How weird people feel about all this "weird" talk
On the election, brat summer, and couch f*cking. Things are truly getting...well, y'know.
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Things are getting āweirdā
āWhen they go lowā¦ā was very 2016. Now, taking the higher ground is for suckers. Gotta change with the times and we've entered the Age of Rageā¢ļø so...
My first reaction: āWait, is the Democratic party anti-weirdos now? Jeez, I truly am politically homeless.ā
But why is "theyāre weird" sticking? For one thing, that Stephen Miller guy:
Another reason: The art around the whole party is soooooo bad. For a bunch of godfearing folks, they sure consume godawful things. The outfits are tacky, Kid Rock is lame, their makeup is grotesque, and those Cybertrucks look like urinals. None of it is aspirational, it's just Waffle House meets Bass Pro Shop meets QVC.
The party could level up and do a Mad Men martini vibe (thatās classic conservative, after all). But instead, it chooses to give conspiracy theory Real Housewives.
Or, to give another reality TV example, the left seems like Queer Eye while MAGA is the he-lives-with-his-mom straight guy desperately in need of a makeover.
Also, people sniff out hypocrites. The whole MAGA cult feels like a trickle down $60 bible con. Americans may be idiots as individuals, but, as a crowd, they possess wisdom. And plenty of us are tired of the flag pins worn by those who deny election results, VCās who hate āthe elites,ā the pickup trucks that never haul anything, the "thoughts and prayers" families who send out holiday cards with their kids holding assault rifles, the working class heroes who give tax breaks to billionaires, and the hate-spewing accounts with "Christian/Husband" bios. After a while, itās all a bit insulting.
Good weird vs. bad weird
But is āweirdā the right term for these Roger Stoners? Some self-described weirdos on the left are pushing back because [Gordon Gekko voice] "weird is goodāā¦
Look, Iām weird too. But also, Iām cool with it as a pejorative because hey, whatever works.
It does make me wish the word āfreakā was used more though. Because that feels even more appropriate.
Iād sum it up this way: The weirdos on the left are out here calling the freaks on the right "weird" because it's the best way to get under their skin. That's because freaks spend their lives pretending they're not weird since, in reality, they're extra weird and very scared people will find out. Meanwhile, the normies are like, "Look, you're ALL weird!"
Itās all very, um, strange.
The empire tries to strike back
Meanwhile, Trump called Kamala a "California socialist." (Is that like being California sober? Because if so, that just means she's not really socialist.)
And Jake Paul is onboardā¦
ā¦which is how I realized Jake Paul is Gen Z's Hulk Hogan.
Theyāve also tried mocking Harris for her big laugh. Note: If you donāt like Kamalaās laugh, then I have some very bad news for you about Jeff Bezos.
And then thereās Project Special K (whatever that means):
It's like a game of Telephone. Next up: Some other mook posting to Truth Social: "I just heard Kamala is gonna force every Christian to do Ketamine!"
Give āem credit for getting wild though. It makes me feel like the left keeps bringing a knife to a gunfight. Libs are like "JD is weird" while MAGA is like "Kamalaās gonna have a Honduran shortstop sleeping in your bathtub."
Kamala goes brat
I wonder how Andrew McCarthy feels about this whole ābrat summerā thing.
As for me, I refuse to figure out what it actually means, but Iām pretty sure this formula works:
BRAT SUMMER = Taylor Swift + Kamala Harris / 2 * Skinny Girl Margaritas
Harris is definitely gonna pick a white guy. In fact, this is who theyāre vetting nowā¦
It feels odd that the VP pick "has to be a white man" and we're all fine with saying it aloud. I keep wondering, "Is this what the 1950s felt like?" Gotta admit, it's been surprisingly refreshing to be part of a publicly desired demographic. If this is what it feels like to be tokenized, sign me up!
Maybe Iāll even join the āWhite Brats for Harrisā Zoom call that is probably coming. (Note: I will only pay money to not have to participate in a Zoom call with 10,000 people on it.)
Cushion the blow
The Trump/Vance ticket really did deliver unity: The entire internet loooooved that whole JD-screws-the-couch thing. (All those couch puns really crowded out the Ozempic/Olympics joke avalanche I was expecting this week.)
It was like we all got the same joke writing prompt simultaneously. Look, ma!
JD Vance's mom: "Honey! They call it a loveseat, but that doesn't mean you actually..."
JD Vance: "Whatever. If they didn't want me hooking up with the furniture, then why'd they name the place DESIGN WITHIN REACH?"
Everybody who is anti-kinkshaming was out here mocking poor JD relentlessly. Hypocrites! Two consenting adults and/or pieces of furniture should be allowed to do whatever they want without this kind of mockery.
Cat ladies
And then there were the clips of Vanceās rants against childless cat ladies.
Gotta say, this exchange was superb joke structure from JD: "What do you have against cat ladies?" "That was sarcastic. I've got nothing against cats." š¤
Reminded me of the Curb ep where Larry, when accused of being a self-loathing Jew, responds, āI do hate myself, but it has nothing to do with being Jewish!ā
Anyway, lemme know if us childless folks get to pay less in taxes while the 1776 breeders get extra votes. Otherwise, Iām gonna resurface that āno taxation without representationā thing from you know when.
Patting myself on the back
Remember last weekās Rubesletter where I mentioned that whole bullet thing was very sus? Well, lookie hereā¦
And then I begged for a JD Vance emo makeup tutorial. Huzzah. My prayers were answered.
I truly am a soothsayer.
What will I manifest this time? Hmm. As long as the whole āweirdā thing is working, letās have Kamala go full Mulaney and start calling Trump a horse in the hospital.
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Thanks for reading.
-Matt
dear matt,
i love this: "As long as the whole āweirdā thing is working, letās have Kamala go full Mulaney and start calling Trump a horse in the hospital."
thanks for sharing as always!
love
myq
As someone who always took weird ass a compliment I have had cognitive dissonance over how weird Republicans have become.
The fact that they don't care that he's a pedophile is weird to me.