Reviews

Meetup redux

A consolidation of various Meetup complaints

75-year-old cringe

The Unbearable Cringe of Being: AI Companions, Deluded Elders, and the Semiotics of 'We Got Hitched' (Best New Taxonomy of Digital Desperation)

UTV accident and ice bath leading to amputation

A cold-plunge video reaches thousands of people with no context, and the comments spiral into confusion, shock jokes and unsolicited tough love.

40,000 hours

Why the background noise is now the foreground, the internet became a closed loop, and a man is still listening to the same scream after 40,000 hours.

Bored Games

The New Board Game Renaissance is Just a Layer of Hell for People Who Want to Drink and Die

Weird Meetup hell

Things that are open to the public invite mental illness and stupidity

The 'Vibe Coding' Delusion, Pickaxes vs Self-Driving Tractors, and Endless Torrents of Technical Slop

Societal collapse is imminent. Or at least it should be

IGN comments meta-complaining

IGN's desperate damage control sparks intense rage.

Amen Break: Cringe?

The Amen Break is a creatively bankrupt, soul-crushing drum loop.

AI Chatbot Frustration

AI chatbots are gaslighting us with infuriating, condescending apologies.

Bucket of goat heads inside store that smells bad

Loud and smelly Library

The library can be really loud and annoying and not for the reasons you might expect.

Iron Man 2 was not good

Iron Man 2 is a bloated, soulless, corporate disaster.

Joker: Not Good

Overhyped, shallow, and exhausting, Joker is a cinematic abomination.

Mira the Hollower / Shovel Knight

A hand-drawn metroidvania that trusts you to get lost — and rewards you for it every single time.

Pirate Radio (Or Whatever It's Called): A Cinematic Enema of Boomer Nostalgia Masturbation

Boomer nostalgia masturbation disguised as a movie, inducing existential crisis.

Samsung TV Buzzing Bass Annoyance

Samsung TV's atrocious bass handling ruins everything.

True Detective Boring

Pretentious, exhausting, and utterly boring, a chore to watch.