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

Fine, I admit it. I’m a snob.

There is no magic bullet

Never too much, hardly enough

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

This newsletter will rock you

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

Pay it backward 🔙✊

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

Wabi Sabi is rock 'n roll 👘🤘

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

Under the bug 🐞

🟥 Duh, of course you should separate the art from the artist

🟥 His and Hers

🟥 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

Putting up a fight

You can make art or be a social worker. You don't have to be both.

Why podcasts keep defeating the mainstream media 🎧 📰

Sunset and the Devil Woman

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. 🧠

The 62 things you need to know right now 🚩

The 20 most interesting paragraphs I read this year