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Erin E.'s avatar

That restaurant review was golden. As I was reading it I thought, They were Calabashed! Because once many years ago my husband and brother in law and I went to a “seafood restaurant” on the beach called Calabash, which was expensive, and we kept waiting for it to be good. It never got good. Nobody in the restaurant was talking or laughing—I mean that literally. And the wait staff never said anything typical like “how’s everything?” Because they knew. They all knew. We were being Calabashed.

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Johnny Rico's avatar

Still wrapping my head around the "We Are Not Pagans" substack article.The author was all over the map but that should be expected from a philosopher. "Bryn Mawr Wiccans"? Ouch! Guy knew how to stick the knife in and turn it! I think the entire article is about how we can never go back to the Pagan mindset of antiquity.

Also some sad and terrifying studies of people who went over the edge. His buddy who turned into a weird Jew-basher was just pathetic.

The author might be onto something about mid-level people who think conspiracy literature gives them some insight into the Way Things Work and thereby gain STATUS.

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