things I love about my country, because it’s the 4th of july and why shouldn’t i get to love this country where i have lived for all my thirty years. he’s the one who sucks

1. ice water
2. the common use of dryers for your clothes
3. carbon beach in malibu california
4. fall foliage in boston massachusetts
5. central AC
6. that thing where if you pump your arm at a passing 18 wheeler they’ll honk their big loud horn just for fun
7. your ability to attend college/course of study/subsequent career isn’t locked in by the results of one exam you take at 16 years old like in most of eurasia
8. that it’s appropriate to wear blue jeans almost anywhere
9. rock music, and all its parent genres
10. these really beautiful string art earrings i bought on the agua caliente rez
11. mexican, italian, and chinese food all on the same street
12. no official national language or religion
13. how we smile too big and shake people’s hands too hard and immediately give ourselves away in foreign countries by our gregariousness
14. broadway musicals
15. the james baldwin quote “i love america more than any other country in the world, and exactly for this reason, i insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” actually james baldwin in general. he was so fucking rad even when he got too drunk at parties and screamed at other guests about their systematic white privilege in a way that brought the vibe down. because that’s also deeply american

Shelly went to an Ivy which causes her to know generationally wealthy 32 year olds with enough outsized confidence to pull this

brandon rogers finding out live in real time that gianmarco soresi is straight is the spiritual successor to britney spears experiencing the same public shock re: ryan seacrest

you know what crazy early 00s thing mamdani is responsible for though? KAL PENN’S CAREER

my review of the ted lasso revival