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A Hopeless Cynic

Things probably won't get better.

By Ryan Ross · Launched 4 years ago
You Can Laugh At 95% of ThisThe crypto market tanking is objectively funny, but it only got so big in the first place because so many people desperately want to believe there's a way out. That part isn't quite as funny.
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The Way We Were/Try to RememberWhen "DMX: Don't Try to Understand" premiered last year, I assumed it would be the stuff we'd already seen before: DMX and his extremes, neatly arranged for our entertainment. I was wrong.
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The "Stranger Things" Closed Captions Suck Ass, ActuallyClosed captioning exists to help deaf/hard-of-hearing people understand what’s happening onscreen. The Stranger Things captioners seem to be more interested in indulging their whimsy than in making the show as accessible as possible, and that sucks.
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Things probably won't get better.
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