Sitemap - 2022 - The Rubesletter • by Matt Ruby (Vooza)
The 15 most interesting paragraphs I read this year
Our weird middlebrow monoculture
Actually, the kids are alright
RIP "Always leave ‘em wanting more"
How standup comedy converted me from atheist to Jew
We keep trading quality for efficiency
Soup tossers, Kanye, and why it's good to be hated now
"Vxion is not a sex cult. It’s a results cult."
Bowie, Bros, and the friction between homophobia and mainstream success
We’re drowning in garbage language
Meet the wellness guru who's worked with Kanye West and Vladimir Putin
I'm a standup comedian. Here’s what’s wrong with how progressives speak.
12 self-help lessons for cynics
Burning Man's back! Here are 9 perfect playa looks.
America's divorce settlement: Who gets what?
How you lead your life is a piece of art so really everybody’s an artist
My Instagram Reel just went viral (1.3M views). Here's why that sucks.
Everything is bad everywhere all at once. How is that even possible? 🤔
Land acknowledgements are performative BS
Best Rubesletters of 2022 so far
The six best curmudgeons to follow on Instagram 😤
I live next to the largest mass grave in America – and it's delightful
The magic of "I appreciate you" 🪄
15 more lessons on creating like George Carlin
15 lessons in comedy creativity from George Carlin
When my mom told me about her abortion
Skeptics aren’t welcome in the Land of Big Numbers™️ 🤔
🍄 Something's off with how we talk about psychedelics
🟥 Here's what Elon Musk’s numbskull fanbois don't get
🟥 Duh, of course you should separate the art from the artist
🟥 Fame is a form of mental illness
🟥 "Time spent on app" is not a metric of success
🟥 What Tom Petty taught me about songwriting and life
🟥 Saying "fuck" doesn't make you interesting
You can make art or be a social worker. You don't have to be both.
Why podcasts keep defeating the mainstream media 🎧 📰
Jocks used to beat up geeks. Now they want to interview them.
Apps turned dating into a video game 🥀
I love therapy. I hate therapy. 🧠