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Slowly Parsing SMTM's "Lithium is Making Us Fat" Thing
Entry 1 of ?: CICO/Willpower/Habit dismissal
May 12
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Nobody Will Admit The Best Novel of Our Generation is About Football
OK, so, there’s this thing where if you write a bunch you hope you eventually build up some trust with your audience. You try to be generally reliable and trustworthy in hopes that they come to believe you are generally reasonable, that you wouldn’t try to trick them, and that…
Apr 28
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The Whole Thing With Not Liking David French
Note: This article is about a religious figure, one who spends a lot of time instructing people in his religion on what he thinks God demands of them. As such this is gonna get pretty dang religious at some points. If you aren’t into that, cool. I just wanted to let you know.
May 16
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What Does "Shitty Job" Mean in The Low-Skill, Low-Pay World?
I once wrote an article about being poor, and I started it out with a story about a friend who had spent some time explaining to my wife (who, at the time, was struggling to maintain a household of four on entry-level retail money) how hard up for funds they were, and how…
Apr 17
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What Does "Shitty Job" Mean in The Low-Skill, Low-Pay World?
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On The Exciting Subject Of Earwax And Unsupported Medical Arguments
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Overnight Pizza and The Consistent Unreliability of Expert Guidelines
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Do we actually know anything about youth trans suicide rates?
(Author’s note: I’m not sure how much of a work in progress this article is. Usually, when I post something like this, people will hit me up with things…
Mar 28
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The Indoor Kid's Guide to Choosing a Martial Art
Combat effectiveness for frequent library patrons
Mar 15
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Book Club: The one where we vote on books.
I have been not-great at keeping up on this, but I do want to do it and I appreciate all the suggestions. Here’s what people have brought up (I haven’t…
Mar 15
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Assessing a Claim: Is San Francisco's Shoplifting Problem Fake?
As I begin to write this post, you can probably figure out where I’m going with it. I’m conservative and I’m from Arizona; predictably, I hate the new…
Mar 8
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Sadly, Porn Review III
One review to end them all and free me from this unending torment
Feb 28
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Help RC Do a Bookclub
Like the Beggin' Strips Dog, I don't read
Feb 17
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Nickelbacking: The Futility of Self-Definition by Exclusion
This is how you remind you of who you really are
Feb 16
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Conor Friedersdorf: The Perfect Flunky for The Atlantic's Fake Discourse
What seems like a long time ago, The Atlantic had a section called Notes. The idea behind Notes was something between a curated comments section and…
Feb 7
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What Does "Shitty Job" Mean in The Low-Skill, Low-Pay World?
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