Alexander Manson

Baelor Targaryen is a nothing burger wrapped in what ifs which is why people like you, who don’t read the actual series, cannot even fathom ppl liking main characters who embody the magic of the series

Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers mention Hasan Piker on Las Culturistas "He was talking so freely about gay men, I said Hasan you better fuck a man or hush it up" "I would agree and I would say, absolutely first in line for that. And can I say, I think all these people coming for Hasan wanna fuck him too"

Additionally, no political party has ever done any of that stuff. They direct apolitical public servants to do. An elected politician's role in the administration of the state in most democracies begins and ends with "I think we should...". Even bills are drafted by lawyers in an independent legislative office hired by parliament.

This is a really good flyer

This is a really good flyer

Today, I taught Othello, and when we got to the scene when Othello accuses Desdemona of being a “whore,” I discussed the lines where Othello calls Emilia into the room: “You, mistress, / That have the office opposite to St. Peter / And keeps the gate of hell.” Ten years ago, I could count on my students knowing what Othello means by this—whether they’ve heard the idea from their parents or picked it up from cartoons. Today, most of them seem to have no idea—not a single clue—what he’s talking about. I have thought for a long time that what makes Shakespeare hard for a lot of people is less his vocabulary or syntax and more his references to classical literature, myth, and history that are mostly unknown to modern audiences. But more and more, I get the impression that young people know nothing at all about their own culture, let alone the cultures of the deep past.

how do you do this? what makes you bring up the avignon papacy off the cuff?