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Jason Pargin
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November 10 - November 24, 2024
“He’s been angry since I was born. And where normal people get mad and then get over it, Dad just keeps cycling higher, like a runaway reactor. Like he’ll get mad, then he’ll get mad about the fact that you made him mad, and the only thing that will calm him down is if he can spread it, make everyone else miserable. He sees the universe as this machine that is designed to give him everything, and he takes it as a personal affront when it misfires.�
Key’s theory, which Patrick had mocked as the “Virgin Apocalypse,� was that all modern hate groups were really just incel grievances in disguise. It’s a historical fact that one of the key precursors to mass violence in a society is simply an excess of young, unmarried men. The really unpopular part of Key’s theory, the one that had caused a lot of colleagues to stop talking to her in the hallway, was that the smart societies knew you could deal with this problem simply by finding some excuse to go to war. Through all of history, wars were a way to burn off your excess young men, like venting
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He went back in, found some terrible but wearable shoes, and felt the harsh, silent judgment of the cashier at the sight of a visibly one-shoed man buying cheap sneakers minutes before closing time—the ultimate sign of an individual whose life has gone off the rails.
Can you believe how many humans have lived and died without ever tasting melted cheese?�
“I have to give him credit. Knowing how you’re dumb is one of the most valuable kinds of smart there is.�
