your owner is a cunt” can anyone help

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 “deplorables” didn’t go far enough.

We’re talking about barely functioning, expired milk carton-level, sub-human rape apologists with a shit fashion sense, hellbent on speedrunning the collapse of civilization.

Every Trump supporter is semi-sentient mold growing on the unwashed ass of democracy.
 
 “‘what if we found the worlds most insufferable centrist and gave them 800 words twice a week’ - the NYT fuckass opinion desk, smoking dick shaped cigars made of pulitzers
 
 (sobbing) please… you have to understand… i NEED to see what limited edition flavor of chip the funny internet man is eating today
 
 Trump voters aren’t worth the oxygen. Yours or theirs.
 
 My Halloween costume this year is Sam Altman I’m gonna dress like a dork and go around asking people for money
 
 ah shit. accidentally posted my credit card info instead of a slur. please no one look at my last 20 tweets
 
 I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that if slavery was still legal Amazon and Tesla wouldn’t be mad about it
 
 thou shalt not worship false idols (RETWEET IF U AGREE) just bought a 20 foot gold trump statue for the church lawn. its different actually. completely different situation
 
 desperately trying to explain to the youth group that “THOU SHALT HAVE NO GODS BEFORE ME” has an asterisk for “unless they hosted the apprentice”. its in the original Hebrew
 
 jeff bezos personally called me, begging me to stop you all from unsubscribing. i told him “shut up nerd” & crushed 600 of his little prime boy packages with my immense ass
 
 My party trick is making anxiety look like a personality wbu
 
 “freedom is when i get to choose which government watches me through my microwave” - edward snowden’s guide to principled resistance
 
 protip: if you see someone having a good time online you are legally and morally obligated to tell them why they’re wrong about everything
 
 frantically googling “how to uncancel yourself” as the mob outside my house chants increasingly specific details about my search history
 
 If you ever do this you deserve to burn in hell for all eternity I don’t make the rules (I do)

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 Look I mean this in the nicest way possible but Jeff Bezos is has and will always be a cunt
 
 if your network is your net worth then im worth approximately one (1) expired cup noodle. the shrimp kind. not even the good flavor
 
 FREEMAN
 
 congrats to jeff bezos for inventing a bold new form of media ownership where you buy a newspaper and then put a big piece of tape over its mouth. very innovative. same day shitting.
 
 Flaherty is a weapon.
 
 how dare you be mean to the nice man who simply wants to be president again and also deport several million people
 
 Making my next million selling Comfort Zone Disruptors™️ to hustle bros. it’s a Bluetooth butt plug. Real sigmillionaires know: true disruption starts from within​​​​​​​​​​​
 
 love to spend 18 hours a day defending a billionaire’s honor online for free. this is the sacred duty that the founding fathers died on omaha beach to protect