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I Thought I Found the Single Logical Inconsistency in the Q Conspiracy but I Was Wrong
I Thought I Found the Single Logical Inconsistency in the Q Conspiracy but I Was Wrong

More QAnonsense.

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinDecember 12, 2024
Why Are Baby Boomers So Emotionally Invested in Aunt Jemima's Future?
Why Are Baby Boomers So Emotionally Invested in Aunt Jemima's Future?

Why are baby boomers so protective of an outdated flour mascot?

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinDecember 11, 2024
The Appalling Hypocrisy of Sound of Freedom Subject and Suspected Sex Criminal Tim Ballard
The Appalling Hypocrisy of Sound of Freedom Subject and Suspected Sex Criminal Tim Ballard

Tim Ballard and Donald Trump want you to think that powerless outsiders represents a terrible threat to women and children when they are actually much more dangerous.

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinDecember 10, 2024
To Survive the Next Four Years, We'll Need to be Able to Laugh at Ourselves and at the Absurdist Dark Comedy of Trump and His Cursed Cabinet of Ghouls
To Survive the Next Four Years, We'll Need to be Able to Laugh at Ourselves and at the Absurdist Dark Comedy of Trump and His Cursed Cabinet of Ghouls

We’re going to have to laugh to keep from crying.

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinDecember 5, 2024Donald Trump, satire
What Did Diddy Do and When Did He Do It?
What Did Diddy Do and When Did He Do It?
The Big WhoopNathan RabinDecember 4, 2024Diddy
I Need to Write About More Good Movies for This Site
I Need to Write About More Good Movies for This Site

I love bad movies but I need to write about more good ones, because this site could benefit from a little more positivity and a li'l more balance.

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinNovember 27, 2024
This Christmas Season Be Sure to Not Watch the Godawful, Weirdly Naziriffic The Nut Cracker in 3-D
This Christmas Season Be Sure to Not Watch the Godawful, Weirdly Naziriffic The Nut Cracker in 3-D

It’s Christmas in January! 2010’s Hitlertastic The Nutcracker in 3-D has a reputation for being one of the worst and craziest movies ever made. That reputation is correct.

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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinNovember 21, 2024Nathan Lane, John Turturro, Christmas, ballet, Nazis
The Problem of Child Molestation in Entertainment Is Very Real, But Not in the Way Q Thinks
The Problem of Child Molestation in Entertainment Is Very Real, But Not in the Way Q Thinks
The Big WhoopNathan RabinNovember 21, 2024Donald Trump, Diddy, QAnon
The Prankishly Post-Modern Audio Commentary-Based 2022 Austrian Horror Comedy Razzenest is a Demented Delight
The Prankishly Post-Modern Audio Commentary-Based 2022 Austrian Horror Comedy Razzenest is a Demented Delight

One of you beautiful weirdoes paid me to write about the 2022 movie world goof Razzenest, which I dug!

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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinNovember 20, 2024
I Hate Elon Musk So Much I'm Now Active on Threads
I Hate Elon Musk So Much I'm Now Active on Threads

I’m enjoying being on social media site Threads, which is like Twitter but less evil.

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The Big WhoopNathan RabinNovember 20, 2024Elon Musk
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