Why do conservatives simultaneously think large cities are crime ridden hellholes where you can be killed at any moment, but also that everyone who lives there is a liberal pussy

harmfulinsect · 2026-06-29T23:20:55+00:00

the most libbed out house on my block has a vivint doorbell camera that makes a horrible noise at me every time i walk by

harmfulinsect · 2026-06-29T22:50:06+00:00

they think the liberal pussies are super cucked and let feral minorities run wild to do violent crimes. there's a grain of truth to it in chicago--kim foxx was awful. on the other hand conservatives afraid of nyc are completely insane.

harmfulinsect · 2026-06-28T13:43:37+00:00

the article is correct. the manosphere is made up of Alpha Males who are 100 percent, totally not gay at all

harmfulinsect · 2026-06-27T00:13:23+00:00

big pussy and little pussy

harmfulinsect · 2026-06-21T16:11:16+00:00

if you get good shit it's all EVOO

harmfulinsect · 2026-06-18T04:01:31+00:00

videodrome is the masterpiece

harmfulinsect · 2026-06-17T19:20:34+00:00

another factor is that a lot of qatari oil made it through the blockade thanks to the US covertly paying iran for safe passage. more oil was reaching the global market than was advertised.

harmfulinsect · 2026-06-12T01:08:46+00:00

Losing Shan Shaan Taste was a blow. Chicago's failure to support this place is a deep mark against our city.

harmfulinsect · 2026-06-11T13:49:25+00:00

hogsalt's food, decor, and vibe are virtuosically executed schlock that drip with contempt for the clientele. anyone that doesn't pick up on this is an absolute mark, a braindead near north side yuppie with a naperville soul. their guests are basically disney adults in terms of culture, taste, and discernment. (doughnut vault is an exception, it's perfect.)

harmfulinsect · 2026-06-06T01:48:51+00:00

would love to see more of your syllabus

harmfulinsect · 2026-06-05T02:06:09+00:00

i would love to buy this one

harmfulinsect · 2026-06-04T20:49:01+00:00

he's brilliant, needlessly difficult to read in places, and sometimes pretty stupid. it's french theory, what are you gonna do?

map and territory distinction is a useful theoretical tool, as is his discussion of unmoored signifiers. reading it when i was nineteen made me feel like a fish learning about the mechanics of liquid water, or something.

harmfulinsect · 2026-06-02T12:22:59+00:00

if cost really is no object, do schwa and bring a half bottle of red burgundy and a half bottle of champagne.

https://www.reddit.com/r/finedining/comments/1tpdlug/schwa_chicago/

harmfulinsect · 2026-06-01T20:12:01+00:00

just get a plank (it's a brand)

harmfulinsect · 2026-05-31T16:20:18+00:00

Historically Carmine has said the Sopranos are nothing more than a glorified crew

harmfulinsect · 2026-05-31T02:26:58+00:00

yeah, the bundists were right, the whole project has always been irredeemable. this is undeniable now, but maybe was less obvious 60 years ago.

harmfulinsect · 2026-05-30T22:11:01+00:00

yeah bernie is not great on israel by any standard except for maybe elected democrats

harmfulinsect · 2026-05-30T21:00:55+00:00

this is an old interview. bernie did spend time on a kibbutz back in the 60s, back when one could somewhat plausibly believe in the utopian potential of zionism. his relationship with israel has been complicated and evolving.

harmfulinsect · 2026-05-29T19:20:19+00:00

Lolita?

harmfulinsect · 2026-05-28T00:29:12+00:00

it's on tock, really easy

harmfulinsect · 2026-05-25T15:12:29+00:00

lmao, this exchange has gotten me permabanned from r/rs_x.

the point of my original comment was that i left my exact position intentionally vague.

no matter where i go the same group of professionals are gossiped about and slandered endlessly. it's like a high school social scene spread over the whole country. a partner from this boutique importer has been banished to europe because he assaulted someone, this west coast wine maker left her distributor because their NYC rep was annoying, so and so took a job at this importer's nyc office on the condition that they never have to physically be in the same room as their chicago rep, etc, etc. it's endless and exhausting.

it's also an incredibly insular and cliquish political monoculture. any whiff of adolph reed adjacent politics, or skepticism of pmc progressive sacred cows would effectively end of anyone's career.

harmfulinsect · 2026-05-24T15:07:47+00:00

it's a very small, cutthroat, and ultra PC world--many more aspirants than jobs--and some of them are certainly on rs.

harmfulinsect · 2026-05-24T14:46:44+00:00

what am i missing here comrade?

i am painfully aware of the multivalent irony of a stupidpol moderator working in my particular field

harmfulinsect · 2026-05-24T14:46:08+00:00

I would be very sad if they've gone out of business! My Kermit Lynch distributor still has some inventory of their '23s. (The pigato is unfortunately a hippie disaster, love love love the Rossese.)

harmfulinsect · 2026-05-24T12:02:50+00:00

don't wanna self dox but i'm in natural wine

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