Archive for the 'Assholes' Category

Protected: Dealing With Difficult People, II

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Ass PAC

So we were cleaning the house in a fervor yesterday afternoon when the phone rang, and I was greeted by the Ass PAC that’s been calling everyday for weeks. I was already irritable after the bank appointment, so I launched into the lady, asking her to take us off their calling list. “Well, in all [...]

Protected: On Compromise

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Protected: Simulacra and Simulation

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You Might Try Working on Your Uncreepy, Un-misogynistic Sex Appeal

Seen at Post Secret: It always amazed me that the “What Kind Of Superpower Do You Want?” thought exercise usually involved dudes finding ways of doing gross, sexual things to women and getting away with it. It really, really shouldn’t shock me by now, but it nevertheless does. The worst was when, after watching that [...]

This Is Not How It’s Done

There isn’t really a precedence for this kind of thing, the kind of thing where your child’s stepmother plagiarizes an old blog post you did about your relationship with your son to illustrate her relationship with her own, but I really wish there was. At least you’d know how to deal with the tremendous awkwardness. [...]

Don’t Call Me Dude

Bonus to the kid who kept the camera on. I wonder what it takes to get a police officer fired for unnecessary, ongoing brutality and abuse on a kid. For having a skateboard and calling him “dude.” via unfogged

For The Racist’s Wishlist

Disney decided to get in on the couture noose racket with The Noose Necklace: But despite all the race-related, noose-related threats on North American soil in recent months, it’s related to Pirates of the Caribbean so it’s no big deal. Also be on the lookout for the sterling silver SS belt buckle from The Sound [...]

God Doesn’t Hate Fags

Lo, my heart is warmed this Sunday with excellent news from earlier this week: God doesn’t hate fags and the church of Fred Phelps lost a righteous $10.9 million lawsuit: A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals in the belief that the war [...]

For the Love of God

Knowing all the good, tolerant Christians that I do, it’s really a shame to stumble on a story like this one: A woman who sent her Arab-American boss a threatening note that warned “Remember 9/11″ and “You and your kids will pay” was sentenced Wednesday to eight months in a federal halfway house. Kia Reid, [...]

The Media Collective Gets Sexism in Action

My friend, a professed gadget geek, decided to take his recording equipment on campus and interview drunk passersby on the sidewalk as they come out of the bars on Purdue University’s main strip. He’s now releasing his recorded material as 2-5 minute podcasts that, as far as experimental radio goes, are pretty damn funny. In [...]

And He’s Out

By now you’re probably aware that Karl Rove, America’s favorite turd blossom, will resign effective August 31st. The big question is whether an indictment is to follow. While the White House cites a desire for “more time with family” as the reason for Rove’s departure, we’ve seen this administration boot people who’ve reached infamy for [...]

Working With the Enemy

I think Jaclyn’s friend’s boyfriend just got a job with me! Monday a new guy started at work, and as per company training sat with several people in my department to get an idea of what we do. Within three days he had managed to piss off and offend half a dozen of the people [...]

Parental Racism and Offensive Headlines That Could Be Subsituted With “Heathers” Quotes

The Daily Mail runs an article by a woman who thought she was cool with people of other races until she gave birth to one. In short, Lowri Turner was overjoyed to become a mother, but not a mother of an unwhite child. See, children of color are only glamorous and special when they are [...]

Things One Should Be Passionate About

Turn signals, and people who don’t use them.




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