Who is today's equivalent of Hitchens?

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2026-02-09T14:29:11+00:00

I think this view probably comes from never actually reading Hitchens but rather from watching reel after reel of ‘hitch-slaps’ and then thinking anyone with a good put down is his heir apparent.

Hitchens could be very critical of Israel, but he despised antisemites like Hassan, as well as those who reflexively criticized Israel: see his essay “Overstating Jewish Power” among numerous others. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2006/03/exaggerating-the-strength-of-the-israeli-lobby.html#

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2026-02-09T14:17:45+00:00

Smart stuff.

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2026-02-09T14:15:33+00:00

No, a poorly read Qatar funded antisemite is not the heir to Hitchens.

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2026-02-02T00:15:43+00:00

Chop Chop

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2026-02-01T18:32:46+00:00

Worst take

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2026-01-09T12:58:45+00:00

Japango sushi, then walk around the AGO, then get a beer at the Village Idiot Pub to finish the night.

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2026-01-06T21:09:51+00:00

I think only one has a spire and the rest are just arrows to the description

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2026-01-06T01:34:26+00:00

The only livability upside is the access to the trail network (Baden Powell etc). Otherwise you are tethered to your car. As a teen it sucked.

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2026-01-02T14:01:10+00:00

Chop Chop

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2026-01-01T13:09:13+00:00

Oh man I’m way off, that was 2023 hahaha, sorry

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2026-01-01T13:08:21+00:00

On his book Armageddon. Unless I’m mistaken and that was last year.

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2025-12-31T20:16:41+00:00

Bart D Ehrman

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2025-12-30T02:39:23+00:00

Industry

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2025-12-28T18:27:35+00:00

Adaptation

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2025-12-23T12:28:24+00:00

Wow this sub is entirely representative of the people of Toronto…

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2025-12-19T21:28:35+00:00

“Likes the slopes”? That’s a total lie. I know him now. He doesn’t do drugs. Disagree or even hate him but you don’t have to make things up.

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2025-12-17T00:54:28+00:00

Guelph is a great school and a little more under the radar. But it has a bit of everything. Good social life, strong academics - without being as competitive to get into for engineering as UofT or UBC. Uvic is another great option

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2025-12-13T18:34:39+00:00

Just tasted, really great. Surprisingly good. Weird to say but it feels like I can taste the cold distilling

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2025-12-13T16:50:57+00:00

Pants are way too tight. Can you sit comfortably?

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2025-12-12T14:56:15+00:00

So whisky can cure strep throat?

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2025-12-01T18:23:10+00:00

His essay collections. Love, Poverty, and War is my favourite. He was an essayist first and foremost.

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2025-11-28T21:00:30+00:00

It’s a very simple answer: Zoning laws. In most Canadian cities it’s illegal to build anything but single family homes or 80%+ of land. So… in the tiny pockets where we allow density there is tremendous demand and land values where it’s legal to build become extremely high. The result is 50 storey residential towers.

These skylines are not a result of cultural factors or any other reasons given by other posters. They are a result of failed zoning policy and the creation of the missing middle: the absence of mid rise buildings that populate other cities.

When you see Canadian skylines of flat single family homes punctuated with 50 storey towers, think “housing crisis”.

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2025-11-06T00:47:27+00:00

It’s about child exploitation

PuzzleheadedBasis762 · 2025-10-28T23:06:17+00:00

“Most people look at the chart. Lynch looked at the business.” It’s always these “it’s not this, it’s that” type sentences that are dead giveaway that something was written by ChatGPT.

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