HeyJaredScranton Time - bits and pieces from Tom Flannery
reflections on current events / culture / music / everything in between - from the birthplace of The Office and the 46th POTUS
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“At no time in human existence have more people been more content, even proud, to be ignorant...” (opens the original)
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It’s always the little things that keep hope alive, right?The person who holds the door for you. The driver who waves you into traffic. The person in the grocery store with 1 item who says “no, you go”. Tiny acts of kindness that nobody takes for granted anymore. So they mean even more. A random smile from a complete stranger can lift you in ways it never could before. However brief, moments of coming together are more powerful than ever.Which sounds really weird to say. Ironic even, considering
“As Phillies fans, our long nightmare will soon be over....” (opens the original)
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It’s the most wonderful time of year. Well….for sports at least. And the fall. Fall is wonderful.Actually everything else sucks right now. The world is a fucking disaster. But let’s focus on the sports thing. Baseball in particular.Baseball is coming down to the wire. As Phillies fans, our long nightmare will soon be over. With a strike looming next season, not being forced to watch them swing wildly at outside sliders, or tap meekly to shortstop, will feel strange. But I suspect liberating as w
The American TASS (opens the original)
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The less written about Trump TV, otherwise known as the American TASS, the better. However it is worth noting that its comments have already been disabled, which is so on-brand it will probably pass unnoticed.But that why I’m here, eh? You’re welcome.Americans take their trolling VERY seriously, and not allowing comments is an online faux-pas at the sam… Read more
Pig f***ers (opens the original)
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The Director of the FBI will now allow pig-fuckers to become FBI agents.“We did not want to make it (bestiality) an automatic disqualification for the FBI…” is how director Kash Patel put it in a hearing in front of a mortified Congress yesterday.Patel then called pig-fuckers “victims”, and said “we’re not going to criminalize and prevent victims from serving.”This prompted Republican Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana to ask “on what planet” was this change suggested, and exactly how you “invo
9/12 (opens the original)
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It’s almost disturbing how quickly we move on.On this 25th anniversary of 9/11 everybody came together, united in shared grief and memory. Moments of silence. Remembrances. Prayers. Tears. An entire nation paused, took a collective breath, and felt connected in a way a nation is supposed to feel connected. It was dignified. It was, dare I say, nice.And then it was 9/12 and everybody started acting like an asshole again.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/im
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