Mostly I’m just imagining the shitshow that is 170K people on a conference call.
“Hi, it sounds like about 14,600 of you aren’t on mute. Could everyone mute themselves please?”
“Who’s speaking? Is that President Xi? Hello? Am I on?”
ALERT: Late night futures show extreme fear at this hour. While Dow futures are experiencing a jaw-dropping fall of -389 pts on reports China's Xi Xinping held a conference call w/ 170k gov't officials on the
#CoronavirusOutbreak
, all this could change by tomorrow so tune In 3pET
I always think it’s a little weird when I open someone’s Instagram and the only thing they have pictures of is themselves. It’s like, there’s a whole beautiful world out there and the only thing you’ve found to take photos of is you?
GOP candidates running in swing seats want to eliminate the CIA, execute Democrats who "stole" the 2020 election, secede their states from the union if Democrats keep winning, and roll back the right to vote for women.
FYI.
What it’s like to be married to us:
Me: I wonder if the Museum of Neon Art is any good?
@mpolikoff
: It’s a gas.
Me: I’m not going to react to that.
MP: We argon-na find out!
Me: Bad puns are my krypton-ite.
The 22-year-old homosexual at the table next to us at this Indian restaurant is describing the trials and travails of his life. Reader, I have never been so grateful to be in my late 30s.
Tonight when I called my grandfather to wish him a happy 92nd birthday, he insisted I give the phone to Morgan, whose birthday is tomorrow, so he could wish *him* a happy birthday.
@FatPastor
@sarahnferris
Don’t blame the tax code, blame tax preparation software companies. They spend a ton of money lobbying Congress to make filing your taxes harder:
I legitimately wish I could send
@fakedansavage
’s opening monologue in this week’s
#SavageLovecast
to all of my liberal friends. It exactly describes the frustration I feel with the circular firing squad that is present-day social justice.
My mother’s a schoolteacher in Titus Co., TX, which has one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the state. Yet her school district—which is resuming in-person instruction—is still having a “meet the teacher” night this year. Our nation’s teachers are being led to the slaughter.
Absolutely wild to me that this Wednesday
#NYTXW
puzzle made it to print. This might have been the most joyless crossword I’ve ever done. It’s like the sort of thing you’d find in the back of Spirit’s inflight magazine.
@WarClandestine
Honestly, it was worth it to read this whole stupid, absolutely-did-not-happen thing just to get the replies. 5/5, would laugh at this bullshit again.
I am not a person who is *ever* rude to wait staff or service personnel in general. But the pandemic has really emphasized to me the importance of approaching every situation with grace. I find myself saying “thank you” a lot more now.
Lots of people being snarky about the outdated blood donor policy today, which is totally fine! But if you want to help change the policy, consider joining the ADVANCE study:
NEW:
@CBSNews
has learned the Red Cross is declaring a national blood crisis for the first time and tomorrow the organization will ask people to donate immediately.
People can change (though my grandfather is still conservative and still watches Fox News). It’s not easy and it takes a lot of time, but they *can* change.
University of Kentucky fans flipped a car over in Lexington while celebrating the team’s win over the University of Florida on Saturday. No injuries or arrests were reported, according to local news.
If you're upset about Minnesota's state flag finalists, allow me to present the flags of Maryland, Louisiana, Montana, and Vermont.
If you don't love Minnesota's finalists (I think they're nice), just know it could be way worse.
@Mickolas9
Wait, you were invited to a wedding but your partner was not? That's just plain rude. Couples are a unit: invite one or invite neither. You are within your rights to change your RSVP to a flat no.
When I first came out to my parents some 17 years ago, they forbade me from telling my conservative, Fox News-watching grandparents, who “wouldn’t understand.”
NEWS: A Mississippi school district can forbid a transgender student from attending her graduation unless she wears male-designated attire instead of a dress under her robe, a Trump-appointed federal judge ruled tonight.
Her graduation is at 6 p.m.
When searching for hotels in DC, the Marriott website should have an optional filter that's just "lol, I'm not staying in fucking Virginia" so that those properties don't show up.
After 17 years together with the same man, I can confidently say the most important compatibility issue—more important than finances or sex or life goals—is finding someone who wants to keep the house the same temperature you do.
cc:
@mpolikoff
My husband says this like we don't *always* have Champagne in the refrigerator. If there's one thing I'm going to do, it's have Champagne ready to go for any occasion (or no occasion!).
We are at an adult "pool party" and my husband put on his bathing suit before we came here and I tried to explain to him that no one was actually going to be swimming. Anyway, he is now in the pool by himself while everyone else is standing around the edges sipping cocktails.
@dgschell
I don’t want hets to feel unsafe, but I’m perfectly fine with them feeling uncomfortable.
(I say this as someone who categorically refuses to take straight women to gay bars.)
With
@mpolikoff
doing a mileage run this evening, I decided I’d make myself a margarita to have with dinner. I forgot that my standard margarita recipe is, of course, formulated for two people. Guess I’ll just have to drink them both!
I don’t judge people at the gym for how much they can lift or how fast they run. You’re at the gym doing your thing and that’s amazing. But if you take even one step into that shower with no shoes on, the judgment is coming out IN FORCE. 🤮
Prince Harry and Megan Markle are using foreign titles to campaign against President Trump and interfere with our election. Today, I asked the British Government to put a stop to it.
See my full letter below⬇️
I’m hoping GILDED AGE turns out to be part of the Downton Cinematic Universe and we’re introduced to a young heiress from Cincinnati who turns out to be Lady Cora before she meets Robert.
Nowhere in his coming out post does
@aaronschock
apologize for the damage done to the LGBTQ+ community with his voting record in Congress. He shouldn’t be welcomed into our family until he does.
I'm using
@Workday
to review résumés for a job opening in my office, and just . . . wow. It's as if they designed a naturally-intuitive system, and then released the COMPLETE OPPOSITE of that.
Twitter has now made it impossible to block ads on your timeline. Instead, all you can do is report them. So that’s what I propose we do from here on it: just report every single ad that you come across.
.
@mpolikoff
, in a moment of tenderness at a fabulous Italian restaurant; “I love wine so much, I love food so much, I love *you* so much.”
Me: “Is that the order?”
Morgan, after thinking: “I’d put you ahead of food.”
One of the funniest things about New Yorkers is they act as if it’s such an ordeal to get anywhere that’s not in their neighborhood.
“South of 59th at this time of day? I dunno.”
“Look at me, going north of 23rd!”
Try sitting in traffic for a half hour sometime!
Hearing
@mpolikoff
try to arrange a COVID vaccine for his mother is so frustrating. You shouldn't have to check multiple websites multiple times a day to get an appointment. It's a reminder that we had 10 months to get this right as a country, and we just completely whiffed.